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UEFA yet to decide over Real red cards

"The UEFA disciplinary services are still looking at the match reports so (there is) no decision on possible disciplinary cases yet," UEFA said in a statement on Wednesday.

Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso were both dismissed late in Tuesday's 4-0 win away to Ajax Amsterdam after picking up second yellow cards for time-wasting.

Spanish sports daily Marca summed up comment across the country's media, saying: "Real Madrid's great match was overshadowed by the self-inflicted sendings-off which had the aim of not accumulating yellow cards before the last sixteen."

"We tried to waste a bit of time as we were a man down and, knowing the result, the referee could have avoided showing this card," he said.

"There is no use talking about the cards we received in the final phase," Mourinho said.

He added that he was unhappy with the cards and said: "I talked to a lot of players during the game - not just Ramos and Alonso."

UEFA's disciplinary panel decided that the pair had committed deliberate fouls in order to serve a one-match suspension during their team's meaningless final group stage match against Bayern Munich.

"I think they used a good method to achieve what they had to achieve thinking ahead to future games," Del Bosque said.

"I don't know if it is unsporting, but they have to think of the future and I think they worked it well."