“Did you watch? You tell. You didn’t see it!” Angry Mourinho tries to turn questions on to his interviewer after below-par result against Glimt.
It was yet another embarrassing moment for Mourinho and Roma in the Europa Conference League as they were held to a 2-2 draw at home by Glimt.
Earlier, Roma had lost 6-1 to the Norwegian side and yesterday, they again lost a chance for revenge. Glimt took the lead twice with goals from El Shaarawy and Roger Ibamez equalizing both times for Roma.
Mourinho was unhappy with referee Papapetrou’s display after he turned down two penalty appeals from his side. This was a point he raised in several of post-match interviews after game with Jan Age Fjortoft exchange included.
When asked to explain his feeling regarding the game, Mourinho said, “look, the referee has to explain. But they don’t speak”.
And when he was asked what the referee did wrong, Mourinho angrily answered, “did you what the game?”.
“Yes,” Fjortoft replied. “But I want it from you. What did you see from your point of view?” Added the interviewer.
After severally turning the interview around, Mourinho finally said, “they are a good team and they have good players. They had two shots, they scored two goals. The result was 2-2. We had two penalties. We had four or five chances to score”.
“I think the result is harsh on us. It wasn’t a great performance. We made a lot of technical errors especially in the first half when playing out from the back. Every time it went to Veretout or Darboe. We lost the ball”.
“The reality of the game is 2-2. But the two penalties were clear as day. You can talk about whatever you want. But the reality is 2-2. They had two shots on target and two goals. We scored two goals and had two clear penalties denied”.
“I don’t know if they get referees who are poor and starting their careers for the Conference League. I didn’t say anything about the referee in Norway because we lost 6-1. But here, the two penalties were clear”.