Jose Mourinho strongly criticized referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias, video assistant referee (VAR) Daniel Jesus Trujillo Suarez and La Liga’s refereeing committee following his team’s 2-1 loss to Atletico Madrid on Sunday.
After raising pictures of the challenge between Madrid’s Jude Bellingham and Federico Valverde and Atletico’s Cristian Romero and Lee Kang-in, Mourinho said he was not reviewing Dean Whison’s second-half red card for pulling back Giuliano Simeone, leading to Alejandro Grimaldo’s penalty before Jonathan David scored the second for the hosts in a 2-0 win.
Mourinho claimed the circumstances of the referee’s appointment were wrong and suggested VAR officials had a history of poor decisions against Real Madrid.
Arias, who is in his seventh season as a La Liga official, is reportedly the first player from Madrid to oversee the match. mark. The media named him the best referee in the 2021/22 season and called him a physical education teacher.
Jose Mourinho on referees after Atletico vs Madrid
“It’s all very strange,” Mourinho said (via madrid). “The first thing is that we already knew who the referee was a week before the game and from what I understand it should have been announced 24 hours before.
“It was known a week ago who the referee was. Then it was a 41-year-old referee who wasn’t even an international referee and it wasn’t because he was a great referee.
“The poor guy came in here and couldn’t handle the pressure, what I would call the pressure of the 1980s – which you rarely see today.
“Then Mr Trujillo, who was involved in VAR… he has a very complete history of being VAR at Real Madrid games.
“Last season alone there was Real Sociedad in the Copa del Rey and then there was [were games against] Osasuna and Girona.
“This is a VAR with a long history. This combination: a bad referee who has only officiated small-sided games and a VAR official with a long history.
“Congratulations to the Referee Appointments Committee.”
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Real Madrid suffered its second defeat of Mourinho’s second spell in charge – having suffered in each of the two teams’ last three away games alliance – After seven league games, they are fourth, six points behind leaders Barcelona.
“If they leave us alone and let us compete equally with everyone, we have a long way to go,” Mourinho said of his complaints about a potential title challenge.
“I don’t want to go too far and say it was prepared. I don’t want to think that. I’d like to think they just made a mistake. Just like a coach or a player can make a mistake, I’d like to think the refereeing committee also made a mistake.
“Poor guy – they made the mistake of sending a 41-year-old guy who has never been in a situation like this to play alongside a guy who has a lot of history against Real Madrid.”