Zidane: "We put in a great performance and didn't give up"

Zinedine Zidane took to the press room at Balaídos to reflect on the game against Celta, where the Whites' coach praised his players' efforts: "We produced a very good 35 minutes in the first half, and after they went ahead we didn't give up and put in a great performance right until the end. Today I can only but congratulate them all because we put in a great display. When you perform poorly and don't deserve anything you have to look at yourselves, but today there's no blame to be laid. We produced a disciplined performance, full of character and it was a shame that we didn't manage to achieve what we wanted".

"We played really well and that's all there is to it. We're out of the competition and I'm disappointed given how they all performed and after having played like that and because as we got close to the end of the game it was still possible, but it wasn't meant to be and we've now got to rest up and focus on challenging in the remaining competitions".

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"They two of them are fine. I'm just focusing on the team and that's what we have to do now. Nobody likes to lose a tie. We're going to continue and if we play like this, with character and spirit, we'll be there and fighting right until the end in the two remaining competitions".