UPDATED: 17:22 EST, 24 April 2013 Real Madrid director Jose Mourinho thinks his part can overcome a three-goal shortage to book their invest the Champions League final when they were beaten 4-1 by Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday evening. John Lewandowski shot four objectives as Dortmund copied fellow Germans Bayern Munich's Champions League semi-final domination of Spanish resistance. The Poland striker gave Jurgen Klopp's guys an early lead and, after Cristiano Ronaldo equalised late in the first half for Real Madrid, Lewandowski hit 3 x more in the 2nd half. Well beaten: Mourinho's side had no response for Dortmund on Wednesday night Nevertheless, Mourinho, who's now facing the task of re-motivating his team for the semi-final return leg at the Bernabeu in six times' time, feels it's possible if the complete part raise their game. 'I think they were the very best group by far and won every personal battle on the frequency and were tougher than us, more aggressive physically and harder emotionally so they earned it,' Mourinho told Sky Sports 1. 'How it went from 1-1 to 4-1, I truly don't know since everything happened in a very brief time in the far target from the position where I was. 'But we dropped simple ownership and we could not handle their counter-attacking and their transition. 'We prepared for the game therefore well, in every detail, once we always do, specially in a semi-final. Star of the show: Lewandowski won all four of Dortmund's goals 'We prepared for everything, we were ready for everything. 'We are very comfortable in regards to the work we did. I think many of the boys didn't accomplish and many of the boys did not have an excellent night and this is exactly once you cannot make mistakes because at team level this is the next most critical match in the entire world of soccer. 'The first one is the Champions category final, the second one is the Champions League semi-final then when you don't perform on a very wedding day it's very disappointing.' Asked if your place in the ultimate was still a practical possibility, Mourinho said: 'It's needless to say extremely tough however in football it could occur. 'Of course we are able to, on a mad night, where everybody else performs at a level and every opportunity you have and every goal you score is by using a high level of efficiency. Of course you can.' Constant task: A 3-0 gain might find Madrid through Mourinho also praised Dortmund striker Lewandowski, but thought Madrid did themselves no favors when it found working with the Poland global. 'When we know everything, definitely everything about Lewandowski - we examined every detail possible and we drop him in three balls - and we know exactly what he does, and it is obviously very disappointing,' the Portuguese said. 'When I lose and I don't deserve to lose, for me personally it is a challenge. I deserve to lose and when I lose it is a predicament that I recognize. 'The first goal we lost the ball in simple possession and after that we lost the player. His movement in the box, we know anything about him, therefore of course he deserves credit for what he did but we gave him a huge help for him to be the man of the match.' Outfoxed: Mourinho's soldiers had no answer for Klopp's side Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp hailed his side's performance against the visiting Spanish giants.He said: 'It had been a fantastic, good game of my group. It had been so hard today because they are so strong and fast and they are so brilliant on the counter-attack.' Klopp was pleased with how his part replied once they saw a charge opportunity rejected to place Real away with three second-half objectives. Marco Reus seemed to have now been tripped in the True penalty area by Raphael Varane right before the break nevertheless the property side's appeals were waved away by umpire Bjorn Kuipers. To incorporate insult to injury, Real then capitalised on Mats Hummels' bad touch with Gonzalo Higuain providing Ronaldo with an easy tap-in for his 50th Champions League goal. Brothers in arms: Dortmund's people savour an evening to keep in mind in front of their fans 'The first 25 minutes were great and then we lost somewhat of our sport. Not really much but enough to let them come up,' Klopp said. 'They got (level) and at the split we told the players: 'Perhaps you think there is a decision by the referee however in the last game we'd a decision from the referee and we'd the success. Get back to the strong first 25 minutes.'' Real will now play Dortmund at the Bernabeu on Tuesday April 30 in the semi-final 2nd leg to decide who will play in next month's Wembley final.
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