Fenerbahce manager, Jose Mourinho, has spoken for the first time about the racism allegation made against him.
Mourinho was accused of racist statement in his press conference after the 0-0 draw in the Instabul derby last Monday.
The Fenerbahce boss stated that the Galatasaray bench jumped like monkeys as they to tried to get his 19-year-old central defender Yusuf Akcicek sent off early in the game.
He also hurled words at the Turkish referees and was later banned by the Turkish Football Federation for four games. His ban was however reduced to two games.
Expressing himself after the ban, Mourinho, in an interview with Sky Sports News, stated that the allegation, made by Galatasaray, backfired.
Mourinho said, “They were not clever in the way they attacked me, because they didn’t know my past.
“They didn’t know my connections with Africa, with African people and African players and African charities. So instead of going against me, I think it boomeranged and went against them.
“Everyone knows who I am as a person. Everybody knows my bad qualities, but that is not one of my bad qualities. Exactly the opposite!
“The most important thing is I know who I am, and the attack accusing racism was a bad choice.”
Mourinho also went on to express his gratitude to the supports he received following the allegations.
“I thank the people who didn’t have a problem to speak [out], especially my boys, my former players. They were a very important voice.
“Probably even from people who don’t like me the support was there,” he says.
Among those who supported him includes former Chelsea players, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien, who went onto social media to defend their former manager.
As a result some Galatasaray fans took to the streets to burn Drogba shirts. The Ivorian played 53 times for the club, after leaving Chelsea.
Meanwhile, Mourinho will be back in the dugout as his side hosts Rangers in the Europa League last-16 tie.
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