Mourinho slams Barca after defeat
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April 29, 2011, Friday
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JOSE Mourinho wrote off Real Madrid's Champions League chances and accused Barcelona of being favored by the footballing authorities after his 10-man side lost its semifinal first leg 2-0 on Wednesday.
Real had midfielder Pepe sent off after 62 minutes and Mourinho was sent to the stands for his protests soon after, and Lionel Messi took full advantage to score both goals in a stunned Bernabeu.
"Congratulations to a fantastic football team," the Real coach said in a rambling rant at the news conference. "But congratulations for all they have as well, it must be difficult to get to get all this power. Where does this power come from? I don't know if it's because they give UNICEF publicity (on their shirts)?"
Mourinho went on to list Barcelona's semifinal victory over Chelsea in 2009, the Inter Milan semifinal from last season and now "the scandal of the Bernabeu", as he suggested unfair red cards had been issued to rivals playing the Catalan side.
"This thing happens in each semifinal," he said. "I am here just to ask this question and I hope to get the answer one day. I respect him (Barca coach Pep Guardiola) a great deal as a coach and a person ... but I would like to see him win a Champions League without scandals.
"Pep is a fantastic soccer coach and he has won one Champions League. I would be ashamed to have won it after the scandal of Stamford Bridge (when he said Chelsea should have had four penalties).
"I won two Champions Leagues with Porto and Inter and won both on the pitch. We won with work, effort, sweat and fight."
Mourinho ruled out any chance of another heroic performance in next Tuesday's second leg in Barcelona.
"Obviously in the return leg it's a very difficult mission," he added. "It's not very difficult, it's impossible.
"They will get to the final and that's that..."
Barcelona said the club's legal department are studying "whether to take his remarks to the UEFA disciplinary Commission."
UEFA said it was waiting for reports from the referee and match delegate before announcing whether any disciplinary cases would be opened.
Real had midfielder Pepe sent off after 62 minutes and Mourinho was sent to the stands for his protests soon after, and Lionel Messi took full advantage to score both goals in a stunned Bernabeu.
"Congratulations to a fantastic football team," the Real coach said in a rambling rant at the news conference. "But congratulations for all they have as well, it must be difficult to get to get all this power. Where does this power come from? I don't know if it's because they give UNICEF publicity (on their shirts)?"
Mourinho went on to list Barcelona's semifinal victory over Chelsea in 2009, the Inter Milan semifinal from last season and now "the scandal of the Bernabeu", as he suggested unfair red cards had been issued to rivals playing the Catalan side.
"This thing happens in each semifinal," he said. "I am here just to ask this question and I hope to get the answer one day. I respect him (Barca coach Pep Guardiola) a great deal as a coach and a person ... but I would like to see him win a Champions League without scandals.
"Pep is a fantastic soccer coach and he has won one Champions League. I would be ashamed to have won it after the scandal of Stamford Bridge (when he said Chelsea should have had four penalties).
"I won two Champions Leagues with Porto and Inter and won both on the pitch. We won with work, effort, sweat and fight."
Mourinho ruled out any chance of another heroic performance in next Tuesday's second leg in Barcelona.
"Obviously in the return leg it's a very difficult mission," he added. "It's not very difficult, it's impossible.
"They will get to the final and that's that..."
Barcelona said the club's legal department are studying "whether to take his remarks to the UEFA disciplinary Commission."
UEFA said it was waiting for reports from the referee and match delegate before announcing whether any disciplinary cases would be opened.
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