José Mourinho’s microphone confession: I’m not stupid, I recorded everything

Roma, who were Monza’s away guests in Serie A, were unable to maintain their superiority in the match, taking the lead and leaving the field with a 1-1 draw. José Mourinho, who made a statement about the referee after the game, in which he showed the red card to the national footballer Zeki Çelik, announced that he was wearing a hidden microphone before the game.

The Portuguese coach admitted that he used a microphone to protect himself in case of disagreement with the field officials. With harsh statements about the match’s referee, Daniele Chiffi, Mourinho said: “The worst referee I’ve ever met in my career.”

“I KEEP IT ALL”

These are Mourinho’s statements at the end of the match press conference:

“I am not stupid, I went to the game with the microphone and recorded everything from the time I left the locker room until the end of the game. I had to protect myself. I’ve seen a lot of bad referees in my career, but this was the worst I’ve ever met. The referee did not influence the result, but it is difficult to match it.”

“THIS IS NOT IN THE DNA OF THE CLUB”

“Technically it sucks. He doesn’t have a human point of view, he doesn’t have empathy. He does not approach anyone, he shows a red card to the player who lost his foot due to exhaustion. We don’t want this referee. There is no DNA in Rome to say ‘I don’t want this referee’. Although I wanted to, I couldn’t see a red card. But then I gave up because I have to be with the kids on Saturday.”

After the 1-1 draw with Monza, Roma ranked 7th with 58 points and entered the top 4 with 5 weeks to go before the end of the league and suffered a critical loss en route to Champions League qualification.