{
  "id": 8836806,
  "title": "'Two Clear Red Cards Were Ignored': Jose Mourinho Slams Refereeing After Real Madrid's 2-1 Loss To Atletico Madrid | Watch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/two-clear-red-cards-were-ignored-jose-mourinho-slams-refereeing-after",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T03:06:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/two-clear-red-cards-were-ignored-jose-mourinho-slams-refereeing-after-real-madrids-2-1-loss-to-atletico-madrid-watch"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Jose Mourinho expressed his frustration with refereeing after Real Madrid suffered a 2-1 loss to Atletico Madrid in the Spanish league. The coach claimed that his side should have played with 11 players throughout the match, as Atletico was awarded two clear red cards. Mourinho pointed to two incidents involving Dean Huijsen's tackle on Federico Valverde and Kang-In Lee's tackle on Valverde, which neither resulted in a red card. The Madrid coach also criticized the referee Ortiz Arias, who was a 41-year-old referee not on the international list, for not handling the pressure. Mourinho further expressed dissatisfaction with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for not issuing red cards in two other clear cases from previous matches involving Atletico. Despite these complaints, Mourinho praised the referees' committee, claiming it was strange that the Atletico fans would be the ones to celebrate the result.",
  "summary": "José Mourinho was back to his old self, lashing out at the refereeing following 10-man Real Madrid's 2-1 loss at Atletico Madrid in the Spanish league. ️| Jose Mourinho: “Congratulations to the referees' committee. They must be very pleased with the result. Everything has been very strange. We should be playing 11v9, Atléti had 2 clear reds forgiven.” pic.twitter.com/3SnkuMVdwy — Kalshi Sports…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}