Inter lodges appeals against bans

(GSM) – Internazionale won’t accept the ban that was handed to coach Jose Mourinho.

The Portuguese manager was on Monday hit with a three-match ban for insulting officials and making a ‘handcuffs’ gesture during Saturday’s Serie A match against Sampdoria.

Mourinho was also hit with a 40,000-euro fine by the Italian sporting justice.

Inter will also lodge appeals against the bans that Sulley Muntari and Esteban Cambiasso received. The midfielders both copped two-game suspensions.

Muntari’s was for “repeatedly insulting officials” while Cambiasso has been sanctioned for “trying to punch a Sampdoria player during the interval.”

The Nerazzurri won’t appeal against the suspensions for Walter Samuel and Ivan Cordoba who were banned for one match each after they picked up a red card against Sampdoria.

Meanwhile, Mourinho’s spokesman Eladio Parames reacted on the handcuff gesture that was made by the former Chelsea manager.

“That handcuff gesture was misinterpreted,” Parames told Italian news agency ANSA.

“It had nothing to do with the referee. He meant to say a different thing: ‘You can even take me away and arrest me, but my team is strong and will win regardless, even if we play with nine men.”