Fenerbahce: Mourinho provoked before nose grab

Fenerbahce person travel retired successful defence of their manager Jose Mourinho, claiming helium was provoked by his Galatasaray counterpart Okan Buruk pursuing Wednesday's Turkish Cup crippled betwixt the sides.

Mourinho, whose squad mislaid 2-1 successful the quarterfinal, was seen grabbing the nose of Buruk pursuing a scuffle that broke retired betwixt the players connected the transportation aft the last whistle.

"Okan Buruk came towards our method manager Jose Mourinho, who was successful a gathering with the referees yesterday aft the match, nether the pretext of shaking the referees' hands," a Fenerbahce connection said

"He [then] provoked our method manager with gestures and discourses, and had the audacity to marque a disrespectful manus motion aft crossing the constabulary line."

Buruk, who dropped to the crushed holding his look aft Mourinho grabbed his nose, said of the occurrence aft the game: "He [Mourinho] squeezed my chemoreceptor from down portion I was going on. There was a flimsy scratch. I won't exaggerate astir it, but it's not a precise stylish thing."

However, Fenerbahce felt Buruk's absorption was overblown.

"After our method manager touched his chemoreceptor momentarily successful the look of these provocations, the idiosyncratic acrophobic threw himself to the crushed successful an exaggerated manner," the nine said.

"The absurdity and playfulness of a idiosyncratic whose chemoreceptor was touched jumping to the crushed and writhing for seconds is nationalist knowledge. It is evident that the images of this idiosyncratic throwing himself connected the crushed from his shot playing days continued successful his vocation arsenic a manager and that this cognition is simply a diagnostic stance."

Mourinho, 62, is expected to look punishment from the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) for the chemoreceptor grab.

"It is wide that the disfigured provocations and what happened afterwards should not beryllium evaluated unilaterally, but with a origin and effect link," Fenerbahce added.

Meanwhile, Galatasaray vice president Metin Ozturk said the incidental went beyond Buruk.

"The latest incidental is not lone an onslaught connected Galatasaray's manager but besides connected Turkish football," helium said. "This is Mourinho, I don't cognize wherever helium gets this courage.

"Where successful the satellite tin helium bash this? Where does helium deliberation Turkey is?"

Wednesday's incidental is Mourinho's latest run-in with Galatasaray since joining Fenerbahce successful the summer. The Portuguese manager served a two-match ban successful February aft being punished by the TFF for comments helium made astir lucifer officials aft his side's erstwhile gathering with Galatasaray.

He was besides accused by Galatasaray of making racist remarks aft that game. He has since sued the nine for that claim.

Fenerbahce are 2nd successful the Super Lig standings, six points adrift of leaders Galatasaray but person 1 crippled successful hand.