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JOSE Mourinho has been charged by Uefa for his Europa League Final verbal assault on ref Anthony Taylor.Nyon chiefs announced a huge list of charges against Mourinho, Roma and Sevilla following the tempestuous clash in Budapest.
Jose Mourinho lambasted Prem referee Anthony Taylor during the Europa League finalCredit: Alamy
The Special one branded Taylor a ‘f***ing disgrace and a crook*Credit: Alamy
Mourinho continued his tirade in the car park and has since been chargedCredit: TV@DELLOSPORT
But it is Mourinho’s attack on the Wythenshawe official, both in the post-match news conference and the subsequent four-letter fusillade in the Puskas Arena car park, that is certain to bring the heaviest punishment.
Mourinho faces a multi-game ban, potentially ruling him out of bench duties in next season’s European group stage, after being charged with using “insulting and/or abusive language against a match official”.
The Portuguese insinuated Taylor and his PGMOL colleagues, including fourth official Michael Oliver, had “seemed Spanish” during the game, which saw Sevilla win the deciding shoot-out.
He then screamed at Taylor that he was a “f***ing disgrace” and a “crook” as the refereeing team were attempting to board their mini-bus out of the stadium.
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Mourinho has been widely condemned, with his ambush blamed for encouraging the mobbing of Taylor and his wife by angry Roma fans as he made his way through Budapest airport on Thursday.
In response to those awful scenes, which saw chairs thrown at the referee, a Premier League spokesperson said: “We are shocked and appalled by the unacceptable abuse directed at Anthony Taylor and his family as they travelled back from the UEFA Europa League Final.
“No one should have to suffer the inexcusable behaviour they had to endure yesterday.”
In addition to the charges against Mourinho, both clubs were accused of “improper conduct” after Taylor brandished a record tally of 14 cards in the game.
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Roma were also hit by four charges relating to the behaviour of their fans, relating to throwing objects, lighting fireworks, damaging the stadium and “crowd disturbances”.
Sevilla, who won the tournament for the seventh time since 2006, were hit by three fan-related charges, for object-throwing, fireworks and “invasion of the field of play”.
All the charges have now been referred to Uefa’s Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body to determine the punishments.
Uefa fans are facing strong calls to throw the book at Mourinho, including from former Prem referee Mark Halsey.
He told SunSport: “I have never seen that sort of appalling behaviour from a manager towards an official.
“As much as football people like Mourinho, you cannot chase officials after a match.
Jose Mourinho could be banned from being on the touchline in European competition next seasonCredit: REX
“What message do his words and actions send to everyone watching around the world?
“Fourth official Michael Oliver had an impossible job due to the level of protests and appeals from both sides during an ugly 120 minutes.
“It reminded me of a Sunday league football match and the technical area became unmanageable.
“Both sides lost discipline and there were 16 yellow cards but the punishments were all deserved.”
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Halsey added: “I would deduct Sevilla and Roma three points from their next European campaigns with another three suspended for the rest of the group stage.
“And I would also ban Mourinho, wherever he goes, for six games because of his unacceptable conduct.” More

JEFF STELLING has demanded that Jose Mourinho gets the “strongest possible punishment” for his part in the “disgraceful” abuse and attacks on Anthony Taylor.English referee Taylor took charge of the Europa League final between the Italian side and Sevilla.
Jose Mourinho confronted Anthony Taylor in the car park after the Europa League finalCredit: TWITTER@TVDELLOSPORT
Angry fans then mobbed the official at the airport as he returned homeCredit: Twitter
The Special One has been blasted for his actions after the defeat to SevillaCredit: Alamy
Jeff Stelling has called for the Roma boss to get the ‘strongest possible punishment’Credit: Getty
The Spanish side won the trophy after a tense 1-1 draw was followed by a 4-1 penalty shootout.
But Taylor infuriated Roma fans when he gave Sevilla’s Gonzalo Montiel another chance to take his winning penalty after he correctly adjudged Roma goalkeeper Rui Patricio to have come off his line.
The official also denied Roma two penalty kicks in the game, waving away the passionate protests of the Italians.
Taylor also dished out 13 yellow cards to players and handed one to Mourinho.
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Former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham manager Mourinho was fuming with the decisions and lashed out at the official in the stadium car park afterwards and branded him a “f***ing disgrace”.
An the anger towards Taylor shockingly continued as he and his family were disgracefully ambushed by a mob of angry Roma fans as he entered the airport ahead of leaving Hungary.
At one moment, a water bottle was thrown towards Taylor, narrowly missing a woman who was close to tears, causing him to look around nervously.
After he was taken into the safety of a different room, one fan even lobbed a chair towards the police standing guard.
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PGMOL released a statement in light of the footage as the organisation admitted to being “appalled at the unjustified and abhorrent abuse” aimed at Taylor.
Refs Support UK also took to social media to air its concerns about the treatment Taylor and his family have suffered.
Former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand replied to the tweet as he said that the “thugs” involved need to be “held accountable”.
Now Stelling, who last week bid an emotional farewell to Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday, has called for the Special One to receive the “strongest possible punishment” for his role in the “disgraceful” episode.
He tweeted: “Jose Mourinho actions and words contributed massively to the disgraceful behaviour towards Antony Taylor.
“He is a repeat repeat repeat offender . Needs the strongest possible punishment.”
Ex-Premier League ref Mark Halsey has called for Mourinho to get at least a six-game ban for his actions.
Mourinho has a long history of clashes with officials, including serving a two-match ban for accusing Swede Anders Frisk of allowing Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard into his dressing room at half-time during a contentious Champions League game against Chelsea in 2005.
He was also sent off for the third time this season during Roma’s 2-1 defeat at Cremonese in Serie A in February and received a fine and two-game suspension. More

