Christian Lattanzio speaks to the media on player availability, including Guzman Corujo traveling, building identity of play, maximizing resources in short time between away matches and more ahead of Charlotte FC’s away match in Los Angeles against LA Galaxy.
So let's Get It Go in Willy P kicks off Good afternoon Christian how are you Good afternoon will it's still Recovering really if I have to be honest Not uh not the best but uh Ready for the next challenge I understand Um I know that Enzo didn't feature on Wednesday neither Did Camille are you targeting maybe Midweek next week for those guys to Return Hopefully Um and so I'm not sure we will see how The week progress I think we have Important thing for me is that we have To do the best thing for the club which Is for the players which means uh to get Them back For them to stay not to get them back And then lose them again shortly after With the same injury I mean if anything Else happen you know this is life but Uh the most important thing is then when They come back they come back to stay so I do I'd rather wait A few more days and to make sure that They come At the ready to to help the team and to Perform without any Um reasonable risk then after you know a Little bit of risk there is always an Element of that but That we want them to come back and stay
Speaking of a guy who's coming back Um Guzman I know played about an hour on Wednesday I know you were asked about it Um I know probably weren't ready to give A full evaluation of what you saw but uh What are the next steps you think for Him do you think he needs to play 90 in A game before you see him up at this Level or what do you want to see more From him no he's troubling with us he's With us in the squad so he's not uh Where the discussion and there is a Little bit like uh Kalina I think The game was important to test him to See how he responded to play an hour Obviously it's not at its best because I understand how you know that works and Everybody has got in his eyes Guzman When he was on top of his form And so having him back you think that is Going to be the same As He was but it took time to build Is a form at that point and so we have To give him time like Kalina did with Crown Legacy one game the level is is Different so I mean we can play in him For two or three games but then the MLS Is completely different level completely Different challenge physically mentally Tactically so we need to The crown Legacy game was very important I spoke with Jose yesterday a length About our boys and uh it's important we
Are on the same page And then he's not ready 100 Because it takes time but is uh is fine Physically fine and I want him to be With the team as soon as possible really And he wants that as well I know you Talked about uh when you brought David Up uh for the one game to get him that Experience with this unfortunate thing That you've had with your Frontline Players do you think anybody like a Yuri Tavares or somebody like that uh from The front line of of Legacy would be Someone you'd look at maybe to get a Little trial run in here while you're Down some numbers in the front line 100 we will look in a place I mean we Are traveling with us Patrick hagimang Which came on so is Brandon is with us So ready too and I don't lose sight of Vidy Melo I it's important we also had discussion Yesterday we just say about him So he's not but it's important that he Keeps doing He keeps working hard because You know to be a player at that level With uh with the talent that He has you Need to maximize that through Understanding the importance of doing The other things well working running For the team you know being really Bringing energy uh on the ball and off The ball so of course I keep an eye on
Otavares is doing well he's scoring Goals and I think another player that Will be with us is Nix cardina That is a young lab that is doing well a Great attitude and he has done really Well every time that he was called by Crown Legacy so I think we are We are introducing those guys to the First team environment and um This is what the club like us should do Lastly for me how much about this next Three game stretch you got three on the Road how much of it is about kind of Weathering the storm because of the Matches all being in succession all them Being on the road and you guys also Having to deal with like we said the Injuries over the course the last couple Of games Yeah is but at the same time will we Want to I understand the weather in the Storm but at the same time we want to Keep building our identity of play so We don't want to compromise the the way We play today we had the longest session Video Obviously to prepare the boys to what we Believe we are going to find in LA And sometimes you have to train in this Way we went to the pitch but we can only Do a limited amount of work Given the quick turnaround and we can't Really over train the boys given that They have to play again and then to
Again and traveling and then play again And Columbus and traveling and then play Again I saw in Philadelphia and then Columbus So yeah we need to maximize our Resources we have players and the Opportunities will come and what I say To the boys every day you have to make You have to be Ready for when the opportunity comes to Take it and the best way to do that is To train well on a daily basis there is No shortcuts Always good to talk to you good luck This weekend thank you will thanks Carol You're up Well it's pretty comprehensive so you're Going to get off easy with me today Christian Uh I was just wondering about um ajiman Am I saying that right um you mentioned Him he looked like a nice tall Target in There and had some chances what did you Think of his debut I think he had a positive debut Unfortunately he took ages for them to Get on because uh I don't know the ball Went out twice and I thought the fourth Was taking too long time to to make this Substitution Um Because uh I think we lost about six Minutes which is kind of a record Between the time that they want them to
