Aguero admitted he was delighted to see Real dumped out of Europe at the hands of Roma and an angry Pepe responded last night: "The other day someone (Aguero) said he was happy that the team had lost. It is sad for us that a fellow professional speaks like this, but we are getting used to it."

Pepe also had words of praise for coach Bernd Schuster: "I love his coaching and him as a person. I am very satisfied, as are my colleagues. We are officials of the club and Schuster also, there are people who rule over our work and we must try to do our best to make everyone happy."