espnstar.com runs through the silly and disrespectful remarks made by Jose Mourinho and Claudio Ranieri this week.

Jose Mourinho

On Roma, Juventus and AC Milan

"I like intellectual honesty and it seems to me that there has been much manipulation of this recently.

"Lately, there has been no talk of Roma that have great players but will end the season empty handed. Nor has there been any talk of AC Milan, who are 12 points behind us and will end the season without any titles.

"Nor has there been any talk of Juve, who have collected many points due to refereeing mistakes.

"We have only won one game thanks to a refereeing mistake and that was against Siena."

On Juventus boss Ranieri

"I studied Italian five hours a day for many months to be able to communicate with you journalists and you think that I lacked respect?

"Who is Ranieri to speak? After five years in England, he had trouble saying good morning and good afternoon."

Claudio Ranieri

Responding to Mourinho's jibe at his club

"Mourinho has not responded to my comments? No problem, when we meet again if I remember what I want to say, then I will say it. Otherwise, I will not say anything, that is only Inter's style."

His racist remark after his team lost in the Coppa Italia
I did not like the entire direction of the match. I found the official was tough with us, on the field it seemed as if he was Chinese, as it was always yellow cards with us,

"It wasn't right to play the game now. The return leg is not for fifty days, yet we had to play this match in the middle of a very intense cycle [of matches]. We lost here, we'll see what we can do in the second-leg."

Damage limitation exercise

"Juventus played in China in the past, and I know the performance of Chinese referees," said Ranieri. "They are strict and respect the rules of FIFA. They blow their whistles for all fouls.

"Recently, the referees in Serie A have tended to follow the example set by the English Premier League and blow for fouls less and less."

"I don't like it [the English style]. Juventus have many games at the moment and we need more protection," said the Juve coach. "But against Lazio, the referee changed and blew his whistle for all fouls and gave yellow cards. So I said he was like a Chinese referee. I didn't complain about him."

"I will repeat my opinion - I don't like the English Premier League style. I hope that referees will be stricter and give my players more protection."

"I didn't intend to offend any Chinese people. I like China very much and the people very much. China is a great country."

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