Jose Mourinho hit with ban after Roma outburst caused controversy

Roma boss Jose Mourinho has been handed a two-match touchline ban in Serie A and fined €20k (£16.5k) following his sending off against Hellas Verona.

The Portuguese coach was sent-off on Saturday and has now earned a fresh suspension alongside his goalkeeping coach Nuno Santos.

It is not the first time Mourinho has seen red this season for Roma, having been dismissed against Napoli in Serie A earlier this game having been booked twice by the officials.

The coach was also dismissed in a friendly defeat to Spanish side Real Betis before the game began, in an encounter when he tried to enter the pitch to confront the referee.

Mourinho was sent-off again on Saturday and is alleged to have shouted towards referee Luca Pairetto: "They sent you on purpose, Juve sent you..."

Pairetto is the son of a former referee Pierluigi Pairetto who was involved in the 2006 Calciopoli investigation and Mourinho’s telephone gesture on Saturday appeared to be motivated to Pairetto’s father’s phone calls with then-Juve director Luciano Moggi.

As Roma Press cite Il Tempo as reporting, goalkeeping coach Santos has also been handed a two-match suspension while General Manager Tiago Pinto will also be unavailable until 8 March.

Fitness coach Stefano Rapetti was suspended for one match and given a €5k fine due to a confrontation with the Verona bench.

That means the quartet will miss the upcoming Serie A fixtures against Spezia and Atalanta, where Salvatore Foti is expected to take charge of first-team affairs.

It was another eventful evening for Mourinho, who saw his heavily depleted side battle back from two goals down to rescue a point at home to Hellas Verona.

The Giallorossi were two goals down after 20 minutes as Antonin Barak and Adrien