Jose Mourinho loved a far much less demanding afternoon as his Fenerbahce facet strolled to a 4-1 win at Gaziantep within the Turkish Cup.
Mourinho has been on the centre of a storm since Monday’s fiercely fought Istanbul derby with Galatasaray ended 0-0.
The Portuguese was accused of racism after claiming members of the Gala teaching workers have been “leaping like monkeys” in an try to get Fener defender Yusuf Akcicek booked.
That incensed Gala who threatened legal proceedings towards Mourinho after claiming he had used “inhumane rhetoric”.
Fener hit again with a strongly worded assertion of their very own, accusing Gala of “pathetic slander”.
Lay off ‘dad’ Mourinho
Even ex-Gala striker Didier Drogba has had his say, urging his former membership to drop their case and described the 62-year-old as his “Dad”.
With all that occurring within the background, Mourinho would have been relieved to have returned to match motion right now and his gamers definitely did their bit to quieten the noise round their coach.
First-half finishers: Talisca & En-Nesyri!#GFKvFB pic.twitter.com/fXMm3TIjTM
— Fenerbahçe English (@Fenerbahce_EN) February 27, 2025
Talisca on the double for Jose Mourinho’s males
Regardless of leaving out a few huge names in veteran stars Dusan Tadic and Edin Dzeko, Fener have been by no means in hassle in Gazientep.
January signing Talisca maintained his spectacular begin to life in Turkey with two first-half objectives both facet of an effort from Morocco striker Youssef En-Nesri.
Anel Husic pulled one again for the hosts however substitute Filip Kostic capped a tremendous afternoon for Mourinho and his males with seven minutes to go.
Galatasaray play later right now once they host Konyaspor.