The Portuguese coach José Mourinho, who leads Roma, has been suspended for ten days and will miss the first two days of the Italian soccer league, the Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) announced in a statement on Wednesday.
The FIGC disciplinary commission explains that the start of the penalty count is the start of Serie A 2023/24, on August 19 and 20, which in practice forces the Romans to start the first two games without Mourinho.
The Portuguese is penalized for having said, on May 3, that Daniele Chiffi, Monza-Rome referee, for the championship, was “the worst referee I have ever met in my entire career.”
The coach and the club will also have to pay a fine of 50,000 euros each.
A week ago, another punishment for Mourinho was already known, but this one imposed by UEFA, which prevents him from guiding Roma during four games in European competitions, for “abusive” behavior towards English referee Anthony Taylor in the Cup final. of the world. European Soccer League.
At the beginning of the month, UEFA had opened a lawsuit against the coach, in a long list of cases relating to the final, which Sevilla won on penalties (4-1) after drawing 1-1 in regulation time and extra time. .
After the final, images were released in which Mourinho seems to rebel against Anthony Taylor still in the garage of the Puskas Arena, in Budapest, and the next day the referee was harassed by fans at the airport, along with his family.
Source: TSF
