Atletico hit back at Mourinho over referee complaints
Atletico Madrid hit back at Jose Mourinho after he complained about the refereeing in the Madrid derby.
Jose Mourinho arrived at the post-match news conference armed with screenshots of incidents he deemed warranted red cards for Atletico Madrid. The Real Madrid manager accused officials of making critical mistakes, claiming Atletico should have been shown two red cards during the first half. Following Real Madrid's 2-1 defeat to Atletico, Mourinho posted the screenshots on printouts of A4 paper, asserting the incidents merited red cards.
In response, Atletico Madrid took to their X account, posting a video and image featuring Mourinho, accompanied by the hashtag #StopAcosoArbitralYA, meaning 'stop referee harassment now'. The post garnered over two million views within two hours. Atletico's coach, Diego Simeone, often uses social media to respond to Real Madrid, previously ridiculing Barcelona over their pursuit of their star player, Julian Alvarez.
Real Madrid's match report highlighted the derby loss as being decided by 'dreadful refereeing' from Ortiz Arias. Mourinho stated that the loss was due to the referees' poor performance, which forced his team to play with 11 players against 10 for 50 minutes.
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