# Mourinho and referees: controversies from Porto to Real Madrid

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2109672060754522163
- Source account: [@crestinodj](https://x.com/crestinodj)
- Source language: Spanish
- Target language: English
- Duration: 1:02
- Published: 2026-10-13
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## Transcript

[0:01](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=1) It's worth reviewing the definition of a referee.

[0:04](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=4) A referee is a sports official, in football, who always blows the whistle against the teams Mourinho coaches. That's basically what a referee is.

[0:12](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=12) But not just at Real Madrid. It already happened to him when he was coaching Porto and some refereeing scandals involving Mourinho are well known.

[0:17](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=17) They were all against Chelsea in the Premier League and against Inter in Italy.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=21) But then, in his first spell at Real Madrid, we already know what happened.

[0:25](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=25) And we must remember that then the referees didn't become anti-Chelsea, but anti-Manchester United, but then they stopped and became anti-Tottenham, until he went back to Italy again. They were no longer anti-Inter, but anti-Roma.

[0:35](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=35) And then in Turkey, they were also a nti-Fenerbahçe.

[0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=39) Even against Benfica. Even in the tie against Real Madrid, Mourinho said that Real Madrid had been favored in some key decisions.

[0:47](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=47) And now he's back at Real Madrid, as we've already seen.

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=49) The question is whether the fans and players will buy into this narrative all season long from Mourinho, because the team still isn't playing anything, and I don't think that's the referees' fault.

[1:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/3yQQhrLG5rvS/en/mourinho-and-referees-controversies-from-porto-to-real-madrid?t=60) Here we go.