SILENT PROTEST TO REFEREE: MOURINHO DID NOT ATTEND PRESS CONFERENCE

In the exciting week of the Spanish La Liga, Real Madrid defeated the Villarreal team it hosted at its own home 1-0. The great tension experienced on the pitch throughout the struggle, the controversial decisions of the referee, and the red cards overshadowed the match. After this chaos on the pitch, eyes turned to technical director Jose Mourinho, who was expected to make a post-match evaluation. However, the Portuguese coach surprised everyone and did not attend that expected press conference. The successful technical man practically carried out a silent protest with this radical decision he took right after the match. Behind this silence of Mourinho lay that great anger he felt towards the referee decisions. The experienced coach, who thought that the decisions given during the match were completely against his own team, felt very well that he would not be able to control his nerves if he went before the microphones. If he had attended that press conference and put that massive anger inside him into words, he thought for sure that he would be subjected to a very heavy penalty by the disciplinary committees. In front of the Real Madrid team, there were very critical Sevilla and Barcelona derbies that would determine the fate of the league. The Portuguese technical man did not want to be banned from the bench and leave his team alone in these two giant matches due to the possible harsh statements he would make. Mourinho believed that if he sat at that table, he would definitely be penalized and sent to the stands, and therefore he preferred not to say anything. This unexpected boycott fell like a bomb on the Spanish sports press. Journalists waited for the technical director to come to the press conference room for a long time, but the officials announced that the meeting was completely canceled. The Portuguese coach left the stadium without uttering even a single word. Jose Mourinho, who chose silence instead of criticizing the referee mistakes, actually gave a much louder and more effective message to the Spanish football world. 

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