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Resino can't explain thrashing

24 Apr 2009 - 09:35:03

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Coach Abel Resino admitted he was at a loss to explain how Atletico Madrid came to be thrashed 5-1 by Racing Santander on Thursday night.

Atletico's hopes of a top four finish and Champions League football are all but over following a disastrous performance at El Sardinero.

"The whole game for us has just been an accumulation of mistakes and in the end we were never in the contest," said Resino.

"Things like these are incomprehensible and unexplainable. I can't understand it, the fans can't understand it and the players can't understand it either."

However, despite coming under pressure in recent weeks, Resino has vowed to fight on and guide the ailing club to a strong finish to the season.

"It's now time to rise above and we have six games left and we have to give everything," he said.

"I am not going to lose heart. I'm very unhappy right now but tomorrow it is necessary to lift the team because in two days we have another game. We will move forward. I am a fighter."