Christian Lattanzio addresses the media after Charlotte FC’s 3-3 draw against Seattle Sounders FC.
All right coach Sometimes draws draws you'll like the Loss other times they feel more positive Especially when you're coming behind Three times yeah how would you classify This one I think uh both because I think We play better than them I I think our Boys play better than Seattle they were Sharp in in certain moments And uh I felt that we deserve to win and to go Three times behind and come back three Times I think it showed a lot of Character so I get frustrated because we Consider the first and the third goal we Shouldn't It's very Things that they are you know Commons Common Sense free kick you you Defend the depth and we get that in Behind for me this is not acceptable But okay this is where the mistakes we Make and to give this a head start Is frustrating because I think after our Goals that all worked we created a lot Of chances in the Box And uh yeah you know another I think we Should have I'm proud of the boys that They gave us 22 points until now but I Think we have two or three points at Least missing from our from the table Patrick Came with these characteristics we know He is a fighter he is training with us
All the time so he understands the Difficulties to play At this level he has improved a lot by Just training with uh with the with the First team and today I think we used his Uh strength to create problems to to Seattle to lead it well and I think I'm very pleased for him I'm Very pleased for Brandon I'm very Pleased with the youngsters that they Are helping the cause that's why I think That we have we need at least three Players in order to you know to go to The next level as a club so We will see Thank you Issue a good organization on the pitch When we have the ball we played most of The time in the in the opposition half And I think that We created the we had the ball on In the in the last third more than they Did I thought that they were dangerous At the beginning where we started intent Of daily and I don't know why I think we Should have started a little bit Stronger And then after I thought that uh in the Second half especially we were more Controlling the game and going wide with Our Wingers and I had to change them Because you know you want to have fresh Legs to try to go at the full box then I Thought that the referee I'm sorry but I
Had a bad game it looks like that he it Was one-sided similar situation he Whistle all the time for Seattle I think This is happening too many times to Charlotte I understand that maybe we are Still a young team but I don't I cannot Accept that the Homer way we are always One is a 50-50 decision is always for The opposition so I thought that that Also has an impact you know because Little situation at highest level they Make a big difference One Plus One Plus One Plus One it makes a big difference And so I think that he plays me also the Way that uh We reacted carewing got a yellow card in My opinion that was You know they they shoot up at the Yellow card both of them And then I was scared that we could have Been left with 10 men that's why I Decided to change him I know he had a Little bit more in his legs but you know I didn't want to go with 10 men but I'm Pleased with the With the reaction but also with the Organization with the ball I think we Could understand a little bit more Certain things that we have been working And sometimes we don't recognize them Straight away in the in the game but I Think the boys they are working in the Right direction Yeah I think that we work on that at the
Moment you know Ben is uh He's coming back as an attacking Midfielder and we know that he has got Characteristics that complement Justin Is a more technical player Ben he's a Lot is a guy that likes to run so we can Stretch the opposition this way And in the opposite side we have the Opposite we have a little bit more legs With Kerwin and more technical ability With the ash so that's what I wanted to Create this kind of Uh This kind of How do you say balance Be in in the team to try to unbalance The opposition I think they did a good Job obviously we need to improve that Because maybe Ash I'm playing him high In a position that he can do it Obviously because it's good quality but I believe that there are certain Characteristics that we need to bring to The club and the the the club is very Aware of that I asked so I'm I'm waiting To to see Foreign okay Yeah Derek Jones that sent her back and When you were defending it looked like a Back liner I just wanted to know more of your Decision on that Guys
That's a natural center-backs yeah Because I want to step as well to have Them in Midfield when we play And uh and uh I think you could see that More in the second half or after the First even the first 15 minutes that we started Unexplicably on the back foot I really Don't understand why because we wanted To go Uh And so I thought that this is also a Team that can They have withdrawal done and with the Leo Wingers that can be very dangerous with Different characteristics and they Wanted us to be able to slide Quickly onto them And not to be too exposed if we got if We got the you know the pressing Organization wrong so that was the idea To be mobile and to have them in the Middle I thought that Sometimes they go to the place in Between the line in with Albert with Rusnak and And we reduce that was You know is very good at attacking the Ball but also to create dangers when you Come between the lines But the goals didn't come from that the Goals came from A great strike from rudia's and not
Defending the depth on on For me A situation that shouldn't present any Danger at least not on our back With Andre Nuno occupying about over a Million in that cap space is it going to Depend on the ability to move those guys I really don't know that I think that There is an element of that the Jorge But you have to speak with the club Because I and I only know what uh what The club what the squad in my opinion Needs technically and tactically this is My job And for the other part of the of your Question I think it's more for the front Office than for me to balance this quote And to balance the salary cap I know you'd rather not see three goals When your team didn't come back To the team how's the mentality team Shifted from I think we are getting uh Stronger as a mentality We are resilient It happened also last last week despite The result was Was negative for us in Columbus where we Came back from three gold to 3-2 And again his work in progress and we Have many youngsters at the moment that They are feeling the gaps not having Coming I mean don't forget today we play Without two DPS that for a club A young
Like us is a big deal With all that due respect to the Youngsters that they did unbelievably Well and I'm so proud of them they play And train really well They play with a lot of intensity Because they train with a lot of Intensity I'm very proud of them And there are also other one I want to Mention like Andrew private that he Trains really well when he's with us And Chris Eggert that today to the the Decision not to include him in the squad But uh you know the youngsters are doing Their bit but obviously we can't expect Them to bring us to the playoff on their Own they need that's why I think that we Need to strengthen the squad And uh Westwood had his birthday yeah talk About those accomplishments No great great I'm so happy and I think That the way we want to play We Do We rehearse many times our patterns of Play during the week And we try to score with the diff from Different positions with different Players so I think the full box should be in that Position sometimes when we had a special Second phase or third phase that we can Keep the ball in the last third I think That Ash This is one of the characteristics to
Shoot from outside of the box is really Accurate and precise So I'm very glad for them because they Serve they work hard and To have as many players to score goals As we have I think is is pleasing so Um then Patrick but I also Carol that Did did well I think for me Nathan Played maybe the best game I've seen him Since he's in uh in Charlotte native Bird so I want to also mention him Because I know that with three goals Maybe the Defenders don't get The credit but I think Nathan was very Good in bringing character and also to Provide an assist for the last goal All right thank you guys love Patrick Here shortly
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