Atletico won the derby, but was forgiven twice by the referee. Furious Mourinho shows two photos: "Congratulations to the Committee"

José Mourinho appeared at the press conference with two printed photos and gave a 4-minute monologue that will remain unforgettable. The Real Madrid coach was unstoppable after the heavy 2-1 defeat against Atletico. A typical intervention of the Portuguese Mourinho to highlight the alleged refereeing errors that damaged “Los Blancos”. No interruptions, no questions, but just a stream of words, some of them very serious, spoken with great calm.

More or less everyone expected a "poisoned" Mourinho after the Madrid derby. Under scrutiny were several refereeing episodes and above all two harsh tackles by Romero and Kang-In against Bellingham and Valverde, both forgiven and not punished with a red card. So, in record speed, Special One had the footage of the controversial tackles printed and showed it to everyone present: 

"We could have saved the press conference, because the story of the match is all here. There are two clear red cards, then we had a lot of difficulties with one less player and I have to limit myself to just embracing my players, who played a great first half, with class and personality."

If these words were enough to criticize the work of referee Ortiz Arias and VAR head Daniel Jesús Trujillo, Mourinho decided to continue in his usual way. The Portuguese was controversial about the appointment of a referee whom he called "the poor one": "The one who should be happy, apart from Atletico, is the Appointments Committee. Everything was very strange. A week ago it was already known who the referee would be, while normally it is learned 24 hours in advance. Furthermore, the referee is 41 years old and is not an international, so he will not be a great referee. Then the poor one did not cope with the pressure".

The Real Madrid coach had a word for everyone and also referred to past episodes to criticize the work of VAR: "And then there is Mr. Trujillo, who was in VAR, who called him for the first exclusion and I believe not for the second, and who has a rich and terrible history with Madrid. Without going too far, last year Osasuna, Real Sociedad, Girona... A poor referee who has only refereed small matches and the VAR master who has a great history with Madrid. In Las Rozas there is no pressure. Or maybe there is? Congratulations to the Committee".

After admitting that he was not clear about the only red card of the match, that of Huijsen, Mourinho referred to the alleged favoritism towards other contending teams: "There are things that have been seen in these weeks, here in this stadium. The disallowed goal of Osasuna makes you laugh, the penalty in San Sebastián makes you laugh and the penalty of Barcelona makes you laugh...".

The conclusion was quite suggestive: "I thought I would find a different La Liga than the one I had left years ago, but they told me no and explained why it is not different. But we will fight. The boys leave sad with the hug of their coach, because I respect what they feel on the field, it was not easy". A bad smell is blowing in Madrid and this time the whole environment seems to have aligned itself with Mou, who is currently not in question despite a complicated start to the season. Even the press releases published after the match confirm the coach's point of view and the controversy over the refereeing. A scenario that has certainly been seen before, with Mourinho's Real feeling somewhat penalized by the refereeing body.