In check due to Mingueza’s injury

Oscar Minguez is the column for Carlos Carvalhal. A soccer player capable of developing a tactical system, defending, giving the ball out and looking for partners in more advanced parts of the field. That’s why he became a fixed at elevenas page right, even though she reached Celtic as the center.

However, everything indicates that the Portuguese coach will not be able to count on one of his players tomorrow, because the Catalan defender fell injured at yesterday’s training in the sports town of Mos. According to the medical part of the group from Vigo, Mingueza «suffered a natural injury during or during training right leg. Tests are awaited for confirmation or final diagnosis», without determining the recovery time and without stating whether he could be available for tomorrow’s game against Valladolid in Balaídos.

Football player, who arrived from Barcelona Last summer he currently amassed eleven consecutive games as a starter, first as a central defender in a back five and later playing close to the band when Carvalhal opted for 4-4-2 as tactical system. If his absence is confirmed, there is no indication that he will have an impact in the center of the defense, where the duo is Josip Aidoo–unai nunez He seems the most consolidated, so this will affect the position of the right back and certainly the game plan.

In this scenario, the most logical thing to do would be to think Kevin Vazquez or Hugo Mallo as likely substitutes. Nigránov was used in matches against Athletic club and Betis defend the result in the last minutes, but remained without participation in the last two contests against Athletic and Real company. He currently does not have a hundred minutes in this league spread over four dates, and he only started against him Vallecano Ray, with the defense five. The Portuguese coach has always praised his commitment on and off the field, as well as emphasizing that he always pleases him, regardless of the situation.

Hugo Mallo is another option. The captain played much more (15 games, 1209 minutes), but did not play an official match since January 20 In Mallorca. Since then, he has not passed by the bench. Carvalhal explained that at the end of January the market, when he asked to go out on Atletico Mineirohis focus has changed and after ruling out his departure until June 30, the date his contract expires, he is now more focused and working to get back to his best.

The third option would be to place Aidoo in the band, but the Ghanaian doesn’t have him spherical outlet de Mingueza and the team from Vigo do not have many spare parts even in the center of the back. In fact, the only one available is Carlos Dominguez. The man from Vigo remained on the bench the day Unai was away, and the coach opted for the now-suspended Tapia.

But aside from the name, Celta’s problem without Mingueza is also in the game plan. The Catalan, a high-quality footballer with Barca’s DNA, has become a ball-winning footballer, linking up with the midfield (Fran Beltran or Gabriel Veiga), who was looking for his countryman in the band Carles Perez or even up to Jago Aspas. Now, the celestials will have to find other ways to launch an attack.