Celtic footballer Carl Starfelt looked rather uncomfortable trying to play out of the back during his club’s last game.
Over the weekend, the Bhoys had to settle for just a point after being held to a 0-0 draw away at Hibernian in the Scottish Premiership.
While the lack of points will have its own obvious frustrations, one moment in particular could be cause for anger amongst the club’s fanbase.
Indeed, in a clip shared on Twitter by the Hibernian Football Club social media page, Joe Hart can be seen taking a free kick, passing the ball to Starfelt, who is seemingly in a decent amount of space. However, due to his positioning and hesitancy, he is quickly closed down by a Hibs player.
He gives the ball back to Hart who struggles to find an option, and then after playing another few nervy passes, the goalkeeper ends up giving away a corner.
Judging from this clip, it’s safe to say the Celtic man chose the wrong option when he went back to his goalkeeper, with his conservative play eventually causing his team to concede a corner.
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Bhoys Analytics also shared the clip on its Twitter feed and were rather damning of the incident, saying it was ‘awful to watch’ and not what the club’s manager would want to be seeing.
Indeed, there’s every chance manager Ange Postecoglou wants his team to play out of the back with a lot more quality than that. After all, in the past, he has said that this is a tactic he insists upon regardless of the situation. With that in mind, the Australian might have a word or two in the ear of Starfelt in this week’s training sessions.
No doubt, Starfelt will have to execute the gameplan with more composure if he is to help the Hoops maintain their lead at the top of the league table.
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