Europa League: I hope I’m not being punished – Mourinho queries UEFA after Fenerbahce’s defeat to Rangers

Fenerbahce boss, Jose Mourinho, has suggested that bad officiating caused his side’s crashing out of the UEFA Europa in the round sixteen to Rangers on Thursday night.

The Yellow Canaries lost the first leg 3-1 at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, Istanbul, last week and recorded a 2-0 win in Scotland which was not enough to take them through to the next round.

Fenerbahce needed to score three goals without conceding to earn a berth in the last eight.

There were incidents in the game which the Portuguese felt the referee should have given in their favour, suggesting he has always been a victim of referee’s decisions.

The former Chelsea boss said, “I hope everything that’s happened to me in European competitions is not a consequence of the Budapest final and I hope it’s just random.

“Since that final, since my suspension the things that happened to us – we didn’t play Champions league because of a penalty on 120th minute penalty that only the fourth official saw.

“Today we come here and the VAR is considered one of the best VARs, he didn’t see one of three penalties. I just hope it’s random.

“I paid for the suspension and I hope that it’s over. I pray that this is just bad luck.”

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