THERE is only one thing worse in life than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.Jose Mourinho has lived his entire life by Oscar Wilde’s doctrine and will be loving all the fuss created by his latest tantrum.
Hot-head boss Jose Mourinho clashed with ref Anthony Taylor as Roma lost the Europa League final on penaltiesCredit: Alamy
Mourinho was seen waiting for Taylor afterwards as he let rip againCredit: Twitter @tvdellosport
The 60-year-old teenager was filmed in the Puskas Arena car park hurling abuse at the match officials following Roma’s Europa League final defeat by Sevilla on Wednesday.
“F***ing crooks, f***ing scandalous,” he screamed at referee Anthony Taylor and his assistants as they left the stadium.
And on the night irony died, he then declared in his post-match press conference: “I always tell my players you can lose a match but you can’t lose your dignity.
“We have lost the match but we haven’t lost our dignity.”
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Says the man who wouldn’t know  dignity if it bit him on the backside.
For this is the guy who could start an argument in an empty room, the coach once dubbed “the enemy of football” by Uefa’s referees chief.
A parody provocateur whose hissy-fits have become as predictable as they  are boring.
It has been a long-established pattern of Mourinho’s behaviour to overshadow every defeat by creating chaos.
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His team or his tactics are never to blame. It’s always someone else’s fault.
And you cannot argue that his siege mentality hasn’t paid dividends over the years.
He never tires of reminding us of how many trophies he has won as a coach (26 if you count the various Community Shields and Portuguese, Spanish and Italian Super Cups — which he definitely does).
Yet all that silverware still hasn’t been enough to keep him in a job for more than three years because he’s fallen out with virtually every club which has ever employed him.
It wouldn’t be so bad if he achieved all his undeniable success with attacking, champagne football.
But it’s the relentless win-at-all costs negativity which grinds everyone down until they simply can’t stomach any more.
Not all of his clubs were glad to see the back of him but Chelsea (twice), Real Madrid, Manchester United and Spurs were all ready to drive him to the airport after losing the will to live.
No matter what punishment, it won’t change Mourinho’s puerile behaviour. Because as long as it’s all about him, he doesn’t care.
And now he’s doing his best to p*** off Roma by constantly flirting with Paris Saint-Germain, which would be football’s ultimate marriage made in hell.
Roma are currently clinging on to sixth place — and a spot in next season’s Europa League — by a single point in Serie A.
But Mourinho is suspended for Sunday’s final game against Spezia — which gives him plenty of ammunition for another conspiracy theory.
He’s already outraged the Italian FA by wearing a hidden microphone to “protect himself” against a referee he labelled “the worst I have ever encountered”.
Presumably he has revised that opinion following Wednesday’s run-in with Taylor in Budapest and he now faces yet another disciplinary charge from Uefa.
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But no matter what punishment they throw at him, it won’t change Mourinho’s pattern of puerile behaviour.
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FUMING Roma fans hounded and tried to get at ref Anthony Taylor and his family at Budapest International Airport, forcing the police to rush them into a private room.And things almost took a horror turn when a CHAIR narrowly avoided hitting him and his family.
Anthony Taylor was swarmed by Roma fans at Budapest International AirportCredit: https://twitter.com/momo50SSL/status/1664333852376965137
Many unhappy supporters could be heard chanting at himCredit: https://twitter.com/momo50SSL/status/1664333852376965137
One fan even threw a chair once he had been escorted into another roomCredit: https://twitter.com/momo50SSL/status/1664333852376965137

