Jose Mourinho forced to watch Roma's last-gasp win from "jail" on team bus

Jose Mourinho was forced to watch Roma's win 1-0 away win against Spezia on Sunday afternoon from the team bus after receiving a touchline ban.

The Portuguese coach, who received a two-match suspension after being sent off against Hellas Verona, was offered the chance to sit in the VIP box at Spezia's Stadio Alberto Picco.

Mourinho rejected the offer, however, and sat on the bus with some of his backroom staff - including Nuno Santos, who was also dismissed against Verona.

And Santos was keen to vent his frustration on Instagram, posting a picture of him and Mourinho watching the game on the bus with the comment: "The jail had iPad TV."

The Roma manager also posted pictures of him and his backroom staff watching the game on the bus to his Instagram account, which has more than 2.7million followers.

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Mourinho was a happy man at full-time after former Chelsea striker Tammy Abraham scored a 99th minute winner.

The result lifts the capital club up to sixth in Serie A, six points behind Juventus in fourth - the final Champions League spot.

Spezia, meanwhile, sit in 16th - just four points above the relegation zone - and have lost three consecutive league games.

Abraham now has 12 league goals for Roma - putting him fourth in the race for the Golden Boot - and 19 in all competitions.

Roma have been knocked out of the Coppa Italia but can still win the inaugural Europa Conference League and are regarded as one of the favourites.

The Italian giants face Dutch outfit Vitesse in the last 16 of European football's new tertiary competition. Other teams still competing include Marseille, Leicester and PSV Eindhoven.

Mourinho will also miss Roma's Serie A clash with fifth-place Atalanta on March 5 but will be back for the first leg of their European tie with Vitesse five days later.

This isn't the first time the former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham boss has received a touchline ban.

In 2005, he famously hid in a laundry basket to avoid a UEFA ban and give a team talk to his players before their Champions League clash against Bayern Munich.

"I go to the dressing room during the day so I was there from midday and the game is seven o'clock," said Mourinho, as quoted by Football Italia.

"I just want to be in the dressing room when the players arrive.

"I went there and nobody saw me. The problem was to leave after. And Stewart Bannister the kit man put me in the basket. It was a little bit open so I could breathe.

"But when he is taking it outside the dressing room, the UEFA guys were following and desperate to find me so he closed the box and I couldn't breathe!

"When he opened the box I was dying! I am serious! I was claustrophobic, I promise! It's true!"