Real Madrid Manager Mourinho Criticizes Referee Decisions After Atletico Loss

Madrid. Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho arrived at the post-match press conference carrying a piece of paper. On the paper were screenshots of two incidents where two Atletico Madrid players should have received red cards. After losing 2-1 to Atletico Madrid, Mourinho accused the match officials of making serious mistakes. He claims that two players of the home team should have been shown red cards in the first half. This is Real Madrid's second defeat of the season, having lost 1-0 to Real Betis in early September.

“Let’s not have a press conference, because the main story of the match is on this paper,” Mourinho told reporters, showing them the pictures. “Both were clear red card incidents. We were finding it difficult to play with 11 against 10, so imagine how it would have been playing 11 against 9 for 50 minutes.” Mourinho said he only wanted to embrace his players who gave their all and performed excellently on the field.