"I prefer not to speak" - Jose Mourinho refuses to comment on the refereeing against Chelsea — Transcript
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- 0:04shows a an eventful evening can we start
- 0:07first of all with your view of the
- 0:09result today the result 1 0 first Angela
- 0:13what did you feel your performance
- 0:15deserve today my performances are so
- 0:17much more than that what did you feel
- 0:20your team's performance deserve the 90
- 0:22minutes a good a good performance a good
- 0:25solid performance against a good team
- 0:27defensively we were really really strong
- 0:30we had no problems to cope with the
- 0:33danger that Aston Villa has and after
- 0:38that I preferred not to comment because
- 0:39I don't want to bring the game into
- 0:41disrepute I don't want to be accused I
- 0:42prefer to do what we have to do in
- 0:45football in football we have just to let
- 0:52it go and not to comment because if you
- 0:54comment you are in in trouble and I
- 0:58don't want to be but in terms of how
- 1:00this game panned out in the end just how
- 1:02big an impact it has to send things of
- 1:04half I prefer not to comment because
- 1:07it's not if you want to speak about big
- 1:11decisions we don't you don't speak just
- 1:13about about the right curve I prefer
- 1:16really not to them not to speak
- 1:18if I speak I am in in big trouble in big
- 1:22trouble and I don't want to be in big
- 1:24trouble
- 1:24well there were many incidents in the
- 1:26game as well as the red cards I mean in
- 1:28the first half
- 1:28did you feel that velu were fortunate to
- 1:30remain with 11 men I prefer not to speak
- 1:33if I speak I am accused of bringing the
- 1:37game into disrepute because the referees
- 1:39they do what they do they do and they go
- 1:45home they do and they don't go to the
- 1:47press they do and they refused even to
- 1:51change a couple of words when one person
- 1:55like me that is in football for so long
- 1:58ask politely can you speak with me five
- 2:01seconds no I don't speak with you five
- 2:05seconds so I have to do to keep with my
- 2:10position which compared to a referee
- 2:13position in the game my position is is
- 2:15nothing and I have to
- 2:17to go home and of course my mother
- 2:21you clearly attempted to speak to the
- 2:22officials at the end of the game in the
- 2:24tunnel was that the substance of the
- 2:25conversation you heard with them I asked
- 2:27can you give me just five seconds mr.
- 2:30Foyle no that's fine okay I have to
- 2:34accept well let's turn to this result I
- 2:37mean in the end you are in a title race
- 2:40how big a setback do you feel this is at
- 2:42this stage I prefer not to speak really
- 2:44I prefer not to speak to say okay last
- 2:50question do you have any comment to make
- 2:52on the fact that you yourself were sent
- 2:54to the stand at the end of the game
- 2:55again I asked five seconds just to make
- 3:00one simple question and I had no chance
- 3:04because I was to the to distance I tried
- 3:06to to ask one question to mr. Froy one
- 3:09question to mr. mas and the question was
- 3:12just one is it possible that McDonough
- 3:16or can leave the bench and goes and
- 3:20grabs my player from behind and from his
- 3:23neck is it possible no yellow card no
- 3:27red card nothing I didn't have the
- 3:29chance to ask the question and I was
- 3:32sending to the to the stands you have
- 3:35two more big games this week how quickly
- 3:37will he put the event sir tonight behind
- 3:38you you know we have to put
- 3:46no other no other solution is difficult
- 3:52to close the mouth is very difficult but
- 3:55I have to do it because I don't want to
- 3:57bring the game into disrepute I don't
- 3:59want to be in in disciplinary problems I
- 4:03don't want my club to have any more
- 4:06problem the referee has a good life
- 4:09because now he goes home and is free of
- 4:13everything and next Sunday is in another
- 4:15match and life goes on for us it's like
- 4:19this after all thank you for talking
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