Atlético Madrid turns Mourinho criticism into a printer show

Atlético Madrid posted a sharp response a day after the 2‑1 victory in the city derby to the criticism from Real Madrid coach José Mourinho. Via their official Twitter account they shared a video in which a printer prints a photo of Mourinho, followed by the text ‘Stop acoso arbitral ya’.

Printer stunt and clear message

The video shows a printer that prints a photo of Mourinho at the press conference. Atlético adds the call ‘Stop now with the intimidation of referees’ to it, thereby explicitly rejecting the arbitration criticism of the Real coach.

Mourinho himself held up a sheet of paper on which images were shown of two controversial fouls: a tackle by Cristian Romero on Jude Bellingham and a decisive action by Kang‑in Lee on Federico Valverde.

Atlético’s follow‑up and Simeone’s reaction

According to the Real coach, both Atlético players should have received a red card. “These are two clear red cards,” said Mourinho. “The people at Atlético may be happy, but especially the committee that appoints referees should be happy. It was all very strange.”

Real Madrid fires back at Atlético with scathing video after derby

He continued: “I do not want to think that this was prepared.” With this he suggested that the referee appointment might not have been a coincidence.

Atlético then again taunted Real Madrid: “This year they have a new challenge: three weeks without competition. They start this season very early.” The club points to the long international break after the derby and suggests that Real will use that time to continue the arbitration criticism.

Diego Simeone had already served Mourinho a reply on Sunday evening. “Not everything is possible. Whether you are called Mourinho, Flick or Simeone: you must not cross the line of respect,” he said during the press conference.

The club later tweeted a photo of the printer and the hashtag #StopAcosoArbitralYA, accompanied by the Spanish text: “Este año tienen un nuevo reto. Tres semanas sin Liga. Esta temporada empiezan muy pronto.”