Jose Mourinho compares Damir Skomina to rugby referee after penalty call
Wednesday 21 October 2015 00:03, UK
Jose Mourinho compared Slovenian referee Damir Skomina to controversial rugby official Craig Joubert after he failed to award Chelsea a penalty in their 0-0 draw at Dynamo Kiev.
The Premier League champions are third in Group G following Tuesday night's Champions League clash in Ukraine, but might have earned an early penalty when Cesc Fabregas went down following a clumsy challenge from Yevhen Khacheridi.
Skomina decided not to award it and while Mourinho said the referee had a good game otherwise, he compared the call to Joubert's mistake in Scotland's last-gasp Rugby World Cup quarter-final loss to Australia, which World Rugby later ruled was an error.
"The referee and the goal referee decide not to give it," Mourinho said.
"Against Porto it was a clear handball, last minute, a decision crucial for the result of the game.
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"Today it was not last minute but it was a clear penalty. I don't know. The referee didn't see it? The referee decided not to give it?"
He added: "I think the referee was very good. I'm serious.
"I think he made one mistake and, for example, in the Rugby World Cup, I think the referee in the Scotland game was very good, but he made one mistake and because of that mistake Scotland is crying."
Mourinho insisted he was happy with his side's display in Kiev ahead of the return clash between the two sides at Stamford Bridge on November 4.
Both Eden Hazard and Willian hit the woodwork and the Chelsea boss felt his side were worthy of their point.
"For 70, 75 minutes, we had the control, the initiative, the chances," Mourinho added. "We hit the post, we had the penalty. We had everything, but we didn't score.
"The game in the second half is a little bit of a trap, because we want to win, we feel we can win. But at the same time we cannot lose.
"If we lose this game we have to win at home and then we are just at the limit. Now we are not at the limit.
I think the referee in the Scotland game was very good, but he made one mistake and because of that mistake Scotland is crying.
"Even the players for the last period of the game, they felt that pressure. The result is acceptable because it keeps us in a strong position.
"We have the game at home, Dynamo plays against Porto so they have to lose points.
"We are third, but we are in a stable position."
