Barca to make complaint after Jose Mourinho outburst

Angry Mourinho questions Barca 'power'

Barcelona will make a formal complaint to Uefa over comments by Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho about Barca coach Pep Guardiola on Wednesday.

After the Champions League semi-final first leg, Mourinho suggested Barca were favourably treated by referees.
After an extraordinary meeting of the board, Barca spokesman Toni Freixa said: "We want to stand firm when the war of words passes certain limits.
"We believe Mr Mourinho crossed this line yesterday."
After the 2-0 defeat at the Bernabeu, Mourinho had said: "It's clear that against Barcelona you have no chance. I don't know if it's the publicity of Unicef [the club's shirt sponsor], I don't know if it's because they are very nice, but they've got this power."
But Freixa retorted: "We are going to present a case to Uefa's Control and Disciplinary committee against Mr Mourinho for breaking Uefa's disciplinary code.

"It's unacceptable that anyone can question our titles or our link with Unicef. It isn't our intention to fan the flames but to put them out, because we believe coaches should only talk about footballing matters and not things which could incite violence."
Meanwhile, Uefa has announced it has charged both clubs over incidents in the match.
The case against Real centres on the dismissals of midfielder Pepe and manager Mourinho, the manager's post-match outburst and the behaviour of their fans during Wednesday's match.

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Uefa is also looking at the red card shown to Barca reserve keeper Jose Pinto at half-time in their 2-0 win. Both cases will be heard by the Uefa Control and Disciplinary Body on 6 May.
Mourinho's anger stemmed from referee Wolfgang Stark's decision to send off Real defender Pepe for a foul on Dani Alves on the hour mark with the score at 0-0.
The Portuguese was also sent to the stands after protesting to the fourth official and his mood had not lightened at the post-match press conference.
Mourinho added: "I don't know if it's the friendship of [Spanish football federation president Angel Maria] Villar at Uefa, where he is vice-president.
"[Barcelona's Pep] Guardiola is a fantastic coach, but he's 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.
"I hope that one day he will win a clean Champions League, with no incidents behind it."
The first 'scandal' Mourinho was referring to was the Champions League semi-final between Barcelona and Chelsea in 2009, when the Catalan club reached the final on the away goals rule.
Andres Iniesta's injury-time strike secured the win, but at the final whistle Chelsea's players confronted referee Tom Ovrebo, who had waved away at least four penalty appeals during the game.
Barca went on to beat Manchester United in the final.
Mourinho, who coached Inter Milan to the 2010 Champions League title, after beating Barcelona in the last four, continued: "Why couldn't Chelsea reach the final two years ago? It was a miracle that Inter reached the final last year.
"I am here just to ask this question and I hope to get the answer one day."

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Mourinho will now be without the suspended Portuguese defender Pepe and Spanish centre-half Sergio Ramos, who was also booked, for the second leg at the Nou Camp on Tuesday 3 May.
Barring a successful appeal, Mourinho will be forced to watch the match from the stands.
"Yes, we are out. Sometimes I am a little bit disgusted to live in this world, but this is the world we live in," he said.
"We will have to go to Barcelona and look for some pride, without Pepe who didn't do anything, without Ramos who didn't do anything and without a coach to sit on the bench.
"As soon as Pepe was sent off, all of their problems were solved.
"If, in a sporting sense, it's difficult to turn this around, I would say it's now mission impossible. If we go there and score a goal, they will kill us again. We have no chance. They have to get to the final and that's that."
Following Barca's victory, which came courtesy of two Lionel Messi goals, Guardiola chose to look ahead to the fifth and final encounter against their bitter rivals this season.
"We haven't made it to the final yet, this is the first leg match," he said.
"A team that has nine European Cups never gives up on a tie. We are two games and one draw from being European champions. We will think about the return so we can get to Wembley.
"We are a step away from the final, but we will carry on respecting Madrid very, very much. If we start to believe we are already through, Madrid can punish us. We don't believe we are already there [Wembley]."
"We played a very good match and I would like to congratulate the team."