Mourihno Did Not See Frisk and Rijkaard Together

By Boris Mellor
March 28 2005

On Sky Sports News this evening Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho stated he had not personally witnessed Barcelona manager Frank Rijkaard enter the referee's dressing room during a Champions League match at the Nou Camp.

European football governing body UEFA have charged the Premier League leaders with bringing the game into disrepute after Mourinho accused Rijkaard of speaking to referee Anders Frisk at halftime, in the first leg of the first round tie, on February 23. But Mourihno says he did not see the incident himself.

However Mourinho said his assistant Steve Clarke and security man Les Miles told him it had happened. "If something happens in the football stadium and I don't see it, and if some of my people arrive and tell me 'I saw this happen,' and then the other one comes and says, 'I saw the same' I say it's true, because I cannot work without loyalty, I have to believe my people."

Therefore Mourinho will be right behind his staff at the hearing.