Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane puts breave face on Cup exit

Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane was keeping a brave face despite seeing his side's hopes of a domestic and European treble evaporate with a 4-3 aggregate defeat to Celta Vigo in the King's Cup.

A thrilling return leg in Vigo ended 2-2 on the night, but although Madrid were in with a chance of qualifying until the final whistle, Celta's 2-1 win in Madrid a week ago and the tactical chaos of Zidane's side were the factors which saw the side from the north-west of Spain go through to the semi-finals and Madrid fall by the wayside.

"I think that what we have to do now is rest and realize that the Cup is in the past and that we have a league game ahead of us (against Real Sociedad) on Sunday," said Zidane.

"We are going to continue fighting to win the remaining two competitions," he said.

Zidane looked back over the two cup ties insisting his side had "fought hard and we were not able to go through. Although I am happy with that we all did."

"It is annoying to go out after playing as we did, we played a serious game and with personality and always looking to win and it is a shame that we were not able to get what we wanted," he continued.

Although he didn't want to blame anyone, Zidane commented that missed chances had been Madrid's downfall.

"We have had chances in recent games and not taken them and I am not sure why, but I am not worrier or angry about what happened. We will turn this around," he assured.

source: Xinhua