Mourinho explains why he left his team at half-time against Porto

The manager of the Chelsea FC, Jose Mourinho, discloses that he left the Chelsea dressing room in order to avoid a Champions League suspension.

The coach reveals that referee Cuneyt Cakir emphasised in a meeting on Wednesday morning that the second half of Chelsea’s victory over the Portuguese side and Dynamo Kyiv’s clash with Maccabi Tel Aviv must kick off at the same time.


Mourinho said: “It’s simple. The rules in UEFA are that, if the team are late at half-time, the manager is suspended for the next match. It’s his responsibility.Today the referee was very clear in the meeting in the morning that the Chelsea-Porto and Dynamo-Maccabi matches should start at the same time, so I went there to show that, if somebody is late, it’s not my fault.”