Carlos Carvalhal: “Without a strong attitude, we wouldn’t have been able to score in this game”

Club coach Celtic, Carlos Carvalhalconfirmed this Monday that the result was goalless against Osasuna It was “work and work” of his football players. “This was a very difficult week for us. Practically, Veiga and Aspas did not train all week and the preparation conditioned us a little”, he hinted when the team arrived for the match in El Sadar. He added that if they could be there for this duel and be the headlines, it is because of their professionalism.

In the analysis of the game of his players, he assessed that they played “a competent game on the defensive side, but not so well on the offensive side”. He wanted to assess how complicated it was for the Navarre team. “Of all the games I played at Celta, it was this opposition that created the most difficulties for us. My players were very brave, they knew how to defend well and balance the game,” he continued. In his opinion, “Osasuna is a very strong team, well organized and aggressive in a good way”, which was expected, he added and emphasized that they “blocked the exits”.

He also defined the Navarrese team as a “compact, solid” team. He praised his vigilance and admitted he had to change things to give his team more options after going through the dressing room, as they previously had “a lot of difficulties” due to the good work of their opponents. In the second half, we stabilized, corrected some things and equalized, he summarized.

Ser also reflected on the opportunity he had Gabriel Veiga. It was football, but it would be an injustice for what Osasuna did, he said assuming that this opportunity ended in a goal. He did not hesitate to declare that he was “satisfied with the point” and the work of his players.

They knew that Osasuna plays a lot on the left and right, and when they improved in this sense, they stabilized the game, deepened it. “With the ball, we needed more circulation from the back, not a rush to attack. We had more space in the second half. The first part of Osasuna has a lot of merit”.

Carvalhal emphasized that, as he has said on other occasions, the league a marathon. “There are points that are earned like this and they are welcome.” Because of this, he said he was “very proud” of his team. “There are always many types of music at parties: sometimes rock and roll; the second, classical music. He played heavy metal today and we have to be ready. If the team is not a team, with paragraph strong and competitive, we could not add today. It is because of the work and the work of my players,” he insisted.