MOURINHO LASHES OUT: "SHAMELESS, THEY ARE NOT HIDING"

Waters are never calming down on the side of Spanish La Liga giant Real Madrid, and manager Jose Mourinho's latest statements fell like a bomb on the European football agenda. In the capital team, which managed to defeat Roma after a breathtaking and high-scoring tough struggle like 4-3 on the Champions League stage, the angry words of the experienced manager marked the official press conference held immediately after the match. The timing of the heavy 4-match ban issued by the Spanish football federation for the Brazilian star Vinicius Junior, who received a red card in the Villarreal match played in La Liga, literally infuriated the Portuguese coach. The successful manager, who rebelled against this critical punishment being announced just minutes before the team went to its most vital test in the Champions League, exactly one hour before the match, made scathing statements. Defending that the decision was deliberately timed to this time frame, the experienced coach, in this heated speech he made after the Roma match, emphasized that there was a conscious attempt to harm the Spanish club and asked very harsh questions to the authorities, saying, "You have to ask why they decided to announce Vini Jr's punishment exactly minutes before going to an important Champions League match. Real Madrid is a Spanish club... So why are they publishing this news right now? Why not this morning? Why not tomorrow morning? Why an hour before the match?" Stating that this shocking decision carried the clean competition on the pitch to the desk and wore the team down, the master manager expressed his reaction from the highest pitch with the words, "Shameless... They are not hiding anymore. They tried to destroy the player mentally an hour before the match. Real Madrid is a Spanish team, why are you trying to harm this team?"

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