José Mourinho's two-match ban for
insulting an official in Roma's match against Cremonese recently
was upheld on Friday.
Italian soccer's appeals court rejected an appeal against the
ban by the Giallorossi.
An Italian Soccer Federation (FIGC) tribunal last Saturday
suspended the two-match touchline ban Mourinho was given after
getting a red card for a row with a match official in his side's
2-1 defeat at Cremonese on the previous Tuesday, pending the
outcome of the appeal.
The ruling meant Mourinho wias the bench for Roma's Serie
A match against Juventus at the Stadio Olimpico Sunday, which
the home side won 1-0.
During the Cremonese defeat, referee Marco Piccinini gave
Mourinho a red card after the coach had an angry verbal tussle
with fourth official, Marco Serra.
The Italian Soccer Federation's prosecutor has opened a sporting
probe into the incident.
After the match Mourinho said he was considering legal action,
saying that "I don't want to think" that there was a connection
between Serra being from Turin and Mourinho getting a ban for
Roma's home match against Turin giants Juventus.
He suggested he had been provoked by something Serra said.
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