Carvalhal and the art of surprise

AND coach very tactical and nothing immovable. These two ideas can sum up football’s DNA in a nutshell Carlos Carvalhal. Club coach Celtic Do you think your team deserved it? I respect from rivalswho are now trying deactivate the game plan more and more recognizable, which is why he admits that he is in laboratory looking for alternatives that can to surprise opponents. In fact, in the last two games, Celta have not only halted their meteoric second round with two draws, but their level of play has suffered a slight jerk given the series of competitions before the March break.

“The opponents respect Celta a little more and try to stop our dynamics, we feel it. We have to look for alternatives new things to try to surprise the opponent,” commented Carvalhal, who sees this respect from rivals as positive: “It’s good, it’s a sign of raising the level that our rivals respect us and our work is unlock otherwise.”

Since the arrival of the Portuguese, there has been no Celta developmental to a more offensive versionbut always starting from defensive security and have close lines to later use the quality of Iago and company in the attack. The idea was added by a hard core from nine players which they repeat in the starting eleven in the usual way. Besides, he always gave a specific touch to each match plan depending on the opponent.

However, against Almeria and Sevilla, Celta was not as good as in the previous matches, which the coach admitted with nuances: “With Almeria we had ability to reactEven I, as a coach, was not very satisfied with some performances, but those are football things, and a draw was a normal result in the end,” he said about the first match. Sincerely drunkhe said: “We weren’t up to par, but we were heart to reach a tie which was very difficult. Now look for the twist.