Rafa Benítez stated, after the defeat against Villarreal, that his team needs to find a balance to attack and defend better than it has done so far in the competition. The Madrid coach regretted the ease with which his team conceded the first two goals and acknowledged that Celta’s play in the first half was “bad and weak.” He added: “I think the same as all Celta fans. “We didn’t expect to turn out so badly and that we would give ourselves so many opportunities.” He confessed to being “disappointed.”
Benítez regretted that after making three changes at half-time, Celta conceded the third goal due to a lack of attention. “You play badly, you concede two goals and you start the second half, when you have to come back, conceding the third.” He strives for a positive reading: “You stay with the second part. The team reacts, adapts to the new structure, shows its face and generates enough chances perhaps to tie. Logically, sometimes you expose yourself a little but in general terms the second half has nothing to do with the first.”
He assumes that it is “quite difficult” to explain two such dissimilar halves, but he tries: “We have adjusted the midfield and opened the wings and the reaction has been good. “We have been more aggressive, but it is sad that we have to do this when we are 3-0.”
The coach once again complained about Celta’s defensive fragility, although he pointed out that it is a problem that has been going on for a long time. “With these numbers you realize that something is not working,” he added. “We knew that we had had a good run without conceding many goals and we have to try to get back to that, not make the mistakes we have made.”
Benítez admitted that his team lacks continuity in the game, since it is capable of alternating “very good” parts with bad ones. The line to follow is quite clear, that of the second half.”
Regarding individual evaluations, he indicates: “When you play well or play badly, many conclusions can be drawn. When things don’t go well for you, sometimes it is due to poor positioning, carelessness, lack of quality and sometimes it is a mistake on the part of the coach who made a mistake. When you do well it is because of motivation, quality or success of the coach. The analyzes must be done calmly.”
2023-12-20 23:49:45
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