Jose Mourinho handed two-match Serie A ban for referee rant

In a statement, the FIGC’s disciplinary tribunal said that Roma’s manager Jose Mourinho would serve the ban “from the beginning of the next league season”.

Published : Jun 28, 2023 23:25 IST , Milan - 1 MIN READ

Mourinho and Roma were both fined 50,000 euros ($54,000) for his comments about referee Daniele Chiffi.
Mourinho and Roma were both fined 50,000 euros ($54,000) for his comments about referee Daniele Chiffi. | Photo Credit: Getty Images
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Mourinho and Roma were both fined 50,000 euros ($54,000) for his comments about referee Daniele Chiffi. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Jose Mourinho will miss the opening two matches of the Serie A season after Italy’s football federation handed the Roma coach a 10-day ban for calling a referee “the worst” he had ever seen.

In a statement, the FIGC’s disciplinary tribunal said that Mourinho would serve the ban “from the beginning of the next league season” which starts on the weekend of August 19-20.

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Mourinho and Roma were both fined 50,000 euros ($54,000) for his comments about Daniele Chiffi, which came after Roma’s 1-1 Italian league draw at Monza early last month.

The 60-year-old clashed with Chiffi during the match and afterwards said he was “the worst referee I have encountered in my entire career”.

“He is awful, he doesn’t make any human connection and he has no empathy,” he added.

Roma finished sixth in Serie A last season and was the Europa League runner-up last season.

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