José Mourinho: ”The players gave everything and we nearly made it through. If we had scored sooner we’d have had more chance. Then, in the last period of the match, we almost did it, but in football you either achieve your aim or you don’t. The fans were fantastic, they helped a lot and believed until the end, it is a shame for them too. I hope that in the near future Real Madrid can reach the final.”
Sergio Ramos: “It’s a shame. Sometimes you lose, that is football. In Dortmund we should have played the way we did tonight. We feel for the fans. It’s a shame to have been so close but the missed chances in the first half were costly.”
“I think we could have [won this tie]. We had a couple of big chances but as a consequence of the way we were playing in the last part of the match, where we risked absolutely everything. But I think we were a team with character, a team with desire and we could do it.”
“I don’t forget the 1st match, and in the 1st match we were very, very bad. And we are, in this moment, punished not because of this result. We are more punished because of the 1st leg.”
“I’m very disappointed with Webb because it’s a red card for Mats Hummels. He saw it. Everybody saw it. But in that moment, he was not a ref, he was a human being. He thought, ‘[If] I give a red card to Mats Hummels, and Mats Hummels misses the final.’”
“Maybe not [with Real Madrid next season]. I don’t know, but I want to be where… I’d love to be where people love me to be.”
“How did it go from 1-1 to 4-1? I really don’t know because everything happened in a very short space of time… It looks like to me we lost easy possession and we couldn’t cope with their counter-attacking transition. When we know absolutely everything about Lewandowski, we absolutely studied him from every detail possible and when we lose him in 3 goals (I don’t think about the penalty) where we know exactly what he does is, of course, very disappointing.”
“When I lose and I don’t deserve to lose, for me it’s a problem. When I lose and I deserve to lose, for me it’s a situation that I accept.”
“[Lewandowski] deserves credit for what he did, but we gave him big support to be man of the match.”
“We can [turn it around]. It’s very difficult, but we can. In football anything can happen. Of course we can. On a crazy night where everybody performs at a high level, where every chance you have or goal you score with a high level of efficiency… of course we can.”
Xabi Alonso: “We have to believe that in the second leg at home we can turn around the tie, although we are not pleased at all with today’s result. The fan’s support in the second leg will be important, we have to make the first move though so they can get behind us.”
Sergio Ramos: “Yes of course the tie can be turned around (…) We’re left with the support of our fans and that there are still 90 long minutes left at the Bernabeu. We still dream of the final, despite today’s negative result.”
Diego López: ‘We have a historical and difficult opportunity to make it through to the final, which would be miraculous. The Bernabeu is going to push, they are going to support to the death, and they have lived moments before like the ones they will live on Tuesday. More than ever we have to be united.”
If you’re going to get eliminated, you cannot leave without dying on the pitch. On Tuesday I’m sure the players are gonna give their everything. If we’re eliminated by BVB, we’re gonna make them suffer. We’re gonna die on the pitch.
Mourinho on press conference after BVB vs Real Madrid (via habla-madrid)
“The best team by far won. Individually and collectively Dortmund were better and deserved their victory. They were first to every ball and were far more intense than us. We found it hard to hold onto possession when they pressed. I think all of my players gave it their all. We can come back.” — José Mourinho
“We were lacking in attitude and I point to myself first when I say that. It will be very difficult in the return leg at home but we must remain confident and try to react. When the draw for the semi-finals was made a lot of people thought this was going to be easy for us but this is a German team we are talking about; they are a great side.” — Sergio Ramos
