Christian Lattanzio addresses the media after Charlotte FC’s 3-1 dominant win against southern rival Atlanta United.
I think the way the boys are working I Said it many times that The boys are working well and we need to Be patient with them and we need to give Them time to Digest different things that we are Doing I think also Justin Madam brought something Some of the qualities as I said also in The past I think we need the help and The front office knows my request about The qualities Of the place that I'm looking for but This group is working really well and I Think that they deserved This because even when we went when we Were 11b 11 I didn't feel in danger Personally Against them and I think we were quite A threat going forward unfortunately in Transition we don't play as good as we Should Because for me if we play well better These moments we could The score in the first half would be Even even better for us this is Something that we need to do but it's Great to see the character that this Team has that after this defeat against A team that has got many many good Players he comes here and I think In my opinion might be biased obviously But I think the the boys want more Comprehensively than Atlanta did against
Us I think Atlanta took advantage of our Mistakes In in Charlotte well here I think our Boys came to to play to play strong Without the ball invisible were you Scheming for Caleb Wiley tonight making Sure that he knew where he was at all Times Is a guy that a few and Goodman these Are guys that if you don't put Attention to your rotation defensively They can go and then it's difficult to Catch them so it wasn't just wildly that We were worried but listen this is a Thing that is well organized with many Many good players and I think I'm very Proud of how the boys played here with a Lot of personality In in tough circumstances this has been A very good run of games for you over The last four or five minutes not Including DC do you feel that there's Confidence building and a greater you Know Vision with the players on what They can achieve I think so I hope so Because Obviously a confidence bring confidence And and vice versa so I think that to Get results like the boys are doing I Think you give them the belief that they Can win home they can win away And they are ready to play a strong game Against everybody which is what I ask Then after you can lose you can win
Sometimes you can lose sometimes you can Win but it's important you play with Fire you play with fight you play with Character this is a non-negotiable for Me and I think we saw that today the Last 20 minutes I wasn't very pleased I Understand we were training up But I wasn't pleased I want to finish Strong and I want to finish with the Ball in the opposition half not in hour And a half and the last thing is just You know last year Charlotte played Really well here and should have you Know been able to take home a draw did You discussed last year's game and and How well so I played in order you know Before this one Not so much not so much because Obviously it is a different uh First of all it was very early in the Season it was the second game I think or Third third game yeah and uh In the many many players are not here Uh uh I we played against them recently And In fairness our concentration was on Last game against us but mostly the game They played and now it's too far in Football as you know a few weeks is an Alternative your decision to bring on Hamadi and then take him off what was That because I thought I spoke with with Ahmadi the play that I trust in which I Trust I want the youngster to come with A diff with an attitude that is really
Strong And I wasn't too pleased and and I thought That we could have suffered because of That so I needed to have more Experiences I want to uh To suffer that much but we suffered Anyway So but the message I want to give to Everyone That we need to come with a strong Mentality strong attitude in the game it Doesn't matter the result it could be Daniel and we still have to come strong Because this is our job and we need to Be serious about it's not that it wasn't Said it was serious but I think that one Of the things that the young players Need to learn I'm here until I'm here That they have to come really strong Then after they can be good no good the Lack of experience I understand all of That but it's important generally Speaking I'm not referring specifically To Madiba generally speaking I want that This attitude like for us we are for me We are a family and I these guys are Here not because they are making them a Favor they deserve to be here they just Have to put them on the beach if I put Them on the beaches because I trust them So when they're here it's like a family I treat them I like I'm hard on the Senior players and it will be hard on
The youngsters because they are Professional players and they I expect Them a lot from them because I know that They can give if I didn't think he could They could give I wouldn't not bring Them here with me yeah three wins on a Balance for you what would you say What's the biggest takeaway or the Change that you've seen in this team Recently Yeah this idea of Plain [Music] A more complete game with the ball Without the ball and we are changing Something also tactically on we're Trying to evolve as a team And I think that the boys need a little Bit of a little bit of time to get those Things together but I think what we are Growing weekly And also the group another thing the Group is living really well together it Looks like that they are really tied Together they're doing a good job of Living together and this is the base of Everything the base of everything is to To be in harmony to have a strong Mentality to train really hard but I Said that to you guys also when we were Losing games where we were not winning That they were training well so it might Surprise people but it doesn't surprise Me I see them on a daily basis and I
Think I'm really pleased I'm very proud Of them The Way They carried in on the Difficulty and consensus and now our job Is to stay here but also to move on to Continue to This Evolution right and then any update On Camille no I'm just we're just Waiting to see uh both him and Ben they Need to be evaluated I think Camille was Uh having a shower and then now we're Doing a little bit of testing I Hopefully it's not It's nothing serious because it was in a Great moment it's a very very important Play for us All right you see the control of the Midfield a little bit more of this match Can you did you do something different Did you adjust anything or is it just Having Westy and those people with Experience out there It's both we said many times that we Have experienced players back with help Because he's natural that they give Confidence to everybody else so I Believe that to have Kalina back to have West Westwood back it's uh it's very Important because players around them They know that they can and also Justin Matter I think he's another guy that Give this ability to control the game This ability to be in the moment And to understand what the game requires Also tactically we're changing something
Uh And I think that his work in progress Still but we are in the right track and I'm pleased that the boys feel confident With the way we are able to evolving Everything 10 minutes seemed uh you know They had some crosses had some chances But you also need to settled down after That and it just seemed like they had This pair of confidence the rest of the Match and calmness in everything they Did and they were really crisp what do You attribute that to attribute that to The fact that we are playing so many Games and we didn't work on the pitch we Did some work on the pitch about we Changed something And we discussed about that And we didn't work so much on the beach Because there is a quick turnover and we Can't To spend too much time because otherwise We wouldn't be fresh for the game but so The first 10 minutes I mean you can Expect the team like Atlanta to cross The boat sometimes and we just needed to Adjust to a couple of things after we Got that right the boys really Understood uh It was almost like the first 10 minutes Was a coaching session for us so to get To grip to what we discussed because When you say they'll show it on the Video it's not the same as doing it on
The pitch and this run of games doesn't Allow us to work as much as we would Like tactically but I think that day After they understood I didn't feel in The me honestly I felt and you normally Feel if the team is in difficulties I Felt pretty relaxed all right lastly the Fan support today it was noticeable to Everybody here what do you think uh we Said this before because we knew that we Had like a thousand people following the Team which was great was massive for us To see this Blue Wave uh just on our Right hand side it was really good and They gave us a lot of strength and we we Love to play for them the boys love to Play with them we said it in the in the In the team talk before that we we knew That we had so many players sorry so Many fans coming here and if nothing Else we have to give everything we've Got then we might have a good result or Not but we need to play really really Strong because of these guys that Believe in us and they are willing to Make this trip to support us it was Great to have them I wish we could have Everywhere like that yeah energy first Right yes
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