UEFA to look into 'intentional' Real Madrid red cards

Controversy: Jose Mourinho on the touchline last night
11 April 2012

UEFA said it will study the match referee's report before deciding whether to charge Real Madrid players Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos for appearing to get intentional red cards in the side's Champions League match against Ajax.

Alonso and Ramos both collected second cautions from Scottish referee Craig Thomson for timewasting late in Real's 4-0 win at the Amsterdam Arena.

They will serve one-match suspensions in a meaningless final group match against Auxerre, then could start the knockout rounds in February with a clean disciplinary slate.

UEFA says its disciplinary unit will look at the incidents.

Ramos insisted Madrid had not hatched a plan to ensure both would be dismissed, and Mourinho, when asked about the red cards, said: "I spoke with many players throughout the game, not only with Ramos and Alonso.

"Stories sell, but the important thing is the 4-0 win and the fantastic game we had. Let's talk about that and not other things."

When quizzed on the subject again, the Madrid boss said: "The sendings-off came after an easy game where the referee has shown some strange yellows.

"They are cards that I don't like. It was an easy game to control. Ajax made a lot of fouls and in the first from Ramos he was shown a yellow card."

The Portuguese coach added: "The red cards we picked up don't matter hugely as we have already qualified ahead of the next game against Auxerre.

"If Ramos and Alonso can't play against Auxerre then there will be others, but we are not going to gift the game to the French. We want to win them all."

Madrid secured top spot in the group thanks to first-half goals from Karim Benzema and Alvaro Arbeloa, and Cristiano Ronaldo's second-half double.

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