Árbitros
«Prefiro não falar. Se falar, meto-me em problemas.»
Tradução de Infinito Mourinho
— Chelsea, questionado sobre o árbitro depois de perder 1-0 com o Aston Villa, 2014
«Não gosto de prostituição intelectual, gosto de honestidade intelectual. … Não falámos do Milan, que vai terminar a época com zero títulos.»
Tradução de Infinito Mourinho
— Inter, em conferência de imprensa após a polémica de um penálti contra a 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, depois de perder a primeira mão da meia-final da Liga dos Campeões com o Barcelona, 2011
“It was an intense, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish. It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time.”
— Roma, depois de perder a final da Liga Europa com o Sevilha nos penáltis, 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, a elogiar o árbitro depois de perder 1-0 o dérbi com o 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, a brincar depois de ser expulso contra o 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, a defender o árbitro depois de vencer o 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, na conferência de imprensa em Roma antes do jogo da Liga dos Campeões, 2026