De la Torre’s overseas trip could change Celta’s XI

Carlos Carvalhal He is not a friend of repeating the penalty, although each time the Celta player is more and more recognizable. Since the formation of the title Cornellthe representative break took the three players around the world. Aidoo went to Africa Jago Aspas remained in Europe and Lucas de la Torre He was the only one to make an overseas trip to play for the United States, first in the Caribbean island of Grenada and then in Orlando against El Salvador. None of the three played both games, but they averaged around 90 minutes in both games.

In theory, they should be the most tired, but it seems hard to imagine that coach Braga can do without the boss of the defense and the team’s first goalscorer, which suggests that Aidoo and Iago will be part of the game. The case of Luca de la Torre is different. He has established himself as a starter, already nine games coming out on top, but he has strong competition with Franco Cervi, and the Argentine is also going through a good moment of form.

Cervi’s competition

The former Benfica player is more rested after two weeks of work in the sports city of Mos, and a change on the left wing cannot be ruled out. Cervi has not started since January 20, in Son Moix’s loss to Mallorca. That day he worked as a winger in the five. It was a competition that Carvalhal used to bring a whiff of attention to Javi Galán, who has since returned to his best.

The continuity of Hugo Mallo

A priori, one of the unknowns for the return to the competition was whether Óscar Mingueza will regain his place on the right side, but his repeated muscle injury erases the prospects and everything points to Hugo Mallo repeating as a starter. It will be the captain’s third starting game in four days after a long season in the shadow of the Catalan footballer. This means that the Whigs will repeat the same defensive quartet as Cornell.

Mingueza started training with the group on Tuesday after a month off, but had to stop again on Wednesday and did not practice again yesterday when his thigh discomfort reappeared. Sunday will be the fifth game he has missed after missing games against Valladolid, Osasuna, Rayo Vallecano and Espanyol.

Otherwise, no major changes are expected in Carlos Carvalhal’s starting line-up after the break. Gabri Veiga, who uneasily left the concentration of the Spanish under-21 team at the end of last week, has been working normally in recent days and will share a double pivot with Beltrán, leaving the right wing to Carles Pérez. In attack, Aspas and Seferović matched in the starting formation in three of the last four games. The Swiss started the last two games in Balaídos, both with a comfortable result.

Apart from the loss of Mingueza, the Portuguese coach will not be able to count on the injured Solari, who is older than Marchesín, suggesting that the call-up will end with the player from the branch. On the contrary, as for Cornell, it brings back Óscar Rodríguez, who finished his game suspension.

Six internationals worked yesterday in Mos

Celta recovered from their international players yesterday, three days after the match against Almeria, after the concentration with their teams was over. Through social networks, the club showed pictures of the six: Iago Aspas, Joseph Aidoo, Luca de la Torre, Jørgen Strand Larsen, Renato Tapia and Williot Swedberg. All of them, to a greater or lesser extent, have played minutes in their national teams in the past few days.

Yesterday was the first day that Carvalhal could have the full team (except for the injured) since the league game with Espanyol. Now he has two training sessions (Friday and Saturday) where he will refine the lineup of the team, which intends to extend its good form and series of results by returning to the competition.

The March break was the last in the representative season, as the next window will be in June, but after the league ends, which is ten weeks away.

People from Vigo were invited this morning at eleven o’clock to prepare with all available people for Sunday’s match against Almeria.