Mourinho spotted interacting with Sevilla boss seconds before winning penalty

Jose Mourinho was up to his old tricks during Roma's Europa League final defeat to Sevilla on Wednesday.

The Special One was charged by UEFA after labelling referee Anthony Taylor a "f***ing disgrace" in the Puskas Arena car park after the game, an outburst which indirectly led to a hoard of furious Roma supporters hounding the official as he made his way through Budapest airport on Thursday.

But Mourinho saved a classic bit of spoilsport-showmanship for the shootout, heading over to Sevilla boss Jose Luis Mendilibar to congratulate him on his side's victory before the decisive penalty was actually kicked.

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Fans considered it Mourinho's subtle way of suggesting foul play, in that he didn't need to wait to see if the spot-kick was converted because the result had already been decided by the officials, as it were.

"Jose knew the game was fixed so headed for the tunnel early," one supporter tweeted in response to the clip. Another wrote: "Ice cold from Mourinho after that robbery."

Others however praised the 60-year-old for showing a little humility in defeat, with one user commenting: "Brilliant. Humble. And knows when he's beaten. What a man," while a second said: "Fair play to Jose. Winners' mentality even in defeat."

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Another supporter joked: "He probably just remembered how terrible Rui Patricio is and thought, 'I'm a head now' haha."

Sevilla were crowned Europa League champions for the seventh time in 18 years after edging past Roma on penalties following a 1-1 draw, denying Mourinho the sixth European trophy of his career.

Paulo Dybala gave the Italian side the lead in the first half, though Sevilla hit back just after the break after Gianluca Mancini turned Jesus Navas' cross into his own net.

Roma were later left furious after being denied a penalty for handball a few minutes later, and their anger intensified during the shootout when Gonzalo Montiel, who had initially missed a potentially match-winning spot-kick, was ordered to re-take it because Roma keeper Rui Patricio had stepped off his line, before converting his second attempt.

After the game, Mourinho slammed referee Taylor in his post-match press conference, saying that he "seemed Spanish" after brandishing eight yellow cards to Roma players – including two for men who weren't on the pitch.

"It was an intense, vibrant game with a referee who seemed Spanish," Mourinho fumed. "It was yellow, yellow, yellow all the time."

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