KEVIN MCCALLUM: José Mourinho loses with dignity, but only if he hasn’t lost it too
Portuguese coach has choice words for English referee after Europa League final
02 June 2023 - 05:00
It was, it must be said, typical José Mourinho. Just minutes before he ranted at English referee Anthony Taylor in the parking lot of the Puskas Stadium and called him a “f**king disgrace”, he had told the post-Europa League final media conference: “I told my players you can lose a match but never your dignity. We lost today but we did not lose our dignity.”
“F**king disgrace, man, it’s a f**king disgrace,” went Mourinho in the most dignified of ways. “Congratulations, you f**king disgrace. F**k off.” ..
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