Jose Mourinho threatens ‘legal action’ after being sent off for the third time this season

José Mourinho has claimed he could take legal action after being sent off for the third time this season in Roma’s shock 2-1 loss to Cremonese.

Mourinho was sent off early in the second half after a clash with the fourth official.

The Roma manager received a red card from referee Marco Piccinini and then continued gesturing towards the fourth official and insisting ‘it’s him, it’s him’ in protest.

Mourinho assured after the game that the fourth official Marco Serra had spoken to him in “the most incredible way”.

“I need to understand if I can take any legal action,” Mourinho said at his post-match press conference. ‘Piccinini gave me a red card, because unfortunately the fourth official does not have the capacity to understand what he told me.

José Mourinho has threatened legal action after being sent off for the third time this season

Mourinho claimed fourth official Marco Serra had spoken to him in “the most incredible way”

‘I want to know if there is an audio recording. I don’t want to get into the fact that Serra is from Turin and on Sunday we play against Juventus.

‘For the first time in my career, a fourth official spoke to me in the most incredible way. It was unjustifiable. At the end of the game, I went to talk to them.

“Piccinini, who was the fourth official in the last game when I was sent off, told me to apologize to Serra. I told Serra that he should have the courage to explain what happened, but he had memory problems.

The Italian Football Federation has opened an investigation into the incident, according to Gazzetta dello Sport.

Both Mourinho and Serra will be contacted for their version of the events surrounding the red card.

The dispute was sparked by a clash on the pitch between Roma’s Marash Kumbulla and Cremonese’s Frank Tsadjout.

Mourinho asked Serra for an explanation and was reportedly told to “mind his own business”, which led to the altercation.

Serra reportedly told Mourinho ‘everyone takes the c*ss out of you, go home’ to Mourinho, following his dismissal.

Mourinho’s side were already 1-0 down when he received his marching orders, after Frank Tsadjout opened the scoring for relegation-threatened Cremonese.

Leonardo Spinazzola equalized the game for Roma with just under twenty minutes remaining, before a Daniel Ciofani penalty saw the home side take all three points and record their first Serie A victory in 27 years.

The former Premier League-winning manager had to watch second-half events from the stands, where he was joined by assistant Salvatore Foti, who was serving a touchline penalty for using insults when the two teams met in the Coppa Italia. .

Foti’s presence in the stands allowed Mourinho to take out one of his old tricks to communicate with the bench.

Roma’s shock defeat was a blow to their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.

Cremonese celebrated their first Serie A win of the season, and their first since March 1996

Rather than simply give his instructions over the phone, he took notes and used his assistant to send feedback to the bench.

A win for Roma would have returned them to the Champions League places, but they remain within one point of the top four, behind city rivals Lazio. Mourinho will now be absent for Sunday’s decisive game against Juventus.

They are also still in contention for this season’s Europa League and will face Spain’s Real Sociedad in the round of 16 next month.

As for Cremonese, the win marked their first league win of the season and first top-flight win since March 1996. It’s also the second time they’ve beaten Roma this season, after knocking Mourinho out of the league. Italian Cup.