Barcelona and UEFA put Jose Mourinho in the dock
Straight after his team’s 2-0 defeat to Barcelona on Wednesday night Mourinho went on the warpath questioning the integrity of UEFA and suggesting that Barcelona’s success under Pep Guardiola has been tainted and also questioning the club’s relationship with UNICEF.
UEFA have hit Real with five different charges with Barca also threatening their former interpretor with legal action.
“It is unacceptable for someone to question our titles and our relationship with Unicef,” a Barcelona spokesman said following a board meeting. “Our aim is not to pour petrol on the fire, it is to put the fire out. We believe that coaches should only talk about football and not outside things that only incite violence. We reject dialectic confrontation and Mourinho uses that too often.”
UEFA said: “The case against Real Madrid is in relation to the throwing of missiles, a pitch invasion, the red card shown to Pepe, the dismissal of the coach José Mourinho, as well as the inappropriate statement given by Mr Mourinho to the media after the match.”
Next week’s return leg at the Nou Camp will come under incredible scrutiny with Real standing by every word of their controversial manager.
A Real statement said: “Now that the unprecedented decision of FC Barcelona to denounce José Mourinho to the disciplinary committee of Uefa is known, Real Madrid communicates that it is obliged to pass a complaint to the same body because of the reiterated anti-sporting behaviour of Barcelona, whose players simulated assaults in a persistent manner with the sole aim of enticing the referee into mistakes – a course of action which led to the clearly unjust decision to send off Pepe.
“It is surprising that this chain of anti-sporting behaviour and unfortunate decisions should give way to a disciplinary case being opened against our coach José Mourinho who, beyond the exercising of opinions that he made as part of his right to free speech, showed his rejection of sporting victory at any price and the undermining of principles of loyalty, integrity, and sporting spirit.”
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