Go in and then the time they actually Went he's a guy that I think Patrick Like Brandon there are guys that they Need to be uh is into the team because They come from different football there Get into grip with the intensity and the Level by trading with uh with the first Team on a daily basis but then when you Have to play Expectations and the games are different When you come from the bench or when you Start I thought Brandon earned the right to Start in the last game because of his Performances But you can see that the difference even To play against the USL team That is a strong place and organized you Know it's not easy To to repeat you know the Explorer that He had against Chicago when you come Onto the game he showed resilience and He also should have scored a goal yeah The one is allowed for offside he hit The post so he could always then it was Dangerous but at the same time he didn't Have the same impact that when you Started when you come on and the reason Is that expectations are different the Moment of the game is different and for Patrick is the same you know I think That he does a good job for us to give Us a different Different option in terms of physicality
In terms of technical abilities in plain As a number nine he will get his chance But is also important that we Easing into the into the team to give Him the maximum of uh the possibilities To to show his talent Um and also you mentioned crew her being Kind of similar with Kalina I know it's A goalkeeper you have to pretty much Just start him a career you have a Little bit more flexibility right where You could get him some minutes is that Kind of what you're looking at maybe Some minutes here and there yeah yeah we Want to build into what he was and the Best way to do that is to To give him the opportunity to play some Minutes at a level where Where he's gonna perform you know he's In he can play another 90 minutes for Crown Legacy but then you still are not Sure how that is gonna What happens in MLS it was important to Give him at least an hour with crown Legacy to see how he responded Physically not just on the day of the Game but also the day after we had a Long conversation yesterday with Guzman In the afternoon he felt after he had His rest he felt really good And you know after you are many months Away from the action is not the same and These is not at the same level that he Was when he was playing weekend without
So my idea is to build him and to give Him opportunities to to build back his Uh his form and confidence uh as Whenever whenever possible knowing that The team has to come before everybody And you know so we have to help him at The same time but in order for him to Have this team not to the team has to be The most important thing for all of us And lastly you you seemed a little down The other night maybe more than normal And then you come in today with a little Bit of that lingering what was it about That game Wednesday that had you feeling That way no I felt really bad about the Game because uh for a number of things We I was uh I wanted us to do well in the cup I Think we could have had a very good run I was upset for a number of things the Result because I think We had enough chances in the first half To go in front then we got this quick uh Red card and even with 10 men I think we Should be able to You know to to compete not just uh in The capital c and MLS to win games so at Least not to concede and I I thought That we were a little bit Uh you know as a team we need to be a Little bit more resilient and this is What I'm asking our boys to To work in this direction to be Resilient and uh sometimes you can have
Things going against you you can have a Referee you can have the weather you can Have you know one man down but that Doesn't mean that you know you don't Have steel it means only the things can Be Maybe more difficult different But we need to build this resilience in The club and when I don't see that I Uh you know that's something that I Don't like I am more a bit obviously Today because as I said uh always after A bad result we need to move on and we Need to keep fighting and focusing on The next on the next challenge and and I See also the boys that they were ready But they want this resilience to be There and then not to wait a day you Know especially when the game doesn't go The way we want to be but the game is on And we need to fight with the same Spirit that we have when we are on top This for me is the most important aspect To work before even the Tactical element Thanks Christian have a safe trip to Cali thank you let's go to Kenneth Hey Christian it's nice to meet you nice To meet you again hi Um so far this month you've got scored Eight eight goals um you know what's Your attacking effort going into this Three-game road trip and how is the Teams around in terms of attacking Sorry said again sorry I didn't I didn't
Hear very well what you're saying Sorry about that Um I was asking you guys would score Eight goals this month so far and Heading into this road trip obviously You guys have been only uptick you know How is the morale and are there any Changes you want to make to attacking And how do you want to go forward for The rest of uh the road trip going up No it's a good question kind of for me The way that we attack is very important The way we take chances Is uh very very important Um one of the upsetting things is that Even if we attend men I think we should Score goals in in Birmingham we had Enough chances for sure to do that and Uh when I don't see that uh you know and I think it's true that uh I gave chances to some of the younger Players because I saw them in training And I can see that they have what it Takes to at least for the first hour to Be on top and they were on top against Birmingham but Um We have a structure there offensively That is able to create uh to create Danger to the opposition and we need to Maximize that uh and we work on that on A daily basis I can ensure that because For me it's important to have a team That knows how to score in every game
