Mourinho given four-match ban for comments after Istanbul derby

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Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho has been banned for 4 games and fined a full of £35,194 for comments made aft Monday's crippled with section rivals Galatasaray.

Mourinho was accused by Galatasaray of making racist statements aft the Istanbul derby and, connected Tuesday, Fenerbahce released a connection saying his comments had been taken "completely taken retired of context".

The 0-0 gully was refereed by Slovenian Slavko Vincic aft some clubs requested a overseas authoritative instrumentality complaint of the fixture.

But the 4th authoritative was Turkish and Mourinho repeated his disapproval of Turkish referees during his post-match quality conference.

The Portuguese coach, 62, said that helium went to the referee's dressing country aft Monday's game, telling the 4th authoritative that "if you were a referee, this lucifer would beryllium a disaster".

On Thursday, the Turkish Football Federation confirmed it would authorisation Mourinho, external for 2 abstracted disciplinary matters.

The TFF said it would penalise him for "his derogatory and violative statements towards the Turkish referee" and due to the fact that helium "accused Turkish shot of chaos and upset with insulting and violative statements towards some the Turkish shot assemblage and each Turkish referees".

The erstwhile Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham brag has been banned from the dressing country and dugout for 2 games and fined 117,000 Turkish lira (£2,543).

Mourinho has besides received different two-match prohibition for "an enactment against sportsmanship" during his post-match quality league and been fined £32,651.

His comments included him saying that "after the large dive successful the archetypal infinitesimal and their seat jumping similar monkeys connected the apical of the kid... with a Turkish referee you would person a yellowish paper aft 1 infinitesimal and aft 5 minutes I would person to alteration [substitute] him".

The TFF said "the statements utilized towards the members of the opposing squad were contrary to the morals of sports and the conception of just play, contained expressions that could promote unit and upset successful sports, were divisive and separatist successful nine and could origin instrumentality incidents".

Fenerbahce officials confirmed to the BBC connected Thursday that the nine volition entreaty the penalties fixed to Mourinho.

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