Celta coach, Claudio Giráldez, spoke after his team’s defeat against Real this Sunday (3-2). Celta went back to the score after having led 3-0, and did not go far from equalization.
Close to taking 1 point: “What has happened to us several times this year, this type of scenarios and matches. We are building something very well, but I think that this way of acting in this kind of scenarios makes us occupy seventh place and whenever I do not win, I always have regrets. And when I win and I don’t like the team’s game, I also have it. And the way players reacted. Know that it was complicated, but despite that the team resumed and I am very proud, I think that all those who support Celta must be proud of what the players have done and how difficult it is on a scene and against a rival like this for having conceded the defeat in this way. “
Team reaction: “We never give up, we cannot abandon. This year, we have been able to return to many games, it happened against Barça or Madrid. The team knows that it must focus on football, that the head must help. The 1-0 stroke on the first opportunity hurts us. The common point is that during the three games against Madrid, they are marked in the way. did not have the right circulation of the ball in the first half and against a team like this, if you are not able to keep the ball, it is difficult for us to win. Usually, that is to say gather, be protagonists, make a lot of passes, turn the ball. We saw it in the second half. There are a lot of young players, we played 90 minutes with three players from the reserve team and I would like people to consider it something normal. We are building something very good for the future. “
No change at halftime: “I saw that by adjusting certain things, with the players we had, we were able to create opportunities. Despite the third goal, the team continued to believe in victory. We had players like Durán and Swedberg who attacked the spaces, without forgetting the precision of Aspas in the last pass.
The entry of Aspas: “I never think of booking someone for another match. Despite the 3-0 score, we played with iron and Ilaix in the middle, with Mingueza and Hugo Álvarez on the wings and with very offensive players in front. In the end, we make decisions. We know that ASPAS is decisive with more open spaces in the last minutes and we hesitated to make the fifth change in a match as demanding as Physically.
Vacuum passages: “Against Madrid and against everyone. A goal can change the atmosphere and the situation of the match. We know how Madrid plays, we know how dangerous they are in transition. When they take the advantage, they have a last line player who does not come back so quickly. They could have killed us in transition, but the team continued to think of football, what we can do in terms of the result. If I have to give a defect to the team on the two games we played here this year, it is in the first half, we played too much at the expense of the opponent, too much time in the defensive phase because we did not find quick solutions. “
Third goal: “It was not ideal. We knew that a deficit of three goals is very difficult to go up and even more against a team like Real. The team gave us a lesson to continue to believe. We will play in any scenario in the same way, at any time in the match in the same way, trying to be courageous and protagonists. When we are faithful to our way of playing. red.”
