Jose Mourinho received a good news following his four-match suspension after his club appealed. Remember the former Manchester United and Real Madrid manager has have his ban halved by the Turkish Football Federation. Turkish top side Fenerbahce appealed after he was accused of racial comments by Galatasaray.
The 62-year-old Portuguese manager has also seen his fine reduced from 1.6m Turkish lira (£35,000) to 558,000 (£12,200). Jose Mourinho’s club said on Thursday that it would appeal against the penalties after he was punished for two separate disciplinary matters after Monday’s 0-0 draw against Galatasaray.
The TFF said it would penalise him for “his derogatory and offensive statements towards the Turkish referee” and because he “accused Turkish football of chaos and disorder with insulting and offensive statements towards both the Turkish football community and all Turkish referees”.
The match against Galatasaray was refereed by Slovenian Slavko Vincic after both clubs requested a foreign official take charge of the fixture. But the fourth official was Turkish and Mourinho repeated his criticism of Turkish referees during his post-match news conference.
The Portuguse international will miss Sunday’s match against Antalyaspor, having already sat out a Turkish Cup game against Gaziantep FK. He has also filed a lawsuit against Galatasaray for 1,907,000 Turkish Lira about £41,000 after the club accused him of making racist statements.
Mourinho, who had said the Galatasaray bench had been “jumping like monkeys”, said their claims were “completely taken out of context”. Mourinho’s Fenerbahce are second in Turkey’s Super Lig, six points behind fellow Istanbul side Galatasaray.
