Jose Mourinho blames Fenerbahce board for not telling him about Turkish League corruption

The flamboyant Portuguese manager, Jose Mourinho, has gone on a tirade against VAR, saying that Fenerbahce's most recent referee was "just a little boy." When his team fought their way towards a 3-2 win over Trabzonspor, which saw the home team awarded two penalty kicks before Sofyan Amrabat seized a dramatic winner during the 12th minute of stoppage time, Mourinho feels that his team was the victim of some dubious decisions that were made by the referee.

Following Fenerbahce's incredible victory against Trabzonspor, Mourinho unleashed an epic eight-minute tirade in which he said, “Today, the man of the match was [VAR referee] Atilla Karaoglan. We didn’t see him, but he was the referee of the match. The referee was just a little boy who was there on the pitch, but the referee was Atilla Karaoglan. He went from the invisible man to the most important man of the match. I speak on behalf of all Fenerbahce fans: we don’t want him again. We don’t want him because it smells bad. We don’t want him. We don’t want him on the pitch, but on the VAR even less.”

“t’s even worse than I was told” : Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho added, “I know what I was told, even before I came. I didn’t believe. It’s even worse than I was told. But I prefer to be on this side. It’s more difficult. It’s more difficult because we play against good opponents like Trabzonspor is: good opponent with lots of good players and a historical coach. But we play against a system. And to play against a system is the most difficult thing.  Tonight we play against a good team, against a strong atmosphere, against VAR, and against a system. So very hard.”

The former Chelsea manager added, “That’s why we celebrated this victory so much. It’s unbelievable to win this match against so many powerful people. We are not going to give up. We know what we have. I blame the Fenerbahce people that brought me here! They told me only half of the truth. They didn’t tell me the whole truth, because if they told me the whole truth I wouldn’t come! But with half of the truth, with my boys we fight the opponent, we fight the system.”