Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been handed a one-match suspended stadium ban and fined £50,000 by the FA.
The punishment is for comments made by the Special One following the 3-1 defeat at home to Southampton earlier this month.
Mourinho said in his post-match interview after the Saints loss:
“He (Robert Madley) was afraid to give it like everyone else is afraid to give it.
“Why? Because there is always a question mark from you [the media] and always a critic so we are always punished.
“The penalty in this game is more than crucial because my team, at the moment, the first negative thing that happens… they collapse.
“After that the team lost even more confidence. Mentally, psychologically, the team is unbelievably down.
“If the Football Association wants to punish me they can. They don’t punish other managers.”
The FA, in response, issued this statement:
“The Chelsea manager was charged for misconduct following the game against Southampton on Saturday 3 October 2015.
“It was alleged his remarks constituted improper conduct in that they alleged and/or implied bias on the part of a match official or match officials and/or brought the game into disrepute.
“Mr Mourinho’s suspended stadium ban will be immediately invoked should he be found by an Independent Regulatory Commission to have committed a further breach of FA Rule E3 for any comment or statement to or through the media before 13 October 2016.”
The fine and ban is the latest blow in a turbulent season so far for the Premier League champions, and Mourinho in particular.
The Eva Carneiro saga led to the physio leaving the club and seeking legal action. And results have not been too great either. Blues fans will be hoping for better news in the coming weeks.
by Steve Osborne @BlizzardSteve75
