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Mourinho Fumes at Referee, Simeone Urges Respect After Fiery Madrid Derby

  • On Sunday, Atlético Madrid defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in the Madrid derby, with the visitors reduced to 10 men after Real defender Dean Huijsen was dismissed for fouling Giuliano Simeone in the penalty area.
  • Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho criticized referee Miguel Angel Ortiz Arias, holding up images of two first-half tackles he claimed were red cards involving Jude Bellingham and Federico Valverde.
  • Alejandro Grimaldo converted the resulting penalty kick, while Jonathan David doubled Atlético's lead six minutes later. Antonio Ruediger headed in a late goal for Real Madrid to reduce the deficit.
  • Atletico manager Diego Simeone urged restraint regarding Mourinho's comments, stating, "When you step outside the bounds of respect, it's not on."
  • Atlético climbed to second in the standings on 16 points, five behind leaders Barcelona. Mourinho remains focused on the season, stating they must "compete on a level playing field.
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"A miserable arbitrator's performance is decided by the Derby, Real Madrid titled the game report after the 1:2 defeat against Atletico on his homepage. And also coach Jose Mourinho was upset ...

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The Real Madrid head coach believes that refereeing errors in the game against Atletico Madrid caused his team's defeat.

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The 'Colchonero' won by 2-1 the 'Merengue' in the Wanda Metropolitano stadium. Alejandro Grimaldo de penal (52') and the Canadian Jonathan David (58') marked the party's scores. Defender Dean Huijsen was expelled in the white group, which discounted on the closure thanks to Antonio Rudiger (89'). Real Madrid coach José Mourinho complained about the arbitration, claiming that there were no expulsions for Cristian Romero and Kang-in Lee for severe…

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MADRID (AP) — José Mourinho was again the usual one on Sunday, attacking the arbitration after the 2-1 defeat of Real Madrid, which played with 10 men, against Atlético de Madrid in the Spanish league.

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By Federico Leiva, CNN en Español Losing a classic does not like anyone. Much less when defeat takes you too far away from the lead of the tournament. And much less when you feel hurt by arbitration. This is how Real Madrid feels after the painful fall in the classic of the capital

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elgrafico.com.ar broke the news on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
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