Real Madrid accuses Barcelona of instigating an investigation on Mourinho

Real Madrid CF wishes to say the following regarding the decision of the competition judge of the Spanish Football Federation to open an investigation following the incidents occurred in the return leg of the Spanish Super Cup:

1.- Real Madrid CF has from the beginning opted to show prudence and responsibility so as not to feed the tense atmosphere created by such events.

2.- Real Madrid CF wishes to express how surprised it is to see this investigation is being ordered five days after the match, curiously just a few hours after the President of FC Barcelona publicly demanded the Spanish Football Federation to take action.

3.- Real Madrid CF wishes said investigation absolutely clarifies what happened during and after the match. The club wishes it throws light onto the provocations, humilations, insults and aggressions that our first team squad and coaching staff were subjected to both on the pitch and inside the tunnel leading to the dressing rooms. These things regrettably gave way to the incidents that took place.

4.- Real Madrid CF will continue to defend this entity's inherent values and will always strive for the greatest collaboration possible between clubs and institutions throughout the world.

Khaledbarca wrote:Mourinho 12 match-ban

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/la-liga/8718372/Real-Madrid-coach-Jose-Mourinho-faces-12-match-ban-following-eye-gouging-in-Super-Cup-defeat-to-Barca.html?

Finally, some justice?

H.A. wrote:

Khaledbarca wrote:Mourinho 12 match-ban

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/la-liga/8718372/Real-Madrid-coach-Jose-Mourinho-faces-12-match-ban-following-eye-gouging-in-Super-Cup-defeat-to-Barca.html?

Finally, some justice?

How in the hell can an english paper get this news before the spanish ones, mainly the madrid & catalan one ones lol

Don't be happy just yet

If any ban would be given you know it will unfold a sh*t-storm, let the film begin I guess

Khaledbarca wrote:Mourinho 12 match-ban

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/la-liga/8718372/Real-Madrid-coach-Jose-Mourinho-faces-12-match-ban-following-eye-gouging-in-Super-Cup-defeat-to-Barca.html?

Finally, some justice?

Aristotle Onassis wrote:In all honesty, I'm not sure a ban to Mourinho would serve much purpose at this point.

It's not as if a ban is going teach him a lesson. The global criticism to his actions, I'm sure, will have been a far harder and more painful lesson to him. And his ego.
Besides that, it looked to me like he knew what he was doing (footage showed him quite calm as strolled up to Vilanova from behind) - and he knew it wasn't right (hopefully).

A ban now would be almost like salt in the wounds. I wouldn't mind seeing it, but I feel it would be in the best interests of both clubs to leave this issue and move on.

Khaledbarca wrote:Mourinho 12 match-ban

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/la-liga/8718372/Real-Madrid-coach-Jose-Mourinho-faces-12-match-ban-following-eye-gouging-in-Super-Cup-defeat-to-Barca.html?

Finally, some justice?

So Tito Vilanova is facing a four match ban for retaliating after having his eye gouged? ... a bit odd.

Khaledbarca wrote:

Aristotle Onassis wrote:In all honesty, I'm not sure a ban to Mourinho would serve much purpose at this point.

It's not as if a ban is going teach him a lesson. The global criticism to his actions, I'm sure, will have been a far harder and more painful lesson to him. And his ego.
Besides that, it looked to me like he knew what he was doing (footage showed him quite calm as strolled up to Vilanova from behind) - and he knew it wasn't right (hopefully).

A ban now would be almost like salt in the wounds. I wouldn't mind seeing it, but I feel it would be in the best interests of both clubs to leave this issue and move on.

Khaledbarca wrote:Mourinho 12 match-ban

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/la-liga/8718372/Real-Madrid-coach-Jose-Mourinho-faces-12-match-ban-following-eye-gouging-in-Super-Cup-defeat-to-Barca.html?

Finally, some justice?

So Tito Vilanova is facing a four match ban for retaliating after having his eye gouged? ... a bit odd.

a 4 match ban for Tito ( for pushing mourinho back) & 12 match ban for mourinho (putting his finger in tito's eye) & than calling him (Pito = dick in spanish) in press-conference etc..

would be fine with me..

