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it usually gets replayed that night....or perhaps Thursday, so I7ll watch it then. By then I would've seen the score so if its a boring one, I'll prob give it a miss. For all my anti-man u stance, I would cheer em on in Europe

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Ah, the clasico. The finest exhibition of the beautiful game on offer? Well, not quite. Apart from the two Leo Messi goals that gave Barcelona a 2-0 win (the second was astonishing), it was an ugly game in which both sides disgraced themselves with assorted acts of cheating, from diving, kicking, whining, feigning injury and generally acting like total arses

 

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Handbags!!

 

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The escalating feud between Real Madrid and Barcelona erupted into a bitter war of words on Thursday night after Uefa charged both clubs over their conduct in Wednesday's ill-tempered Champions League semi-final.

 

In the wake of one of the most acrimonious encounters between the two sides, Madrid urged Uefa to charge Barcelona over what they perceive as diving to con the referee at the Bernabéu, while their arch rivals said they would formally report José Mourinho over his claim that there is a conspiracy to favour the Catalan club.

 

Mourinho's belief in the existence of a plot against Madrid, who lost Wednesday's first leg 2-0 having had a man sent off, is unlikely to be assuaged by the five Uefa charges against the club. Two of them relate to the coach's sending off and his post-match remarks, while the others concern Pepe's red card, fans throwing missiles and a pitch invasion.

 

"It is unacceptable for someone to question our titles and our relationship with Unicef," a Barcelona spokesman said following a board meeting. "Our aim is not to pour petrol on the fire, it is to put the fire out. We believe that coaches should only talk about football and not outside things that only incite violence. We reject dialectic confrontation and Mourinho uses that too often."

 

However, Madrid hit back in defence of their controversial coach and pointed the finger of blame for Wednesday's ugly scenes at Barcelona, whose only charge was for their substitute goalkeeper's red card over his part in a brawl at half-time.

 

"Now that the unprecedented decision of FC Barcelona to denounce José Mourinho to the disciplinary committee of Uefa is known, Real Madrid communicates that it is obliged to pass a complaint to the same body because of the reiterated anti-sporting behaviour of Barcelona, whose players simulated assaults in a persistent manner with the sole aim of enticing the referee into mistakes – a course of action which led to the clearly unjust decision to send off Pepe," the club said in a statement.

 

They also posted footage on their website that, they said, "clearly shows the player [Pepe] only touched the ball", in a challenge with Daniel Alves which led to the sending off. The club accused the Barcelona defender, who was carried off on a stretcher, of feigning injury.

 

Madrid added: "It is surprising that this chain of anti-sporting behaviour and unfortunate decisions should give way to a disciplinary case being opened against our coach José Mourinho who, beyond the exercising of opinions that he made as part of his right to free speech, showed his rejection of sporting victory at any price and the undermining of principles of loyalty, integrity, and sporting spirit."

 

It is believed that the Uefa refereeing committee is likely to discuss issues arising from the match – including the hounding of the referee, Wolfgang Stark, by both sides – before deciding whether to issue a directive to all its officials via Uefa's refereeing unit.

 

The rancour surrounding the match was ill-timed for Uefa given the high profile of the fixture, the huge worldwide audience for a Champions League semi-final and the ongoing Respect campaign to improve players' behaviour. The Uefa disciplinary committee will meet on 6 May, three days after the second leg, to consider a wide range of charges which can be added to or amended.

 

"The case against Real Madrid is in relation to the throwing of missiles, a pitch invasion, the red card shown to [the defender] Pepe, the dismissal of the coach José Mourinho, as well as the inappropriate statement given by Mr Mourinho to the media after the match," Uefa said.

 

Mourinho was sent to the stands after protesting against the sending-off of Pepe on the hour, with the score at 0-0. After the match the Portuguese manager accused Barcelona of wielding untouchable power in European football and said that their coach, Pep Guardiola, should feel "ashamed" if he wins a competition that "yet again" is engulfed in "scandal".

 

He added that he would not say what he "really thinks" because he feared a life ban but said he felt "disgusted" to be working in football.

 

Madrid's Emmanuel Adebayor branded Barcelona's players as "cry babies". The striker said: "We're playing a man's game but every time we play against Barcelona and every time we touch them they go to ground and cry like babies. Everyone talks about their fair play but I think they are a long way away from fair play. Their coach, their players and their bench are always crying."

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Footie:

 

West Brom vs Aston Villa

Chelsea vs Spurs (1:30am)

 

Sun

Liverpool vs Newcastle (8pm)

Arsenal vs Man Utd (10pm)

City vs West Ham

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