'Emotional Mourinho should apologise' - BBC Africa

Benni McCarthy hopes Jose Mourinho will apologise for his “wrong” comments after the alleged racial abuse of Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jr, but maintains that his former manager is “not a racist”. Tuesday's Champions League clash between Madrid and Mourinho’s Benfica was stopped for 10 minutes when Vinicius made the allegation against Gianluca Prestianni. After the match, Mourinho - who was also sent off for arguing with the referee - said Vinicius had been “disrespectful” when celebrating his goal which gave Madrid a 1-0 win, pointing to the club’s legendary striker Eusebio as proof that Benfica is not a racist club. Former South Africa striker McCarthy, who won the Champions League under Mourinho in 2004 when playing for Porto, told Isaac Fannin of Newsday that response was "a mistake”. South Africa striker Benni McCarthy Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Website: https://www.bbc.com/africa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bbcnewsafrica/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bbcafrica/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bbcafrica/