Carlos Carvalhal: “You had to be very good at many things to win at Espanyol”

Technician from Celtic, Carlos Carvalhalhe assessed that his team achieved “ato a difficult victory“against Espanyol, a rival who said they have “good players and a good organization”. “We prepared well, the players were exemplary. I told them that it is a game where we have to be very strong good at many things, because as they play, they seem to be sleeping and in transition or set they can create danger. We had to be ready,” he added.

The Portuguese thought that the Catalans might “have difficulty with positioning» of his team and gave the “credit” for these three points to his players. “Espanyol’s attitude in the second half was strong, they won shared balls, they had a chance, but so did we. We knew how to answer a level Which is why I can say that we won this game well,” he said.

The Celta coach insists that it was mistakes by his team despite winning. “They were less than a month ago, but it is our job not to repeat them in the next game, individual and collective improvement. That’s my focus, to give the message to the players that the most important game in our lives is always the next one,” he said. This has happened, now is the time to think about it following and that will be at the end when they count, he added.

For Carvalhal, improvement of his team «is obviously, but there is always work. “Today we did very good things, but we could have done better.” He believes that his team is one of the best in the league in defensive transition and that they also work well offensively, “scoring goals”. “But the coaches did eternally dissatisfied, there is always something that can be better and we will try calmly and thoughtfully, showing pictures of what can be done better. That is our daily struggle.”

He commented that he was experience The fact that they faced this rival in the Cup earlier was positive, it gave them knowledge that they can apply. “It helps a lot to have pictures of that game, of course it helped,” he admitted when asked about it. In addition, he again commented that a player who only attacks half the players, asked about the great game Carles Perez: “A player who attacks well and doesn’t defend is half a player. Carlos is proof. He is a great player, against Osasuna he was very good defensively; in the previous game, balanced and today, in a higher balance ».