Following a 10-day suspension from the Italian football federation for calling a referee “the worst” he had ever seen, Jose Mourinho will miss Roma’s first two Serie A games.

Mourinho will serve the suspension “from the beginning of the next league season,” which kicks off on the weekend of August 19–20, according to a statement from the FIGC’s disciplinary panel.

For his remarks criticizing Daniele Chiffi, made during Roma’s 1-1 Italian league draw at Monza early last month, Mourinho and Roma were each fined €50,000.

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Chiffi and the 60-year-old got into a fight during the game, and the latter claimed to be “the worst referee I have ever encountered in my entire career.”

“He is awful, he doesn’t make any human connection and he has no empathy,” he added.

Roma finished sixth in Serie A last season and were losing Europa League finalists.