The Brit took charge of the Europa League final between the Italian side and Sevilla.
The Spanish side won the trophy after a tense 1-1 draw was followed by a 4-1 penalty shootout.
However, Taylor did not win over many fans as he gave Gonzalo Montiel another chance to take his winning penalty after Rui Patricio’s encroachment.
The official also denied Roma two penalty kicks in the game, he also waved away protests for two penalties for the Italians.
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Mourinho was fuming with the decision and lashed out at the official after the game, branding him a “f***ing disgrace” while in the stadium car park.
The club’s fans then mobbed Taylor as he entered the airport ahead of leaving Hungary.
Supporters can be heard chanting at him as he walks through the crowd with a police escort as they desperately try to bundle him and his family into a private room.
Italian media have labelled the incident as “chaos Taylor” as angry fans surrounded him.
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At one moment, a water bottle was thrown towards Taylor, narrowly missing a woman who was close to tears, causing him to look around nervously.
After he was taken into the safety of a different room, one fan even lobbed a chair towards the police standing guard.
PGMOL released a statement in light of the footage as the organisation admitted to being “appalled at the unjustified and abhorrent abuse” aimed at Taylor.
It read: “PGMOL is aware of videos circulating on social media showing Anthony Taylor and his family being harassed and abused at Budapest Airport.

Jose Mourinho was fuming with Taylor’s performanceCredit: Alamy
“We are appalled at the unjustified and abhorrent abuse directed at Anthony and his family as he tries to make his way home from refereeing the UEFA Europa League final.
“We will continue to provide our full support to Anthony and his family.”
Taylor dished out 13 yellow cards to players and handed one to Mourinho, who also clarified his feelings in his post-match interview.
He told Sky Sports Italia: “Each of us react in a different way, one cries, another doesn’t, but the truth is we are all very sad.
“We return dead tired, dead with feeling it is unjust.
“It was an intense, masculine, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish. It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time.
“The injustice is shown by the fact Lamela should’ve had a second yellow, he didn’t, and he converted a penalty in the shoot-out.
“What I said is we either leave here with the Cup or we leave dead. Well, we’re dead.
“We’re dead tired physically, dead tired mentally, dead because we think it is an unjust defeat with lots of incidents that are debatable.”
Taylor officiated the Europa League final between Roma and SevillaCredit: Alamy
Refs Support UK also took to social media to air its concerns about the treatment Taylor and his family have suffered.
It tweeted: “This is so so worrying to see and we hope Anthony and his family are ok.
“This is why we believe organisations like the @LMA_Managers and the @PFA as well as the @WeAreTheFSA need to come out and condemn such behaviour in this country.”
Former Manchester United star Rio Ferdinand replied to the tweet as he arguing that the “thugs” involved need to be “held accountable”.
He wrote: “Wow…I hope Anthony Taylor and his family are ok after that bull****.
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“How has he been left to walk without security – all of the authorities have to start thinking worst case scenarios the way things are.
“These thugs should be held accountable asap😱🙏🏽.” More

JOSE Mourinho faces a massive Uefa ban after a car park ambush of ref Anthony Taylor in the aftermath of Roma’s Europa League Final defeat to Sevilla.Former Chelsea, Manchester United and Spurs boss Mourinho screamed at Taylor that he was a “f***ing disgrace” in the clash.
Jose Mourinho confronted Anthony Taylor in the car park after the Europa League finallCredit: TWITTER@TVDELLOSPORT
The Special One branded the English ref a ‘f***king disgrace’Credit: TWITTER@TVDELLOSPORT
Mourinho blew a gasket after his troops lost the final 4-1 on penaltiesCredit: REX
He also accused Uefa refs’ chief Roberto Rosetti of being complicit in what he felt was a stitch-up against his side.
And with Taylor expected to mention the clash – which was captured in a video that went viral on social media and global websites – in his official report, Mourinho is set to be hauled over the coals by Nyon disciplinary chiefs.
The Portuguese was already likely to be in hot water after his comments in the post-match press conference in which he implicitly accused Taylor and his colleagues of being biased as he said they “seemed Spanish”.
Those comments were already expected to be included in the official Uefa match delegate’s report and were likely to see a short ban.
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But the subsequent clash, sparked when Mourinho, standing outside the Roma team coach, saw Taylor, fourth official Michael Oliver and the rest of the officiating team heading for their getaway mini-bus, will bring a major inquiry.
As soon as he saw them, Mourinho kicked off, berating: “What a disgrace. What a disgrace. You are a f***ing disgrace! You are shameless.”

