Europa League: Mourinho blames referee for Roma loss to Sevilla

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Roma manager, Jose Mourinho, has blamed referee Anthony Taylor for Roma’s loss to Sevilla in the Europa League final on Wednesday night, in their penalty shootout.

During the game, Giallorossi took the lead in the first half through Paulo Dybala at the Puskas Arena in Budapest.

But they conceded the equalizer in the second half, thanks to an own goal from Gianluca Mancini.

The game remained 1-1 at the end of extra time and had to be decided by penalties.

Mancini and Roger Ibanez both saw their spot-kicks saved by Bono before Gonzalo Montiel netted the winning penalty after a dramatic retake.

The match saw Taylor brandish 13 yellow cards – seven to Roma and six to Sevilla – which is the most-ever for a Europa League game.

“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 Erik Lamela should’ve had a second yellow, he didn’t, and he converted a penalty in the shootout,” Mourinho told Sky Italia.