Mourinho aghast over handling of lewandowski

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho could not understand how his well-drilled side let Robert Lewandowski score four goals in Borussia Dortmund's 4-1 win on Wednesday but vowed that his team could still reach the Champions League final.

"I saw a team that was better than the other one, mentally and physically. The better team won today. I was very angry because the goals came again from our mistakes," Mourinho said. "We lose (Lewandowski) for three goals - I don't know about the penalty - when we know exactly what he does.

"We know everything about him, the boy deserves credit, but we gave him big support.

"How did it go from 1-1 to 4-1? I really don't know. We lost easy possession and we couldn't cope with their counter-attacking. Many of the boys didn't perform," Mourinho added before a flash of defiance.

"We can (turn the tie around), it is of course very difficult but we can. In a crazy night where everyone performs at a high level. Of course we can."

Reuters

(China Daily 04/26/2013 page23)