The use of the Portuguese, Jose Mourinho, the club’s technical director, sparked FenerbahceControversy in Turkey, after he presented an arbitration case on his laptop in front of the cameras to object to the match referee’s decision during the match against Antalyaspor in the Turkish league.
Fenerbahce was leading 0-1 in the Turkish Super League match last night when Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko scored the second goal in the 76th minute, which the referee ruled out for offside.
Jose Mourinho took his laptop and showed one of the cameras that was broadcasting the match the exact moment of the event to prove his opinion that the goal was correct, and recorded his objection to the referee in his own way, through his own version of video technology “VAR”.
Jose Mourinho objects to a referee in the Turkish league with a laptop!
Immediately after that incident, the referee went to the Portuguese coach and showed him a yellow card for showing a video clip on a laptop in front of the television cameras, showing the validity of his team’s goal, which the referee had just decided to cancel for offside in the match he played against Antalyaspor.
Mourinho provides evidence to the cameras that the referee’s decision in the match between Fenerbahce and Antalyaspor was incorrect
Mourinho told the media after the match, which ended with Fenerbahce winning by two goals without a response: “The analyst showed me the laptop, where our tactical camera covers the entire field, and depending on the position of the left back, for us the goal was correct.”
He continued: “I did not say a single word. I did not apply any kind of pressure. I just put the laptop (in front of the camera that was broadcasting the match). There were many questionable situations in the match. The reaction was calm, but the referee decided to warn me. That’s okay.” .
The Turkish press published opinions of various kinds on this subject, from calls to “oust Mourinho” for not respecting the work of the referee, to other, more moderate opinions, which stressed that “there are no precedents” for such a case of this kind and the European Football Association (UEFA) must ) and the International Federation of Football (FIFA) to clarify whether their rules have been violated or not.
