Serie A roundup: Mourinho sees red while Pogba finally makes Juve return
José Mourinho was sent off as Roma lost to previously winless Cremonese in Serie A.
The manager saw red for the third time this season just seconds into the second half of the match after clashing with the fourth official. Mourinho joined his assistant Salvatore Foti in the stands, with the latter serving a touchline ban himself for using insults when these two sides met in the Coppa Italia and Roma, again, lost 2-1.
Mourinho’s side were trailing 1-0 at the time of his dismissal after Frank Tsadjout had struck for the hosts in the 17th minute. Without their coach, Roma drew level in the 71st minute through Leonardo Spinazzola’s strike but parity lasted only 12 minutes.
Daniel Ciofani went down under a challenge from Rui Patrício in the box and stepped up to convert the penalty. The victory lifts Cremonese off the foot of the table at the expense of Sampdoria.
Meanwhile, Paul Pogba made his long-awaited return for Juventus on Tuesday night in a 4-2 win against city rivals Torino. The France international had been out of action since the summer because of a meniscus injury which required surgery in September. It was his first competitive appearance since playing against Liverpool for Manchester United in a 4-0 defeat last April, a total of 315 days ago.
The visitors, looking to move above their neighbours in the league, led with two minutes gone when Yann Karamoh turned in Alessandro Buongiorno’s corner, but Juan Cuadrado cancelled that out 16 minutes in.
Torino led again in the 43rd minute as Antonio Sanabria fired home, but Danilo’s header in first-half stoppage time ended their celebrations. Juve improved after the break. Bremer headed them in front against his former club in the 71st minute, before Adrien Rabiot made sure 10 minutes from time.