In the aftermath of Real Madrid’s Copa del Rey quarter-final aggregate defeat, Jose Mourinho stated that talking about the referee was ‘pointless’.
The Portuguese manager accepted that they had an uphill task in front of them on their visit to Camp Nou and was happy to see his players play with all their heart.
"I will not speak about the referee. We came with the hope of getting through. We knew it was very difficult, but we came with the hope of achieving it," he affirmed.
The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 boss pointed towards his outings to the Camp Nou with Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid of late, and stated that he has gotten used to of these situations involving questionable calls in matches against Barcelona.
"I played here with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567, and with Real Madrid in the Champions League. This is a familiar situation to me."
Real Madrid went out of the cup competition on an aggregate score of 4-3 with their misfortunes in the home leg returning to haunt them at Camp Nou.
However, fans of the capital club can stop their bantering of the players and the manager after the match. Madrid started the away leg in a brilliant fashion with Jose http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pinto-c30032 saving a shot on goal from Gonzalo Higuain, while Mesut Ozil’s long ranged effort only managed to hit the post.
It was Barcelona who opened the scoring in the final minutes of the first half. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Daniel-c9879 Alves doubled La Blaugrana’s lead in injury time, before the interval.
A rejuvenated Madrid returned to the pitch in the second half as they fought resiliently to stay in the competition. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 equalized four minutes later.
Despite their best efforts, Los Blancos failed to find the third goal in the remaining time. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sergio-Ramos-c33096 was given his marching orders towards the end of the game, and it was quite impossible for Madrid from there on.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863, in the semi-finals of the Spanish tournament.
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