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Real Madrid and Barcelona will both face UEFA disciplinary hearings following their ill-tempered Champions League semi-final, first leg.<\/p>\n

UEFA announced that Madrid will answer five charges relating to the throwing of missiles, a pitch invasion, Pepe’s red card, the dismissal of coach Jose Mourinho and the “inappropriate statement” given by the Portuguese manager at the post-match press conference.<\/p>\n

Barca, who won the game 2-0 thanks to a pair of Lionel Messi strikes, will face just one charge after substitute goalkeeper Jose Pinto was shown a red card during the half-time melee.<\/p>\n

The cases will be heard by UEFA’s control and disciplinary body on Friday, May 6.<\/p>\n

Mourinho’s charge comes after he last night implied the Catalan club receive favourable treatment from referees and claimed Barcelona had yet to win a “clean” Champions League title under Pep Guardiola.<\/p>\n

At the post-match press conference Mourinho, who was sent off after protesting against Pepe’s red card, said: “Today it’s clear that against Barcelona you have no chance.<\/p>\n

“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.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

Mourinho has 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.<\/p>\n

Earlier this season he was given a one-match Champions League ban after appearing to instruct Real players Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos to be deliberately sent off, meaning they would be free to start the last-16 knockout round without the threat of suspension.<\/p>\n

Mourinho’s latest rant stemmed from the decision of German referee Wolfgang Stark to send off Pepe for a foul on Dani Alves which effectively turned the game Barcelona’s way.<\/p>\n

The first ‘scandal’ Mourinho referred to was the Champions League semi-final between Barca and Chelsea in 2009, when the Catalan club progressed to the final following a controversial second leg when the London side had four penalty claims turned down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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