Racing manager questions Mbappe penalty decision and takes aim at Mourinho after loss vs Real Madrid: ‘If 100 people see that play…’

Racing manager questions Mbappe penalty decision and takes aim at Mourinho after loss vs Real Madrid: ‘If 100 people see that play…’ Racing Santander manager Jose Alberto criticised the decision to award Real Madrid a penalty against Kylian Mbappe during their 0-3 defeat , arguing that the contact was insufficient to justify such a decisive intervention. The incident, which came 10 minutes into the match, left the Racing boss frustrated with referee Munuera Montero and the absence of a VAR review.  Jose Alberto also used the opportunity to remind Jose Mourinho of his previous comments about refereeing decisions going in his team’s favour. Jose Alberto questions referee’s decision on Mbappe penalty Jose Alberto made his position clear during the post-match press conference, insisting that the contact involving Mbappe did not warrant a spot-kick.  He nevertheless acknowledged that another penalty involving Aurelien Tchouameni had correctly been overturned. Mbappe won a penalty vs Racing. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images) “I don’t understand the penalty against Mbappe. In football, there’s contact, but that’s not enough to award such a decisive decision,” he said, while admitting that Tchouameni’s penalty “was rightly disallowed” . “If 100 people see that play, surely 98 will say it’s not a penalty. If there’s an action that’s clearly not a penalty, they have to intervene because it’s a double error,” he added. His frustration was particularly directed at the decision not to involve VAR, which he believes should have been used to examine the incident. “VAR is there for incidents like Mbappe’s penalty. Touching a player is nothing; there’s contact in football.  “There was no grabbing, no pushing – nothing at all. Anyone involved in football will share my view.  “It really strikes me that there are so many people watching the monitor and yet they didn’t call for that incident to be reviewed.” Racing boss takes dig at Mourinho over refereeing comments Jose Alberto was not happy with the refereeing decision. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/Getty Images) The Racing manager also questioned how VAR is being used, although he stopped short of blaming the technology itself for the problems surrounding refereeing decisions. “VAR hasn’t made refereeing worse. We have great referees, but VAR was introduced to make the game fairer – it can’t end up being doubly unfair.” Jose Alberto then turned his attention to Mourinho, recalling the Real Madrid manager’s previous stance on controversial decisions benefiting his team. “He said that when a mistake went in his favour, he’d say so,” he pointed out.