Coach's collar bursts

Mourinho rant: “… then I wouldn’t have come”

Jose Mourinho was beside himself after the final whistle.(Bild: AFP or Licensors)

"The Special One" has struck again! In a memorable rant, Jose Mourinho took the refereeing system in Turkey to task. If the Fenerbahce officials had told him "the whole truth, I wouldn't have come".

Fenerbahce Istanbul beat Trabzonspor 3:2 in a thrilling match. After Sofyan Amrabat's late winner (90.+11), there was no stopping Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese star coach got stuck while celebrating and fell to the pitch.

But that wasn't the only scene that went viral on Sunday evening. After the game, Mourinho took the video referee Atilla Karaoglan, whom he even described as the "man of the match", to task. He had awarded Trabzonspor two penalties.

"We didn't see him, but he was the referee. The actual referee (editor's note: Oguzhan Cakir) was just a little guy running around on the pitch," Mourinho told beIN SPORTS. "For the sake of all Fenerbahce fans, I say we don't want him at our games anymore!"

"We are playing against the system"
 And Mourinho already seems to regret his move to Turkey. "I blame the people at Fenerbahce who brought me here. They only told me half the truth. If they had told me the whole truth, I wouldn't have come," said the 61-year-old.

From Mourinho's point of view, Fenerbahce "not only play against good teams with a lot of good players, but also against the system. That's the most difficult thing. Today we played against a good opponent, a heated atmosphere, the VAR and the system."