Regardless of how referee Anthony Taylor controlled the match, the final result was decided, Roma lost to Sevilla and watched their opponent win the 7th Europa League/UEFA Cup. Jose Mourinho himself cannot maintain his record when he could not win a European Cup final for the first time.
Mourinho's treatment and reprimand of referees is not the first time this has happened. However, the intensity of those ugly acts was brought to a high level when the Portuguese strategist even went to the parking lot to continue cursing Anthony Taylor when the English referee was leaving the stadium. Perhaps, Sevilla's handball in the box without a penalty was not entirely accurate by Taylor. However, in his career, this is not the first time Mourinho has witnessed such incidents?
Mourinho was angry because he could not accept defeat because before that, once he had set foot in the European Cup final, this individual strategist was always the winner. For that reason, after wearing the silver medal around his neck for a short time, the former Man United captain threw it into the stands to give to a young fan. From the press conference room to the parking lot, he kept attacking Anthony Taylor and his assistants in the black king.
Looking back on a journey of more than 20 years, from the first time he entered the top level of European football with the Champions League championship to the Europa Conference League championship, Mourinho's form on the coaching bench is declining. If the former Chelsea captain had stopped his career in 2015 with his third Premier League title with Chelsea, he could have been honored as a biggest legend. Mourinho made history with FC Porto, was united with Chelsea, made a great treble with Inter Milan, held the record for winning La Liga with Real Madrid with the most points when defeating the seemingly invincible Barcelona of Pep Guardiola,...
At what could be the lowest slope of his career at the moment, off-field scandals have further tarnished the 60-year-old's image. Over the past 8 years, Mourinho has only won the Europa League ( Man United) and Europa Conference League (AS Roma), the biggest titles in Europe that are gradually falling out of reach of the hands of those who still call themselves special.
Mourinho's acted of a heavy lift on Anthony Taylor can be likened to a cover-up for the preliminary preparation for the penalty shootout with Sevilla, and Roma then suffered a 1-4 defeat in the brain-weighing match. Finally, the most memorable image for Roma after the match was not Paulo Dybala's tears, not Chris Smalling's header in the last minute, leaving only Mourinho's curses.
Now that he is facing a UEFA 6-match ban for directing in European competitions, the "Special One" may have just absorbed the harmful consequences of his recent curse. Roma will play in the European Cup again next season, but he will not be able to accompany his players directly on the field in the first leg.
