Jose Mourinho was brought to Fenerbahce to break Galatasaray’s dominance, with strong backing from the club’s board, symbolized by nearly 70 million euros worth of signings—but the Portuguese coach’s mission in Istanbul has turned into a debacle.During the spring, Fenerbahce was eliminated from the national cup and the Europa League. Earlier in the season, they were knocked out of the Champions League qualifiers, and now they won’t win the league title either.Full time: Fenerbahçe 0-1 Beşiktaş https://t.co/4MiEylZlvy— Fenerbahçe English (@Fenerbahce_EN) May 4, 2025 That became clear after yesterday’s 1–0 loss to Besiktas in the Istanbul derby, which left Galatasaray eight points ahead—a gap that’s unreachable with only four rounds left. Although, if you ask Mourinho, the title was decided long before the season began. After the Besiktas loss, he once again hinted that Galatasaray is favored in Turkish football.”The outcome of the league was decided before the championship even began. What made the difference were the matches we lost at home, but the league result was clear even before the season started,” Mourinho said when asked whether the title race was over. Once again, he voiced dissatisfaction with the refereeing.Full time: Fenerbahçe 0-1 Beşiktaş https://t.co/4MiEylZlvy— Fenerbahçe English (@Fenerbahce_EN) May 4, 2025 “The penalty awarded today (to Besiktaş), and the one not given to En-Nesyri… We’ve seen how many times similar penalties weren’t given to us. I’m tired of talking about it! We didn’t deserve to lose. We lost the ball too much in the first half. We were better in that sense in the second. They defended well, their goalkeeper made good saves. They managed to control the result.”The Fener coach also criticized some of his own players.”Besiktas defended in an organized way. We thought they’d use the same strategy as in their previous match against Galatasaray, and we believed we wouldn’t have issues with that. Some of our players simply can’t perform well enough, and that affects the team’s performance. We wanted to win today, but we failed to convert simple chances. Congrats to Beşiktaş—we didn’t deserve to lose, but we did.”The last time Fenerbahce won the Super Lig was in 2013/2014Those are 11 full campaigns in a rowThe problem is bigger than what is on the surface…”But..but…let’s keep changing managers and wait for a miracle” pic.twitter.com/oHz5YgxF61— MourinhoXtra™ (@Mourinho_Xtra) May 4, 2025 The former manager of Manchester United, Chelsea, Inter, and Real Madrid refused to talk about his future in Istanbul.”I won’t talk about next year—those are internal matters. They’re not discussed in front of the media. If there’s one thing I’m very good at, it’s showing respect to the club’s management and the president. That’s why I won’t speak here about our internal issues,” Mourinho concluded.##NAJAVA_MECA_8901310##