At that point, Rosetti tried to intervene and calm Mourinho down by hugging him, only to cop an earful himself.
Mourinho down the Swiss-Italian: “You were in agreement with them.”
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Having sidestepped Rosetti, Mourinho marched towards the mini-bus with a further spate of invective, in both English and Italian, as well as the Portuguese slang for “whore”.
The fusillade went on for nearly a minute before the mini-bus containing the officials moved off, with Mourinho still shouting at the vehicle as it departed.
Taylor has to file his official report today and it is expected to include the facts of the car park ruck, which will add to the likely charges, especially as there is clear video evidence.
And that is set to land Mourinho with a ban that could impact on his job for next season.
The “Special One” is heavy favourite to replace Christophe Galtier at PSG, with the French champions desperate to finally land the Champions League.
But a five or six-match ban would effectively wipe Mourinho out of any match-day involvement in the group stage next season, a potential game-changer.
Declan Rice missed the first two games of West Ham’s Conference League campaign this season after angrily accusing Spanish ref Jesus Gil Manzano of “corruption” in a tunnel clash after last season’s Europa League semi-final defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt.
Mourinho has a long history of clashes with officials, including serving a two-match ban for accusing Swede Anders Frisk of allowing Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard into his dressing room at half-time during a contentious Champions League game against Chelsea in 2005.
But publicly accusing Taylor of bias and then confronting him so angrily is certain to land Mourinho with at least one and probably two charges, with a significant penalty certain to follow.
A fired-up and furious Mourinho hinted the ill-fated final could be his last.
He said: “I can’t say I will be here next season. I will go on holiday on Monday, then we will speak.
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“I told the owners I will tell them if I start talks with another club. As of now no other club called me.
“It is time for me to talk to the owners. It is time for the owners to talk to me.”
Anthony Taylor was berated by a furious Jose Mourinho during the Europa League finalCredit: PA More

SERIAL winner Jose Mourinho did not enjoy the Europa League final at all – but did make one Roma fan’s day despite the disappointment. Roma opened the scoring through Paulo Dybala in the first half before an own goal from Gianluca Mancini took the game to penalties, where Sevilla won 4-1.
Jose Mourinho did not care to keep his runner-up medalCredit: Getty
The Portuguese tactician threw it into the crowdCredit: EPA
Leaving one young fan beamingCredit: Getty
The result saw Mourinho’s 100 per cent record in European finals crash and burn at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary.
Following the trophy ceremony, Mourinho threw away his runner-up medal.
The Portuguese tactician chucked the medal into the crowd to one young fan, who was pictured smiling with the medal afterwards.
However, while this was happening, Mourinho was on the warpath.
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The 60-year-old confronted referee Anthony Taylor in the stadium’s car park after the game, labelling him a “f***king disgrace” for what he deemed to be a performance that “seemed Spanish”.
Following the game, Mourinho said: “Next year we won’t be playing the Champions League and that’s a good thing because we’re not made for it.
“And let’s hope that Taylor, only officiates games in the Champions League and does the same bull**** there that he did tonight, and not in the Europa League.”
He also fumed about the lack of a second yellow for his former player Erik Lamela, adding: “It was an intense, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish.
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“It was yellow (on Lamela), yellow, yellow all the time. The injustice is shown by the fact Lamela should’ve had a second yellow, he didn’t, and he converted a penalty in the shoot-out.”
Mourinho also needed to be held back on the touchline in the closing stages of extra time after a negative reaction from Sevilla’s bench to Nemanja Matic falling to the floor stirred up the Roma boss.
Following the final defeat, his overall record now stands at 18 wins from 22 finals, still giving him a mighty 82 per cent win rate.
The former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham boss also appeared to hint he may leave Roma at the end of the season.
Speaking on his future, he said: “I am going on vacation on Monday. If we have time to talk about it before Monday, we will.
“If not, I will go on vacation and then we’ll see. I have to fight for these lads and therefore not say objectively that I will remain.
“I am a serious man. I told the owners a few months ago that if I had some contact with other clubs, they would be the first to know. I would always be honest and direct.
“I spoke to the club in December when I had that approach from the Portuguese national team. 
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“I have not had any contact with anyone else since then. I have a year left on my contract and this is the situation.”
Mourinho has been in charge of the Serie A outfit since July 2021, but will miss their final game of the season due to suspension thanks to five yellow cards. More