We Helped Lewandowski - Mourinho

Started by Folami David, Apr 25, 2013, 06:21 PM

Folami David

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho was "disappointed" his side could not stop Borussia Dortmund's Robert Lewandowski in their shock Champions League defeat.
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Lewandowski scored four times to give the German side a 4-1 home win in the first leg of their semi-final tie.
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"When we know everything about him and we lose him in three goals it's disappointing," said Mourinho.
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"Of course the boy deserves credit for what he did but we gave him big support to be man of the match."
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Poland striker Lewandowski, 24, has now scored 10 goals in 11 Champions League games this season.
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His quartet against nine-time European champions Real made him the first player to score four in a Champions League semi-final.
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It was also the first time a player has scored a hat- trick against Real Madrid in the Champions League.
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Portuguese Mourinho, who has suffered semi-final defeats in his two previous seasons with the Spanish champions, added: "When I lose and I don't deserve to lose, for me it is a drama. When I lose and I deserve to lose, it's a situation that I accept."
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Asked if his team could make the final - likely to be against Bayern Munich following their 4-0 win over Barcelona on Tuesday - Mourinho replied: "It is very difficult but anything can happen in football.
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"Of course we can, on a crazy night, where everyone performs at a high level and every chance you have and every goal you score is with a high level of efficiency."
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Mourinho is aiming to become the first coach to win the European Cup with three different teams following successes with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010.
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With reports saying he could leave Real this summer, he said of his side's performance in Dortmund: "I think many of the boys didn't perform and many of the boys didn't have a good night and this is exactly when you cannot make mistakes, because at club level this is the second most important match in the world of football.
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"The first one is the Champions league final, the second one is the Champions League semi-final, so when you don't perform on a very special day it is very disappointing."

emezico

The 4 goals against Madrid has put the Poland striker, Lewandowski, into spot light.

Shola Sholaz

I agree with Jose Mourinho on this one. The defenders were just sleeping throughout the game.