Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho has found himself in trouble in Turkey after “honking” the nose of his rival manager Okan Buruk in a testy Turkish Cup match on Wednesday. The fiery clash saw Mourinho’s team get knocked out after Galatasaray won 2-1. But tempers flared in the Istanbul Derby game that saw three players being sent off.
This controversy comes just months after Mourinho was accused of making racist comments against Galatasaray players.
“He squeezed my nose from behind while I was going on. There was a slight scratch. Of course, it’s not a very nice and stylish thing,” Buruk said after the quarterfinal match. “I won’t exaggerate about it, but it’s not a very stylish thing.”
In a viral video, after Mourinho grabbed his nose from behind, Buruk collapsed to the floor clutching at his face.
Galatasaray vice president Metin Ozturk lashed out at the outspoken Mourinho.
“The latest incident is not only an attack on Galatasaray’s coach but also on Turkish football. This is Mourinho, I don’t know where he gets this courage,” he said. “Where in the world can he do this? Where does he think Turkey is?”
It was only two months ago that Mourinho was accused by Galatasaray of making racist comments after another match involving the Istanbul rivals. Galatasaray had taken offence to the former Real Madrid, Manchester United and Chelsea manager stating that the opposition bench was “jumping around like monkeys.” Galatasaray had said that the Portuguese manager had used “unequivocally inhumane rhetoric” after he referred to
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Fenerbahce had brushed aside the accusation and had filed a lawsuit against Galatasaray for an “attack on the personal rights” of their manager.
Galatasaray’s social media team celebrated its victory on Wednesday by posted a picture on its official X account of a smiling Buruk looking in his counterpart’s direction. The caption, along with a shushing emoji, read: “YOU SHOULD NOT ATTACK, YOU SHOULD DIGEST!”
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