Jose Mourinho has been charged by UEFA for confronting referee Anthony Taylor in a car park and calling him a ‘f***ing disgrace’ after Roma’s defeat by Sevilla in the Europa League final.
Mourinho faces a ban for using insulting or
abusive language against an official after the game. Taylor and his family were
later targeted by Roma fans at Budapest Airport.
As
security ushered them to a safe space, a chair was thrown at the
Manchester-based official. One Italian citizen has been charged with affray.
Taylor booked Mourinho during the
ill-tempered final before the 60-year-old Portuguese manager branded him ‘a
referee who seemed Spanish’ in his post-match press conference.
The Roma boss then launched into a
foul-mouthed tirade after waiting for the English officials by their minibus as
they prepared to leave Budapest’s Puskas Arena.
As well as Mourinho, Roma and Sevilla have
been slapped with a raft of other charges by UEFA.
In an ill-tempered final, Mourinho's and
Roma's complaints stemmed from a number of what they'd refer to as
controversial decisions and the number of bookings by Taylor.
The referee brandished 13 yellow cards to
Roma and Sevilla, the most shown in a Europa League match.
Taylor also made several contentious calls,
one of which was the decision not to send off former Tottenham star Erik Lamela
for a second yellow card, before he scored in the penalty shootout.
Roma also believes they should have been
awarded a penalty for a handball when the ball looked to have hit Fernando's
hand.
However, a spot-kick wasn't given with Taylor
not even consulting the pitchside monitor as he definitively waved the
complaints away.
The constant stoppages saw the clash drag
across the evening and saw 25 minutes of injury time played across the two
halves of normal time and 15-minute halves in extra time before the game went
into a shootout.
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