Celtic for all tunes

Carlos Carvalhal He doesn’t want them to change the style of play Celtic. Neither in rock and roll, because of his vertical attacks after high pressing, nor in waltz when he needs to defend in a low block and pause the game. The Portuguese wants a chameleon team and considers it the responsibility of the coaching staff to give their players plan A, B and C in every game.

“We like to put music, musicbut if we have to dance to other people’s music, we will adapt, because we have to dance,” commented the technician using a musical comparison. The metaphor that takes him to the bottom of the matter: “I don’t like it catalog my teams. There are teams that are said to be in possession of the ball and others, vertical, but football does not end only on peculiarities.

Unlike other coaches, Carvalhal understands that “football is not just about being good at one thing.” “I like to have a matrix of do many things well, because every game is a story. We have to know how to manage in all areas”. And he cited as an example the heavenly path to the goal from his landing: «Many goals we have scored since we arrived can be divided between transitions and organized attack. The first goal against Valladolid was scored after 16 touches of the ball.

Until today, bracarense mixed systems, ideas and football players, and even repeatedly changed the layout of the game in the central part. Everything, the result of evolution since his arrival, eleven days ago, in the match against Osasuna. “Then we had two days of work alone and some players we didn’t even know. Since then, the team has been working quite well,” commented the coach.

match competitiveness

On the other hand, from the match against Osasuna He emphasized above all that he must “equalize the competitiveness of rivals”. “It’s a very good team and that’s why we have to match at least their competitiveness and later be better with our football,” he elaborated. The Portuguese describes Navarre as “a very organized team and one of the most difficult league opponents to play against, especially in their own stadium.”