Benfica manager, Jose Mourinho, has claimed he was sent off in their 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid because the referee refused to book some players.
Mourinho named the players as Aurelien Tchouameni, Carreras and Dean Huijsen.
According to him, the referee knew that showing the trio a yellow card would rule them out of the Champions League play-off second leg at the Bernabeu.
When asked about his red card, Mourinho said: “It wasn’t about Vinícius’ second yellow…. No. I was sent off because I said something very clear.
“The referee had a note that basically said: ‘Tchouaméni, Carreras and Huijsen can’t get a yellow card!’… Because they would have missed the second leg.
“I told him that I’ve spent 1,400 games on the touchline, and he knew exactly who he was allowed to book… and who he wasn’t.”