( CNN ) -- Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho will be banned for the next three Italian Serie A games following a gesture he made during Saturday 's controversial 0-0 draw against Sampdoria . League leaders Inter had two players sent off , while Sampdoria also had a man dismissed in a fiery encounter at the San Siro . Is your boss a `` Special One ? '' Former Chelsea coach Mourinho was seen to cross his arms in the manner of being handcuffed -- a gesture aimed to suggest that Inter were being victimized by match officials -- after the first-half dismissals of defenders Ivan Cordoba and Walter Samuel . Mourinho , who has also been handed a $ 55,000 fine for the gesture , is now bannded from the touchline for the matches against Udinese , Genoa and Catania as Inter try to hold off the challenge of a rampant Roma side at the top of the table . To add to Inter 's problems , Esteban Cambiasso and Sulley Muntari were handed two-game bans for their behavior towards match officials after the game , joining Samuel and Cordoba on the suspended list . The controversy comes just 48 hours before Inter host Mourinho 's former club Chelsea in the last 16 of the Champions League -- the first time he has come face-to-face with the Londoners since his dismissal in September 2007 .
Inter Milan coach Jose Mourinho will be banned for the next 0 Serie A games . It follows a 'handcuff ' gesture made during the three -0 draw with the San Siro . Leaders Inter had three players sent off in September 2007 of a stormy encounter .