Jose Mourinho is accustomed to making controversial statements in front of the media, and putting them at the referee’s direction. Which may earn the Portuguese a penalty from the authorities.
Recently, Special One’s signature little phrases have been directed at AS Roma players. At the end of November, the coach, who worked at Chelsea and Real Madrid, attacked his men who were too lenient in his opinion. After the match of the week in Europe against Servette (1-1), the coach this time targeted Houssem Aouar, guilty of not showing himself enough.
Today, Saturday, before the match against Sassuolo, Jose Mourinho criticized referee Matteo Marcenaro.
“Mancini will receive a yellow card.”
Teasing the Portuguese they pressed the official: “I’m worried about the referee, we’ve appointed him as fourth official three times and I don’t think he has the emotional stability for matches at this level. Not even the profile of those who are at this level. (…) We’ve had bad luck with him too often… “You will see that tomorrow (Sunday) with (Matteo) Marcenaro, and (Gianluca) Mancini they will get a yellow card after 10 minutes and they will miss Fiorentina.”.
Finally, Sassuolo received a red card and lost 2-1, when the match referee, Gianluca Mancini, was not warned.
Punishment for Mourinho?
However, this offensive attack could have repercussions. According to information received from La Gazzetta dello SportThe Italian Football Federation decided to open a disciplinary case against the Roma coach. The Public Prosecutor revealed that Jose Mourinho violated Articles 4 and 23 of the Sports Justice Law, referring to… “Principles of loyalty, accuracy and integrity” with “harmful statements”.
What is Jose Mourinho risking? Fine, advance, and suspension. Roma, who beat Sassuolo, find themselves in fourth place in Serie A and will need their coach to face Fiorentina next weekend.
