Inter pair to explain comments

By foxsports
Published

Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho and chief executive Ernesto Paolillo will have to face Italy's football association over comments they made after the Milan derby.

The association requested Tuesday the pair attend a meeting to explain remarks that appeared to question its impartiality and that of referee Gianluca Rocchi after Inter's 2-0 win over AC Milan on Sunday.

The result gave Inter a nine-point lead in the Serie A. But Mourinho was furious that midfielder Wesley Sneijder and defender Lucio were both sent off, saying "they did everything to stop us winning."

Paolillo said in Monday's edition of La Repubblica that "between the changes to the fixture list and this match, I have seen one too many signals I don't like."

Sneijder was banned for two matches and Lucio for one. Inter's next two games are against Parma and Cagliari.