Carvalhal: We are looking for a draw with our hearts, and a little less with our heads

Technician from Celtic, Carlos Carvalhalhe confirmed after the failure in Balaídos in front Majorca that he already warned in the previous one that, as this opponent plays, efficiency will be needed, which they do not flaunt. “They give some opportunities to all teams. You should have used the moments when you scored against a strong opponent. And when they run away at the traffic lights, then it’s twice as difficult”, he lamented the deficit in the 21st minute.

The Portuguese said the first half was “not good” from his team and Mallorca could have scored more goals. In the second, they improved, from their perspective: «We corrected some things, positioning. We had a lot of possession against a team that was united behind. He also pointed out that they also had opportunities, but did not achieve the desired goal. – I can say that my players fought until the last second.

He also stopped that until this failure they had a “significant streak of seven games without defeat”. “Not everything is wrong because of today’s defeat, but there are explanations for this situation. You have to give credit to Mallorca,” he concluded. He believes that Javier Aguirre’s players showed “a great low defensive organization, connected lines, with strikers close to Fran (Beltrán).”

As he knew how to tell when he lost it, he repeated that the property, which in this case fell to his side, was not an indicator. “The numbers are high, but in football that doesn’t mean anything. Whoever scores deserves to win, and we tried to reverse the result until the last second,” he persisted and acknowledged the “great job” of his players.

Carvalhal considers this result “an accident on a difficult road that was going well” and is convinced that it will be like that again. We are sure to correct what went wrong and try to score in the next game, he added.

Asked about Aspas’s words that the final pass was missing, he believes that they have a player for such situations against such rivals. “All teams have their own characteristics. What you have to do is create context during the week for what we think we’re going to find, with closed lines, because that’s how they always play,” he elaborated.

He believes that it is about putting what they train into practice and doing things right. “It’s true that in this it helps to have players with the last pass and one-on-one, but we have players who can achieve it, although we didn’t do it either,” hinted at this particular matchup. He admitted that they were looking for an equalizer “with their hearts and a little less with their heads”, but with the support of Balaídos they managed to score.

When asked by Miguel Rodríguez, he said that it was a difficult game for the whole team, but also for him, who didn’t play a good 45 minutes, “but it wasn’t bad either.” “You will have opportunities in the future. It depends on him, on his work. He doesn’t frame the goal in stoppages and that doesn’t worry him now. Before, I had to say two Hail Marys and three Lord’s Prayers in every corner, now not.

a difficult week

Carvalhal revealed that they had a few setbacks during the week that were unknown. “We had the situation of Gabri, who had gastroenteritis; Carles played with pain, but he succeeded; Fran Beltrán became a father and his wife had a little problem for two or three days,” he said. “It was a difficult week, with little things that bothered a normal team, but now we’re going to prepare for Saturday’s game.”