AS Roma coach Jose Mourinho has lost an appeal against a two- match Serie A ban for his reaction to being sent off in his side’s 2-1 defeat at Cremonese in late February, the Italian Sports Court of Appeal ruled on Friday.
Mourinho who was given his marching orders by referee Marco Piccinini at the start of the second half for dissent, was fined €10 000 and will be suspended for Roma’s matches against Sassuolo on Sunday and Lazio on 19 March.
The Portuguese manager was allowed to sit in the dugout for Roma’s 1-0 win over Juventus last Sunday after his ban was temporarily suspended following the appeal.
Roma are fourth in the table with 47 points, one point behind third-placed Lazio.
