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Mourinho, Preciado face punishment
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November 20, 2010, Saturday
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A SPANISH government commission that seeks to combat violence and intolerance in sport has recommended the Real Madrid and Sporting Gijon coaches, Jose Mourinho and Manuel Preciado, be punished over last week's row.
The spat boiled over after Preciado was incensed by Mourinho's suggestion that Gijon had not made a serious attempt to beat Barcelona earlier this season and said the Portuguese had shown a lack of respect.
He made disparaging remarks about Mourinho at a news conference, prompting Real to release a statement before their match in Gijon at the weekend condemning his comments.
Spain's state commission against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport said after a meeting in Madrid on Thursday the row had risked creating a hostile atmosphere around the fixture, which Real won 1-0.
"In the light of articles published in certain media on the exchange of statements by the coaches ... the commission agreed they could have contributed to the creation of a hostile climate," said a statement posted on the website of the government sports council on Thursday.
"The commission also believes that it is necessary to prevent this kind of situation happening again," the statement said, adding the Spanish soccer federation had been asked to take appropriate disciplinary action against the pair.
Several La Liga coaches, including Villarreal's Juan Carlos Garrido and Espanyol's Mauricio Pochettino, backed Preciado.
In a statement on its website on Thursday, Real expressed its "profound opposition" to, and "disappointment" with, the commission's ruling and director general Jorge Valdano called a news conference to address it. "It's a big mistake to lump the two coaches together for their remarks," Valdano said.
In a statement on its website, Gijon said it regretted the disagreement between the two coaches and had considered the matter closed.
However, it said Real's latest statement and Valdano's comments at his news conference had been "unfortunate" in that the club and its director general had set themselves up as the "judge" in the case.
The spat boiled over after Preciado was incensed by Mourinho's suggestion that Gijon had not made a serious attempt to beat Barcelona earlier this season and said the Portuguese had shown a lack of respect.
He made disparaging remarks about Mourinho at a news conference, prompting Real to release a statement before their match in Gijon at the weekend condemning his comments.
Spain's state commission against violence, racism, xenophobia and intolerance in sport said after a meeting in Madrid on Thursday the row had risked creating a hostile atmosphere around the fixture, which Real won 1-0.
"In the light of articles published in certain media on the exchange of statements by the coaches ... the commission agreed they could have contributed to the creation of a hostile climate," said a statement posted on the website of the government sports council on Thursday.
"The commission also believes that it is necessary to prevent this kind of situation happening again," the statement said, adding the Spanish soccer federation had been asked to take appropriate disciplinary action against the pair.
Several La Liga coaches, including Villarreal's Juan Carlos Garrido and Espanyol's Mauricio Pochettino, backed Preciado.
In a statement on its website on Thursday, Real expressed its "profound opposition" to, and "disappointment" with, the commission's ruling and director general Jorge Valdano called a news conference to address it. "It's a big mistake to lump the two coaches together for their remarks," Valdano said.
In a statement on its website, Gijon said it regretted the disagreement between the two coaches and had considered the matter closed.
However, it said Real's latest statement and Valdano's comments at his news conference had been "unfortunate" in that the club and its director general had set themselves up as the "judge" in the case.
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