Fuming Jose Mourinho sent off for third time this season as Roma lose to side with no Serie A win in 27 YEARS
JOSE MOURINHO saw red for the third time this season as Cremonese sneaked their first Serie A win for 27 years.
Viewers accused the bawling Roma boss of swearing at match officials in English when he was sent off early in the second period
EPAReferee Marco Piccinini didn’t mess about as he sent Jose Mourinho off[/caption]
EPARoma chief Mourinho was just as furious immediately after seeing red[/caption]
GettyWhat a blow for Roma and Mourinho as defeat kept them out of the top four[/caption]
Ex-Manchester United and Chelsea manager Mourinho went for dissent as Cremonese led through Frank Tsadjout’s brilliant top-corner opener on 17 minutes.
Italy left-back Leonardo Spinazzola fired Roma level from Gianluca Mancini’s long pass as Mourinho watched from the stands.
But Tsadjout’s strike-partner Daniel Ciofani fired an 83rd-minute penalty winner – following a foul by keeper Rui Patricio – to lift the home side over Sampdoria at the bottom.
Victory over a Cremonese team that also dumped them out of the Italian Cup would have put Roma back in the four Champions League spots.
So fans weren’t surprised by the manager’s antics.
One joked: “At this point, Mourinho has more red cards than his actual players.”
Another posted: “Jose Mourinho doing Mourinho things. Handed a red card at the start of the second half for abusing the officials.”
A few observers even claimed they could lip-read Mourinho swearing.
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Defeat puts extra pressure on Mourinho’s men in the Europa League
Roma face third-placed LaLiga aside Real Sociedad in the last 16.
As for Cremonese, they joyfully celebrated their first Serie A triumph since March 1996.
They returned to the top-flight this season as Serie B runners-up.
But promotion-winning boss Fabio Pecchia quit for Parma in the summer, with former Lazio and Genoa chief Davide Ballardini replacing him.
GOAL | CREMONESE 2-1 ROMA
82′ Daniel Ciofani (Penalty)#CREROM #SerieApic.twitter.com/k4o4HqQwEa
— FOOTY HUB (@Footyhub01) February 28, 2023
EPADaniel Ciofani, left, enjoys his winner along with Cremonese team-mate David Okereke to leapfrog Sampdoria at the bottom[/caption]
