Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho said this Friday that he will not be leaving the club at the end of the season.

Mourinho will have to face charges from UEFA, the governing body of European football after accusations he made against FC Barcelona following his side' s 2-0 defeat in the first leg of the Champions League semi-final on Wednesday night.

He questioned the legitimacy of Barca' s last two European titles with some incendiary declarations.

"Today I don' t know why we have a player (Pepe) sent off. I don' t know if it is for UNICEF (who sponsor Barcelona), I don' t understand. I congratulate a great team, but also for everything they have behind them because it must be hard to have this power," he complained."

"We are out of the final. We will go to Barcelona with our pride and respect for football, but at times it is not nice to live in this world. If we can score the first goal we could leave the tie open, but they will kill us again. It is clear from today that we have no chance."

"Josep Guardiola is a great coach, but he won a Champions League that I would be embarrassed to win, because he won it after the scandal in Stamford Bridge (two years ago) and if he wins this year, he will win after this scandal in the Bernabeu," said Mourinho on Wednesday.

This Friday he had not altered his opinion, despite UEFA bringing charges against him and also Real Madrid.

"I have more desire to continue at Real Madrid for what the team means. The pressure is not a problem for me. I have noting else to say, the images speak for themselves," said Mourinho, who then refused to speak more about the Champions League.

"I am thinking about tomorrow (when Real Madrid entertain Zaragoza). The team that plays tomorrow will be built to win a game, nothing else. Lassana (Diarra) and Xabi Alonso are exhausted because they played on their own on midfield for too long in midweek when it was 10 against 11 and they won' t play tomorrow, but the rest of the teams is a decision I will make tomorrow," he added.

Mourinho did admit that Pepe and Sergio Ramos would be in the starting 11, as they are suspended for next Tuesday' s Champions League return leg and he hinted at changes in attack.

One surprise absentee from the squad is Cristiano Ronaldo, who criticized Mourinho' s defensive tactics after the Barcelona game.

"Cristiano can say what he likes, it is his opinion and not a problem for me. Our morale is good in every sense of the word," insisted Mourinho.

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