Árbitros
«Prefiero no hablar. Si hablo, me meteré en problemas.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Chelsea, preguntado por el árbitro tras perder 1-0 ante el Aston Villa, 2014
«No me gusta la prostitución intelectual, me gusta la honestidad intelectual. … No hemos hablado del Milan, que terminará la temporada con cero títulos.»
Traducción de Infinito Mourinho
— Inter, en rueda de prensa tras la polémica por un penalti ante la Roma, 2009
“If I tell UEFA what I really think and feel, my career would end now. Instead, I will just ask a question to which I hope one day to get a response: Why? Why Ovrebo? Why Busacca? Why De Bleeckere? Why Stark? Why? Because every semi-final the same things happen.”
— Real Madrid, tras perder la ida de la semifinal de la Champions ante el Barcelona, 2011
“It was an intense, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish. It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time.”
— Roma, tras perder la final de la Europa League ante el Sevilla en los penaltis, 2023
“If we have referees like this one in every match of the title contenders, the championship will be a beautiful championship and the winner will deserve to win.”
— Fenerbahçe, elogiando al árbitro tras perder 1-0 el derbi ante el Beşiktaş, 2024
“The best thing I have to do is when I leave Fenerbahce, I go to a club that doesn't play in UEFA competition. So, if any club in England from the bottom of the table needs a coach in two years, I'm ready to go.”
— Fenerbahçe, bromeando tras ser expulsado ante el Manchester United, 2024
“I know that Mike Dean has a difficult job. He's on the pitch and it's 200 miles an hour. I wouldn't like to be a referee because it's so difficult. Sometimes I try in training sessions and I realise that it's too difficult.”
— Tottenham, defendiendo al árbitro tras ganar al Manchester City, 2020
“I trust all the referees... whether it's the league or Champions League, before the game I always have the best feelings about the referees.”
— Real Madrid, en su rueda de prensa en Roma antes del partido de Champions, 2026