UEFA charge Real quintet

UEFA have charged Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho after launching an investigation into whether Sergio Ramos and Xabi Alonso deliberately incurred red cards during Tuesday’s Champions League match at Ajax.

Ramos and Alonso, together with Jerzy Dudek and Iker Casillas, are also under investigation for alleged improper conduct. The case will be dealt with by UEFA’s Control and Disciplinary Body on November 30.

Alonso and Ramos were both sent off late in the 4-0 win after receiving second yellow cards for time-wasting.

That means the two Spain internationals will be suspended for Madrid’s final Group G match against Auxerre — a dead rubber for the already-qualified Spanish side — but could see their disciplinary records wiped clean ahead of the knockout stages.

There have been accusations that both cautions were deliberately incurred, with substitute goalkeeper Dudek apparently relaying a message — via first-choice custodian Casillas — that Alonso and Ramos, having already been booked, should time-waste and seek second yellows so as to get any ban out of the way.