Mourinho criticized Muslera’s penalty: Turns out He did the same in 2003
After taking a 2-0 lead against Kayserispor, Galatasaray’s penalty was taken by Fernando Muslera, who is in his final season with the club. Fenerbahçe head coach Jose Mourinho criticized this situation. An interesting detail from 2003 has now come to light. Here are the details...
In the Super League, Galatasaray secured their 25th championship last night by defeating Kayserispor 3-0 at home. With this title, the yellow-red team also managed to add their 5th star to their emblem.
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The goals for Galatasaray were scored by Osimhen and Barış Alper, while an interesting moment occurred during the last goal. A foul on Alvaro Morata was reviewed by VAR and awarded as a penalty, prompting the entire crowd to start chanting Fernando Muslera’s name. Victor Osimhen immediately went to his teammate and asked him to take the penalty.
The Uruguayan star stepped up to the ball and scored despite goalkeeper Bilal Bayazıt’s attempt to intervene, making the score 3-0. Fenerbahçe’s head coach Jose Mourinho criticized this situation in his comments following the Eyüpspor match.
WHAT DID MOURINHO SAY?
Fenerbahçe head coach Jose Mourinho, after the Eyüpspor match, commented on Fernando Muslera’s penalty by saying, “The way you celebrate a championship reflects your humanity. I separate the fans from this. Awarding Muslera a penalty while leading 2-0 shows what kind of human dimension they are at.”
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MOURINHO ALSO HAD THE GOALKEEPER TAKE A PENALTY
Although Mourinho criticized Muslera’s penalty, it turned out that a similar situation happened in his own team in the past. On March 8, 2003, in the Portuguese Cup, Porto faced Varzim.
Entering the final moments of the match with a 6-0 lead, Porto won a penalty which was taken by their goalkeeper at the time, Nuno Espírito Santo — now the manager of Premier League club Nottingham Forest — who scored, bringing the score to 7-0.