Absolutely thank you thank you all right Let's wrap it up with Mike Solarte Good afternoon Christian good to see you Again sir good to see you as well Mike After the uh after the loss to Birmingham and some of your your post Managed comments uh you said you were Tired of your team feeling sorry for Themselves Um how is a coach do you I guess and I mean how do you try to Change that mentality I mean is there Something that you can do uh in talking To the players to you know to it sounds Like you want them to be mentally Tougher and I know you kind of addressed It with Carol but I mean how do you Approach that and get that mindset going Throughout the throughout the entire Unit But in a different ways Um obviously we need to have cost and Dialogue with the players and to create Exercise that put them under difficult Situations in the last stretch we didn't Have many chances of doing that because We can't really train the the full team As we want Uh we can train only half of the squad The one that didn't play and then in This case we had to do only one little Light session today so we have to To address those issues on the video and Talking to the boys but it's important
That they understand if there is one Lesson that to learn in life is to to Have grit and to be resilient is the Most important quality I think and I Said this to the boys today they only Remember one thing is that of the many That I tell them this is the most Important one for me because To be able to respond to adversity is in Life and everybody face those at some Point it's not what happens to us is how We respond to what happens to us that Make the difference and I want our team To really understand that and when you Feel sorry for yourself there is always An alibi on an excuse that you can use To you know to get out of a tough Situation instead for me there is no Alibi no excuses is uh to find the Solutions and uh you know it takes a Little bit of time because it's human Nature to try to stay in our comfort Zone but we need to push ourselves out Of that and uh for everybody for DPS for Young players everybody needs to to chip On this one and If we want to achieve something this Season if we want to achieve something In life we need to have this very clear And we need to be a lot more resilient Looking ahead to La uh I know it's the Long trip and and everything you know The travel aside how are you I know You're obviously going through the with
The staff to figure out you're starting 11 but what do you what do you see in LA And and what do you see that that they Do well and that you can try to counter A counter and have some success Yeah this is a team that is full of Talent uh make no mistake Mike is uh If he has been underachieving but the Talent is there we played against them In pre-season we know what they're Capable of they have a world-class Player and a bunch of talent uh talented Plays in different positions and Experience one as well it's gonna be Obviously tough Because of the travel because of Everything but as I said before we need To apply that no excuses no alibi we go We prepare with the with the strong uh 11 and we want to go there to try to get The result for Charlotte FC and uh this Is our aim by playing our football and To be true to ourselves to our identity Starting with a strong mentality and Then to play our football like we have Done in Orlando like we've done in Atlanta and like we want to do wherever We go I think at times we play really Well in DC unfortunately the result was Determined by a couple of moments but Also in DC I think in the first half we Were playing in DC half and you can say You can look at how this is doing that He was a team that was in a good form
Uh whatever we went I think we we did Our beat we play our part and uh Barry Maybe the second half in Salt Lake that Was difficult in many different ways but Other than that we need to go wherever Without uh looking at the glass half Empty we need to look at the glass are Full and what we have and how we are Going to be uh difficult for for Galaxy Last one to try to pick you move it up a Little bit To send you off to Los Angeles with a Smile on your face uh a vast category Vesta catalog of Robert De Niro films Which one is your favorite Are you talking to me This one that I particularly like the Taxi driver but there are many you know I love this interpretation of The Godfather And uh You know even the you know Once Upon a Time in America is one of my favorite One I must admit maybe because the the the Director is from Rome like me Sergio Leone but uh you know obviously I need To try to bring Rome somewhere in the Movies I've done it with gladiator I Have to do it with Once Upon a Time in America Following up on that he's coming out With a new movie with Sebastian Maniscalco he's done more comedies in
The last I don't know 20 years you find Him as a good comedic actor as well I Mean showing his range Then you don't do anything It's like Bernardo Silva he can play Left uh back right wing and number 10 uh Number eight so whatever they do they do It well so De Niro do you think I can Say anything a bad word about the Nero I can't Thank you Chris have a safe trip my Friend Bravo Mike Bravo All right thanks everyone we're gonna Wrap it up there uh Mark if you just Want to stay on after um and we'll go With that one thank you guys
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