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Mourinho: One mistake cost Chelsea, like Scotland in rugby
JOSE MOURINHO HAS likened referee Damir Skomina in Chelsea’s 0-0 Champions League draw with Dynamo Kiev to rugby official Craig Joubert.
Joubert refereed Australia’s quarter-final Rugby World Cup victory over Scotland at the weekend, and awarded a controversial penalty for accidental offside that enabled the Wallabies to come from behind and win in the closing stages.
And Mourinho believes Skomina’s decision not to award Chelsea a penalty after Cesc Fabregas was brought down by Sergiy Rybalka in the first half in Kiev on Tuesday was just as impactful.
“It was a clear penalty. I don’t know, the referee didn’t see it, he didn’t want to give it — I don’t know.
Mourinho labelled the Slovenian official ”weak and naive” immediately following the clash in Kiev.
When asked whether he believed he would be fined for his comment, Mourinho gave a light-hearted reply: ”Okay, it was not a penalty.”
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