Mourinho fumes at referees in news conference after Madrid derby defeat

Fuming Real Madrid manager waves printouts of what helium believes were wide red-card tackles by Atletico Madrid players pursuing his team’s loss.

Jose Mourinho needed lone a expanse of insubstantial to present his verdict connected ⁠⁠La Liga’s Madrid derby, waving ⁠⁠images of 2 first-half tackles arsenic helium accused the officials of losing power successful Real Madrid’s 2-1 decision by Atletico Madrid.

Real were furious that Atletico defender Cristian Romero was not sent disconnected for a stamp ⁠⁠on Jude Bellingham and besides complained astir a situation by Lee Kang-in connected Federico Valverde, earlier the visitors were themselves reduced to 10 men 5 minutes aft half-time successful the heated superior derby connected Sunday.

Valverde finished the lucifer but was aboriginal diagnosed with “severe trauma to his near ankle”, the ⁠⁠club said successful a statement. The midfielder volition acquisition further tests, it added.

“We could skip the property league due to the fact that the communicative of the lucifer is close here,” Mourinho said, holding up the images successful what was the commencement of a adjacent five-minute rant.

“Those were 2 wide reddish cards. The difficulties we’ve faced since the sending-off: 11 against 10. Well, we tin ideate what 50 minutes of ‌‌11 against 9 would person been similar if justness had been done.”

Jude Bellingham reacts aft being fouled [Ana Beltran/Reuters]

Real defender Dean Huijsen was dismissed for bringing down Giuliano Simeone wrong the country arsenic the past defender, allowing Alejandro Grimaldo to people with a debased spot kick. Jonathan David doubled Atletico’s pb six minutes later, with Antonio Ruediger heading successful a escaped footwear precocious to trim the deficit.

Mourinho said helium could lone “hug” his players aft what helium described arsenic a archetypal fractional “full of people and large character”, but helium aimed crisp disapproval astatine referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias and those who appointed him.

“They’ve enactment a referee, aged 41, ⁠⁠with nary planetary acquisition – it’s surely not due to the fact that he’s a large referee,” Mourinho said.

“Then the ⁠⁠poor chap has travel present and hasn’t been capable to header with the unit – and it truly is aggravated pressure. I telephone it ’80s-style pressure’ present successful this stadium, which you hardly ever spot these days.”

Asked astir being six points down Barcelona, Mourinho offered a pointed reply.

“If they conscionable permission america successful ⁠⁠peace and fto america vie connected a level playing tract with everyone else, we’ve inactive got a agelong mode to go,” helium said.

“I don’t privation to spell truthful acold arsenic to accidental ⁠⁠this was acceptable up … I privation to judge that they simply made a ⁠⁠mistake.”

Referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias speaks to Mourinho during the lucifer [Oscar Del Pozo/AFP]

Asked astir Mourinho’s comments, Atletico manager Diego Simeone urged restraint.

“Whoever is speaking – beryllium it me, Mourinho, Hansi Flick oregon Manuel Pellegrini, anyone – we person to beryllium cautious what we say,” Simeone said. “When you measurement extracurricular the bounds of respect, whoever you are, it’s not on. You can’t transverse that line.”

Simeone preferred to absorption ‌‌on Atletico’s performance.

“Today we saw a large match; we defended precise good against a squad that plays precise well,” helium said.

“We controlled the lucifer erstwhile it was 11 against 11. We continued to power it erstwhile it became 10 against 11. But ‌‌this ‌‌isn’t conscionable different measurement towards continuing to turn and improve.”

Atletico climbed supra Real to 2nd successful the standings connected 16 points, 5 down leaders Barcelona and 1 up of Real and Real Betis.

Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone was each smiles astatine afloat clip [Juan Barbosa/Reuters]