Hell Clasico:
Jose Mourinho (left) was angered by Real Madrid's Champions League
defeat to Barcelona
Real Madrid coach Jose
Mourinho will 'defend himself to the end' after being handed a
five-match ban by UEFA.
The former Chelsea boss has
already served a one-match ban and another is suspended, meaning he
will miss Madrid's first three European games next
season.
Mourinho has also been fined
£44,000 by UEFA's control and disciplinary body for his sending-off
and comments after the first leg, while Madrid midfielder Pepe has
been given a one-game ban, which he served in the second leg, for
his red card.
Mourinho did not appear before
the media on the eve of Madrid's Primera Division clash with
Sevilla, with his assistant Aitor Karanka taking his
place.
Karanka also undertook media
duties before and after this week's semi-final second leg with
Barca, where a 1-1 draw saw Madrid tumble out of Europe 3-1 on
aggregate.
Asked about Mourinho's
reaction to his ban, Karanka said: 'When you receive a sanction
like that you never receive it well and more so if you don't know
the reason for the sanction. The club have already announced they
are going to appeal and, on a personal level, Mourinho is going to
defend himself and he will fight to the end.'
Karanka claimed the club still
have not been told the reason for Mourinho's punishment.
'As things stand today, UEFA
haven't communicated the reason for the sanctions against the
coach,' he said.
Mayhem in Madrid: Barcelona prevailed after a
spite-filled Champions League semi-final first leg at the
Bernabeu
Barcelona reserve
keeper Jose Pinto, who was red-carded after a scuffle at half-time
at the Bernabeu, has been given a three-game
ban.
A Real Madrid statement read:
'The UEFA Control and Disciplinary Body has announced to Real
Madrid CF its decision to suspend coach Jose Mourinho for five
games. The coach has already seen through the suspension of the
first of these games. The suspension of the fifth and final game
will be pending during the next three years.
'Real Madrid CF considers this
resolution still suffers from the same defects found at the start
of the disciplinary case, which made it impossible for our coach to
use his right to defend himself, since the exact statements for
which the disciplinary case was opened are still
unknown.
'Real Madrid CF will appeal
this decision before the UEFA Appeals Body.'
Barcelona have also announced
they will appeal against the three-match ban handed down to
Pinto.
Mourinho was sent off after
protesting against Pepe's red card, and in the post-match press
conference claimed Barcelona had yet to win a 'clean' Champions
League title under Pep Guardiola.
He said then: 'It's clear that
against Barcelona you have no chance. 'I don't understand why. I don't know if it's
the publicity of UNICEF [the club's shirt sponsor], I don't know if
it's the friendship of [Spanish football federation president Angel
Maria] Villar at UEFA, where he is vice-president, I don't know if
it's because they are very nice, but they have got this power. The
rest of us have no chance.
Sent off: Mourinho was banished from the field for
his reaction to Pepe's red card during the first leg
'Guardiola is a
fantastic coach, but he has won one Champions League which I would
be ashamed to win after the scandal at Stamford Bridge and this
year, if he wins it again, it will be after the scandal at the
Bernabeu.'
Mourinho was referring to the
Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Chelsea in 2009,
when the London side had four penalty claims turned
down.
The Portuguese coach has a
long disciplinary history with UEFA. He was banned from the
touchline for two matches in 2005 for alleging then-Barcelona coach
Frank Rijkaard had influenced referee Anders Frisk, while earlier
this season he was banned for one match after appearing to instruct
Real players Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos to be deliberately sent
off.