Mourinho causes excitement: "I was rude. But I was rude to an idiot"

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José Mourinho has caused the excitement of the Premier League match day. The coach from Tottenham Hotspur described the opposing goalkeeper coach as "idiots" on Wednesday evening.

In the final phase of playing his spurs with outsider Southampton, Mourinho left the own coaching zone at the score of 0: 1 and marched over to the opposing bank. There he leaned over the sitting Andrew Sparkes, who was just jotting down something on a piece of paper. Mourinho seemed to be whispering in his ear. According to the news agency AP, the dispute over the subject of time play should have gone.

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Mourinho, referee Mike Dean and Southampton head coach Ralph Hasenhüttl (r)

Referee Mike Dean showed the Portuguese yellow card shortly afterwards. When asked about the scene, Mourinho said after the game: "I think the yellow card is okay. I was rude, but I was rude to an idiot."

Tottenham lost the game 0-1, for Mourinho, who started at the Spurs in November, it was the fourth defeat in the eleventh competitive game. In the table, his team is six points behind the Champions League ranks. Southampton improved from 15th to 12th place.

Such failures have a system at Mourinho. The 56-year-old has often tried to draw attention to himself after losing his own team - often in the form of harsh criticism from the referee. When his plan works, fans and the media then deal with Mourinho's sayings instead of the team's performance. The players can work in peace. This should have been Mourinho's intention again this time.