Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho gets ban and fine while Belgium to top Fifa rankings

Misconduct charge for comments after Southampton defeat while Vincent Kompany says he 'feels great' after injury lay-off.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho. Reuters

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has been given a suspended one-match stadium ban and fined £50,000 following a misconduct charge from the Football Association over comments he made following the 3-1 defeat to Southampton.

Mourinho has also been warned he faces further punishment for any more such outbursts within the next 12 months.

The Portugese coach was unhappy at the decision not to award a penalty when, with the score at 1-1, forward Radamel Falcao was upended by Saints goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg, and criticised referee Robert Madley in post-match media comments.

The FA confirmed on Wednesday evening the Chelsea manager had accepted he had breached the regulations.

“Jose Mourinho has been given a suspended one-match stadium ban and fined £50,000 after he admitted a breach of FA Rules in relation to post-match media comments,” a statement from the governing body read.

“The Chelsea manager was charged for misconduct following the game against Southampton on Saturday 3 October 2015.

“It was alleged his remarks constituted improper conduct in that they alleged and/or implied bias on the part of a match official or match officials and/or brought the game into disrepute.

“Mr Mourinho’s suspended stadium ban will be immediately invoked should he be found by an Independent Regulatory Commission to have committed a further breach of FA Rule E3 for any comment or statement to or through the media before 13 October 2016.”

Belgium

Belgium are set to top the next Fifa world rankings, due out next month, thanks to their results in their final Euro 2016 qualifiers. The most recent monthly chart placed Belgium, who were quarter-finalists at the World Cup last summer, in third behind Argentina and world champions Germany in second. But Belgium have won their last two games, against Andorra and Israel, to finish top of their Euro 2016 qualifying group, while Germany lost to Republic of Ireland last week and Argentina lost to Ecuador and drew with Paraguay in recent South American World Cup qualifiers. Belgium will therefore have 1,440 points, putting them top ahead of Germany on 1,388 while Argentina will drop to third on 1,383 when the next rankings are released on November 5.

Euro 2016

With 20 places settled for Euro 2016 in France next summer, the remaining four spots will be decided in play-offs with the draw due to be made on Saturday. The four seeded teams, which has been based on Uefa’s rankings system, are made up of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Sweden and Hungary. The four unseeded teams who they will be drawn against are Denmark, Ireland, Norway and Slovenia. The two-legged ties are to be played next month, with the seeded sides having home advantage in the second leg.

Manchester City

Vincent Kompany expects to return to Manchester City’s starting line-up on Saturday when they face Bournemouth at home. Kompany had missed the past five games with a calf injury, but played in Belgium’s win over Israel on Tuesday, and he said: “I feel great and I am glad I got to do it. I needed to be part of this and I am just looking forward to the next games.”

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