Mourinho demands clear footage before responding to Sevilla's complaint over Güler

José Mourinho says he has yet to see footage that confirms the incident involving Arda Güler cited by Sevilla manager Luis García Plaza following Real Madrid’s match against Sevilla, according to a report published by Diario AS on 18 October. The Madrid coach said he had requested images from television broadcasters and his own analysts’ tactical camera, but neither had shown him what was allegedly being claimed.

Mourinho initially declined to address García Plaza’s comments at his post-match press conference, but later clarified he was not trying to sidestep the issue. His position, as reported by AS, is that he cannot respond to an allegation he has been unable to verify visually.

The AS account does not identify the specific incident, name the officials involved, or establish whether the complaint could lead to any disciplinary review. What it does record is a clear gap between the Sevilla coach’s complaint and what Mourinho says he has personally been able to see.

Mourinho set a concrete condition for taking the matter further: if someone provides a clear, objective image before his next scheduled league press conference on Saturday, he said he would address it directly. He also stated he would have no difficulty acknowledging a decision that had favoured Real Madrid if the footage showed that to be the case, though he added he expected the opposite to occur more frequently.

When asked about a separate refereeing controversy involving Betis and Barcelona, the available account does not establish that Mourinho made specific comments on a Barcelona penalty decision, and no disciplinary review has been confirmed in the reported material.

The next defined moment in this dispute is Saturday’s press conference. Whether any footage emerges before then, and whether it prompts a more substantive response from Mourinho, remains unresolved.