Khaledbarca wrote:

Aristotle Onassis wrote:In all honesty, I'm not sure a ban to Mourinho would serve much purpose at this point.

It's not as if a ban is going teach him a lesson. The global criticism to his actions, I'm sure, will have been a far harder and more painful lesson to him. And his ego.
Besides that, it looked to me like he knew what he was doing (footage showed him quite calm as strolled up to Vilanova from behind) - and he knew it wasn't right (hopefully).

A ban now would be almost like salt in the wounds. I wouldn't mind seeing it, but I feel it would be in the best interests of both clubs to leave this issue and move on.

Khaledbarca wrote:Mourinho 12 match-ban

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/competitions/la-liga/8718372/Real-Madrid-coach-Jose-Mourinho-faces-12-match-ban-following-eye-gouging-in-Super-Cup-defeat-to-Barca.html?

Finally, some justice?

So Tito Vilanova is facing a four match ban for retaliating after having his eye gouged? ... a bit odd.

a 4 match ban for Tito ( for pushing mourinho back) & 12 match ban for mourinho (putting his finger in tito's eye) & than calling him (Pito = dick in spanish) in press-conference etc..

would be fine with me..

Lionel Messi wrote:Justice hopefully will be served to the biggest scum bag in European football.

José Mourinho’s hands - as everyone knows, at one point during the melee, Mou strolled up to Tito Vilanova, Barcelona’s assistant coach, and poked him in the eye/tugged his ear (there seems to be some debate as to what Mou actually did). Vilanova responded by slapping Mou across the side of his head. José Morais then tried to get at Vilanova. In his press conference after the game, Mou stated that he did not know who Vilanova was. Now the former action in and of itself is unforgivable. It gives Madrid a bad image. And given what a control freak Mou is, I’m sure he knows perfectly well who Vilanova is. There really was no need to slight him later on, and that only succeeded in making him look petty. With that said, video images showed that when the fight was about to start, Vilanova made a beeline for Mou. I’m sure he didn’t have good intentions. But that still doesn’t excuse what Mou did.

Mourinho also made a gesture that could be interpreted as something smelling bad when Messi and Alves were near him. That was after Messi spit on the sideline about a meter away from Mou’s shoes, and after Alves shoved Marcelo in the face while trying to separate him from Messi. I’m not saying that the gesture was in good taste, but it certainly wasn’t unprovoked.

other provocations: according to sources in Madrid consulted by AS, Pep Guardiola went up to Madrid’s bench after one of the goals and shouted, “you’re a *bleep* gang” three times. Messi also made some not so polite gestures, such as indicating that it was time for Madrid to shut up. Vilanova also directed various insults at Madrid, using his mouth and his hands. Xabi Alonso said he had seen “disagreeable attitudes and things” from the Barcelona players. We all know that this man wouldn’t make things up.

According to Marca, in the line-up list Barça handed out to the press before the game, they wrote Real Madrid as “Reial Madrid,” or the club’s name as it would be in Catalan. That’s the same as calling it Huang Ma (learned from the recent China trip) in this report and is just another insult. Madrid said they have never referred to the Camp Nou as “Campo Nuevo,” for example, because they have respect for these types of things.

Omniscient wrote:

Lionel Messi wrote:Justice hopefully will be served to the biggest scum bag in European football.

Really? I wasn't aware Sergio Busquets was under investigation.

kiranr wrote:Marca? and sources? Are you kidding me?

harhar11 wrote:

Omniscient wrote:

Lionel Messi wrote:Justice hopefully will be served to the biggest scum bag in European football.

Really? I wasn't aware Sergio Busquets was under investigation.

He said the biggest scum, not one of the biggest scum...

halamadrid2 wrote:

kiranr wrote:Marca? and sources? Are you kidding me?

funny thing is they reported everything else right,

ofcourse people are gonna accuse them of lying for things THEY couldnt see, how about it was confirmed by alonso as well

kiranr wrote:I am not saying they are entirely wrong. However, there is bias. And no one is saying Barcelona is innocent.