Jose Mourinho's frustrations On Thursday evening did not end at the last whistle after his Fenerbahce side had a 3-1 defeat by Rangers in Istanbul.
Despite the Turkish giants who fire 23 shots at the goal of the visitors, they could only find the back of the net once while they are preparing to travel to Ibrox next week with a shortage of two goals.
In his press conference after the game, Mourinho was on the other side of a 45-second question by a reporter, to which he served an invaluable reaction.
The Veteran Portuguese boss pretended to be asleep in his chair, while the reporter spent in Turkish.
Shortly thereafter, the question was translated into English – those who read are saved the details of it. It was clearly too much for Mourinho to handle, who interrupted the interpreter halfway through the question.
'Oh, this is too much for my head. I'm tired, man, “he said, scratching his head.
'90 minutes to not listen to this, I am too tired for that. '
Mourinho insisted that a 3-1 defeat was able to win even more for his side 'a good result'.
And he warned the Ibrox club not to 'celebrate too much', because the draw is not over for the second stage of next Thursday in Govan.
When asked about the performance of his team one night when Barry Ferguson's side also had two goals not to allow, Mourinho said: “We were very bad everywhere. I think it is not fair to say that we were very bad at defense, because we were very bad everywhere.
'Maybe you laugh, but for me it was a good result, because the way we carried out the result could be greater than this.
'(Jack) Butland made three fantastic rescues. I know there is, I think, a penalty, but to talk about the referee after this performance, I don't think it's ethical.
“We didn't do the opportunities we had to score. The dynamics in midfield was not good. Defensively we have made incredible mistakes. We never checked that.
'They (Rangers) defended a lot with the block very low, a good and dangerous counterattack. So we earn the punishment of this result.
“But if someone wants to ask me later, I think it's over, no. I don't think it's over. There is 90 or 120 minutes to play.
“It's the only positive thing. And I don't take positive points from this game. Everything went wrong. The only thing I tell them is: don't celebrate too much, because there is a second stage. It is my only advice. '
The winner of the draw between Fenerbahce and Rangers will be confronted with Athletic Bilbao or Roma in the last eight.
A potential resentment competition at Old Trafford between Mourinho and Man United is also on the maps when both teams make the semi -final, with Fenerbahce and the Red Devils in the same bracket.
But first the Turkish giants have to destroy their shortage next week, and United has to find a different equipment when they are at home to real Sociedad, because they were held to a 1-1 draw in Spain on Thursday.
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