'Dortmund always make things exciting'

It was a bit dramatic in the end, despite the fact we had a lot of counterattacks that led to opportunities to take the lead. We knew that Madrid would take an aggressive approach and we managed to calm things down after 20–25 minutes, but we definitely have ourselves to blame for allowing Madrid back into the game as we missed a couple of sitters. Dortmund apparently are an all-inclusive club, so we always make things exciting, one way or another.

The 90 minutes felt quite long today, we played well at times but unfortunately not for the entire game. Obviously Madrid are capable of playing quality football of their own. They had a lot to make up for after the first leg, but in the end we deserved to go through on aggregate. We deserve to be in the final.

We knew that a team like us required a certain amount of luck to reach the final. That was the case against Málaga and also today. It wouldn't have been necessary if we had used one of our chances though. It's an extraordinary achievement nonetheless.

We play Bayern at the weekend, but we also have a day's more rest than them, so I won't deny the team that chance to go out and celebrate.