AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho has threatened to take legal action against the referee after his side was shocked by Cremonese in their Serie A clash on Tuesday evening.
Cremonese were bottom of Serie A and were yet to win any game in their opening 23 games but they did just that as they beat Roma 2-1 at Giovanni Zini Stadium.
It looked as if the game would end in a draw when Leonardo Spinazzola canceled out Frank Tsadjout’s opener but Cremonese won it late on when Daniel Ciofani scored the winner from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute.
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Mourinho was given his third red card in the game after half-time after losing his cool with the fourth official, Marco Serra.
Speaking after the game, the 60-year-old said: “I am emotional, but not crazy. In order to react the way I did, something had to happen first. I need to understand if I can take any legal action. Piccinini gave me a red card because unfortunately, the fourth official does not have the capacity to understand what he said to me.
“I want to find out if there is an audio recording. I don’t want to get into the fact that Serra is from Turin and on Sunday we are playing 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 speak 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 he should have the courage to explain what happened, but he had memory problems.”
Roma remains in fifth and one point off the top four. They are next in action on Sunday when they take on Juventus.
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