Carvalhal admits his team’s “lack of concentration”.

Club coach Celtic, Carlos Carvalhalhe blamed a “lack of concentration” for the two goals his team conceded against Valencia (1-2), and he did not hide his concern with the dynamic they entered, with only one win in the last eight rounds. “Need correct concentration team, we have four games to solve it. Today we had the illusion that we would win three points, but we conceded a goal very early and that made us take the risk“, he analyzed.

He believes that once they managed to equalize with mediation Haris Seferović, the match had a local flavor, although in the last minutes they “lacked concentration and scored the second goal. It can’t happen,” he insisted. In this sense, he alluded in advance to his words that they had made a analysis teams before and after the break to solve the problems they had. “This is a marathon, there are four games left. I said that we identify problems which we had to correct, some of them we correct; others, not so much,” he admitted.

He admitted his “worry” from side dynamicbut he reminded that they maintain a five-point advantage over the relegation zone: “Of course I’m worried, but we have room for improvement. We have to continue”. He admitted that the problem of early adjustment “recurred” and “costs them dearly”. “Valencia with 0-1 was more dangerous on the field, but we took a risk and won 1-1. Then the game went in our favor “, He said.

As always, he emphasized the self-sacrifice of his players: “The team fought until the last minute, they did their best. It was not a quality match, quite the opposite. But what we have to work on is concentration in key moments,” he said. He also referred to the consequences of modifying the middle of the defense due to losses Joseph Aidoo and Javi Galán. “Of the four players behind, some synchronicities are lost when two are changed. Isn’t that Renato Tapia and Franco Cervi they were not well. We have to progress, grow, go up and get the necessary points with the fans.

Asked about his decision to conform Franco Cervi in a position that is not his usual and would not Fernando Medrano, to whom he already made his debut, pointed out: “He is not out of position, if you look at his games at Benfica, he played a lot of times on the left side, he knows the position well, he works well.” In addition, he revealed that Iago Aspas has back problems and that he asked for a change, which he did Gabriel Veigain his case due to fatigue.