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| Uefa president Lennart Johansson has criticised the behaviour of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho after the midweek Champions League draw in Barcelona. | Uefa president Lennart Johansson has criticised the behaviour of Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho after the midweek Champions League draw in Barcelona. |
| Uefa will hold an inquiry into the game - in which the Blues had six players booked - but Johansson, 76, said he was disappointed by the Chelsea boss. | Uefa will hold an inquiry into the game - in which the Blues had six players booked - but Johansson, 76, said he was disappointed by the Chelsea boss. |
| "Mourinho has a duty to see he has respect for the game and not to behave like a kid," he told the Sunday Mirror. | "Mourinho has a duty to see he has respect for the game and not to behave like a kid," he told the Sunday Mirror. |
| "He makes statements like someone who's been promised candy but didn't get it." | "He makes statements like someone who's been promised candy but didn't get it." |
| Johansson, who was in London seeking support for his campaign to be re-elected as Uefa president, said fining Chelsea was unlikely to have a big impact on the London club. | Johansson, who was in London seeking support for his campaign to be re-elected as Uefa president, said fining Chelsea was unlikely to have a big impact on the London club. |
| "I do not believe in fines when Chelsea have the money they have to pay it. It must be judged differently," he said. | "I do not believe in fines when Chelsea have the money they have to pay it. It must be judged differently," he said. |
| Is it morally wrong what Chelsea are doing? For me, it is Lennart Johanssson "It's like any crime - when it happens the first time you are treated in a fairly decent way but, if you repeat the crime, sentencing is much tougher. | |
| "Sometimes we are not severe enough." | "Sometimes we are not severe enough." |
| Johansson said he was not happy with the manner in which Chelsea and owner Roman Abramovich had used their financial power to build a squad of world-class stars - but admitted Uefa was powerless to intervene. | |
| "If someone is wealthy enough to buy a club and he likes to spend his money buying players what can we do about it?" he said. | "If someone is wealthy enough to buy a club and he likes to spend his money buying players what can we do about it?" he said. |
| "If you talk about law, that's one thing. Here it's a question of morals. | "If you talk about law, that's one thing. Here it's a question of morals. |
| "I'm very, very sad about this development. I'm against it. | "I'm very, very sad about this development. I'm against it. |
| "I have to wait until the laws exist and try to come back to the original situation where everybody was happy when we had a balance between home-produced and imported players. | "I have to wait until the laws exist and try to come back to the original situation where everybody was happy when we had a balance between home-produced and imported players. |
| "And more and more clubs and coaches are doing the same. | "And more and more clubs and coaches are doing the same. |
| "Is it morally wrong what Chelsea are doing? For me, it is. | "Is it morally wrong what Chelsea are doing? For me, it is. |
| "But, at the same time, I cannot blame them for doing something that in law is accepted." | "But, at the same time, I cannot blame them for doing something that in law is accepted." |
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