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Jose Mourinho misses Man United reunion with Paul Pogba as Roma & Juventus clash

Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho will not be on the touchline when Paul Pogba and Juventus play at the Stadio Olimpico.

Mourinho, 60, was sent off for the third time this season during Tuesday's 2-1 defeat away at Cremonese and has subsequently been handed a two-match ban, which begins ahead of this weekend's game. Serie A's statement claimed that the sanctions are "for having contested a refereeing decision in a forceful and provocative manner in the second minute of the second half and repeating this behaviour at the time of sending off" as well as "entering the referees’ dressing room and addressing the fourth official with offensive expressions and inferences at the end of the match."

It was Pogba who missed the reverse fixture with a torn meniscus, which the midfielder only recently recovered from to make his second Juventus debut as a second-half substitute during the Turin derby in midweek, on the same day that his former manager saw red. With Roma also out of the Coppa Italia after losing also losing to Cremonese during the quarter-finals of that competition, a reunion on the pitch will have to wait until next season.

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Pogba made more than 100 appearances under Mourinho while they were together at Old Trafford, but their relationship deteriorated towards the end of the manager's tenure. There was that infamous training exchange that epitomised the dynamic between them and Pogba also remained an unused substitute during a match against Liverpool at Anfield, which would become Mourinho's finale in charge of United.

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