Mourinho’s red card law! Are Lazio afraid of three games, two wins and one draw? Serie A is fighting for four and Rome is stable.

The official of Serie A finally gave Mourinho the penalty decision of “being late” and being banned for two games, which really made some people happy and some people worried. This is not good news for Rome and Mourinho, but it is great news for Lazio, the arch-enemy in the same city. After their city war with Rome, Magic Bird will be absent from the command, and the two teams are direct opponents of Serie A for four. Lazio ranks third in the Serie A standings with 48 points.

Mourinho, the magic bird, was suspended for two games, which came from the match between Rome and Cremonese, the vice squad leader, and was sent off directly by the referee. This is the third red card of Mu Shuai this season. Interestingly, the first two red cards made Mourinho unable to direct the game on the sidelines. Rome played a total of three games, but maintained an unbeaten record of 2 wins and 1 draw. Do you think this is amazing?

Mourinho’s first red card was harvested by the 0-1 loss to Atalanta in Rome, and then he was punished by a one-game ban, which was the 2-1 victory over Inter Milan in Mei Acha Stadium. The second red card was obtained in the game against Turin at home. This time, it was suspended for two games, and then Rome beat Bologna 1-0 and drew AC Milan 2-2 away. Interesting, these three games in Rome were hard battles, and Mourinho was not on the sidelines, but the record was very good. Is this the referee’s “help” to Magic Bird?

This is impossible. Mourinho, who has always been ruthless, has always defended his calves. The three red cards he got were all obtained by his players who were treated unfairly on the court. It is for this reason that the coach Magic Bird was not present, which made the Roman team want to win a sigh of relief for Mourinho, and the fighting capacity inspired by it was even more terrible. Lazio, the sworn enemy of the same city, thought that they had found a “treasure”. It seems that they will “die” in Mourinho’s red card again.

Before Border-Gavaskar Trophy

Practice games used to be hitherto seen by visiting teams as an ideal preparation to get used to the tough Indian conditions. No longer though. Australia will play the first Test in Nagpur on February 9 without any tour games; instead they will have a four-day preparatory camp at Alur, in the outskirts of Bangalore. Pat Cummins’ Australian team has arrived on Indian shores, hoping to become the first captain since Alastair Cook’s England side in 2012 to win a series here.

Instead of the practice games, Australia will train on customised pitches at Alur. Thanks to head coach Andrew McDonald and spin consultant Daniel Vettori’s association with Royal Challengers Bangalore, it is understood that Australia thought having a preparatory camp for four days would be ideal preparation before they travel to Nagpur.

With R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj waiting, Australia will have customised pitches that will test their batsmen and bowlers at Alur. It is understood that Australia will train on different sorts of scuffed-up pitches — slow turner, rank-turner, one with variable bounce – to get acclimated to the conditions that they are likely to encounter at Nagpur, Delhi and Ahmedabad. With Dharamsala pitch mostly suiting the seamers, it is understood that they have a green pitch also in place.