Roma are fifth in Serie A, one point off Lazio in fourthRoma boss Jose Mourinho was sent off in his side’s Serie A defeat to Cremonese, his third red card of the season. Cremonese claimed their first win of the season with a late Daniel Ciofani penalty securing a 2-1 win. Mourinho, 60, was sent off two minutes into the second half but said he was provoked by the fourth official.”I’m emotional but not crazy. For the first time in my career a referee has spoken to me in an unjustifiable way,” said the former Chelsea boss.”To have the reaction I had is because something happened. I need to know now if I can do something from a disciplinary point of view.”Mourinho claimed that the fourth official instructed referee Marco Piccinini to show a red card without giving a full description of the touchline incident.”Unfortunately, the fourth official doesn’t have the honesty to say what he said to me, how he said it and the way he treated me, which obviously triggered my reaction,” said Mourinho af ter a defeat that left Roma fifth in the Serie A table.”I want to see if there’s an audio recording of what he said to me. “I don’t want to get into the fact that he’s from Turin, that we have to play Juventus and he wants me off the touchline. I don’t want to get into that. I want to get into the fact that for the first time in my career, a referee, and in this case a fourth official, spoke to me in an unacceptable way.”He said he went to the referees’ dressing room after the match but that the fourth official “appears to have forgotten [what he said]”.”Piccinini saw me come into the dressing room and say to the fourth official: ‘I want you to be honest and say what has happened.’ He appears to have trouble with his memory.”The former Manchester United manager was sent off in September against Atalanta and in November against Torino, both for outbursts over decisions against his side. Cremonese’s victory ended a joint-Serie A record of 30 games without a win dating back to 1995-96, their previous season in the top flight. Line -upsCremoneseFormation 3-4-312Carnesecchi24Ferrari15Bianchetti5Vásquez17Sernicola6Pickel26Benassi3Valeri20Afena-Gyan74Tsadjout77Okereke12Carnesecchi24FerrariBooked at 12minsSubstituted forChirichesat 84’minutes15BianchettiBooked at 52mins5Vásquez17SernicolaBooked at 58minsSubstituted forGhiglioneat 84’minutes6PickelSubstituted forGaldamesat 78’minutes26Benassi3Valeri20Afena-GyanSubstituted forMeïtéat 66’minutes74TsadjoutSubstituted forCiofaniat 78’minutes77OkerekeSubstitutes4Aiwu9Ciofani10Buonaiuto13Saro18Ghigl ione21Chiriches23Acella27Galdames28Meïté33Quagliata44Lochoshvili45Sarr90DessersRomaFormation 3-4-2-11Rui Patrício23Mancini3Ibañez da Silva24Kumbulla59Zalewski4Cristante25Wijnaldum37Spinazzola21Dybala7Pellegrini11Belotti1Rui Patrício23Mancini3Ibañez da SilvaBooked at 81mins24KumbullaSubstituted forKarsdorpat 68’minutes59ZalewskiSubstituted forSolbakkenat 63’minutes4CristanteSubstituted forMaticat 63’minutes25Wijnaldum37Spinazzola21Dybala7PellegriniSubstituted forEl Shaarawyat 63’minutesBooked at 74mins11BelottiSubstituted forAbrahamat 62’minutesSubstitutes2Karsdorp8Matic9Abraham14Llorente18Solbakken19Çelik20Camara52Bove62Volpato63Boer68Tahirovic92El Shaarawy99SvilarLive TextMatch ends, Cremonese 2, Roma 1.Second Half ends, Cremonese 2, Roma 1. Georginio Wijnaldum (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Pablo Galdames (Cremonese). Attempt missed. Paulo Dybala (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Rick Karsdorp. David Okereke (Cremonese) wins a f ree kick in the defensive half. Ibañez (Roma) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Foul by Daniel Ciofani (Cremonese). Offside, Roma. Leonardo Spinazzola tries a through ball, but Tammy Abraham is caught offside. Foul by Ola Solbakken (Roma).Emanuele Valeri (Cremonese) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nemanja Matic.Substitution, Cremonese. Vlad Chiriches replaces Alex Ferrari. Substitution, Cremonese. Paolo Ghiglione replaces Leonardo Sernicola. Goal! Cremonese 2, Roma 1. Daniel Ciofani (Cremonese) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner. Ibañez (Roma) is shown the yellow card. Penalty Conceded by Rui Patrício (Roma) after a foul in the penalty area. Penalty Cremonese. David Okereke draws a foul in the penalty area. Attempt blocked. Daniel Ciofani (Cremonese) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Galdames .
