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MOURINHO SUSPENDED FOR TWO MATCHES FOR INSULTING REFEREE

Portuguese Manager, Jose Mourinho was suspended for two matches on Tuesday after being sent off for an angry stoppage time outburst at the referee in Roma’s Sene A draw with Verona.

He shouted at the referee Lu Ca Pairetto and mimed phone call, a gesture that earned him a red card.

Italian media reported that Mourinho was unhappy with how little time had been added on Saturday, at the end of a game in which Roma fought back from two goals down to draw 2-2. Roma fell six points behind Juventus who hold the fourth champion league place.

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The gesture questioned the referee’s independence. Mourinho grabbed the match ball at the end and booted it away. He then skipped his post match media duties, he wrote on Instagram, “go home and have a nice dinner”.

The insinuation were also repeated in the tunnel on the way to the changing room. Mourinho was fined 20,000 euros ($22,660).

Roma general manager, Tiago pinto was also suspended until March 8 for making serious insinuations to the referee a punishment that was reduced for later apologizing.

In 2010, when he was at inter Milan Mourinho mimed handcuffs at a referee during a match against sampdoria. He was suspended for three matches.

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