Christian Lattanzio speaks to the media on how Charlotte FC utilized the International Break as a time to train, mentally regroup and get back to work for the upcoming away match against the New York Red Bulls.
All right everyone welcome in let's get This thing started Um Willy P You're The One whose hand I See up just remind it for everyone else Uh please use the raise your hand Feature if you have a question so will It be let's start with you Afternoon Christian how are you good Afternoon will good good thank you Uh what can you tell us uh about the Time over the break were you guys able To get uh Enzo and Camille back into Full training and are they available Tomorrow Yeah we managed to get them back to full Training as it was planned and they will Be both available for the game tomorrow Good news there um in terms of uh Guzman Karuho I know that you guys were Reticent to use him uh a little bit more Than that 30-minute spell you had in the One game how much has this break help Him to possibly get involved as well of Course it helped delt Guzman to get back To training with the intensity he has Trained well uh And sometimes I Was a little bit harder on him by asking To do double uh because I like to give Repetition repetition to every player And sometimes in his position I wanted Uh Guzman to do double so I think he had A very hard day on Wednesday We all added a hard day but it was extra
Hard for him and uh obviously at times There can be some frustration but it's Part of coming back to the Guzman that We know and that we want we have to go Through these difficult moments in Training and uh You know I think it was important for Him to keep training hard And to keep building his Fitness Confidence and the relationship with his Teammates I mean relationship what I Mean is tactical relationships so the Distance is this kind of the Relationship with this team as he always Had Understood Um in terms of this match coming up uh With Enzo and Camille back to being full Selection this is about as healthy as You guys have been again minus not Having Carol and Bill available because Of uh of the international break but how I guess fortifying is it for you guys to At least be going into this one about as Healthy as you've been all year Yeah it is something that uh we want is Something that uh always helps to have a Wide this election again I mean we don't Have the full selection because of the Two players that you mentioned that they Are not with us But we are getting there and uh I hope For the next part of the season for the Second part of the season to have the to
Have the the one that they call the Difficult choice for the coach which Actually is the easiest choice because Uh to choose from everybody available is Uh is a good problem to have so to speak I got two more and then I'll I'll turn Over the rest but in terms of the Maturation of yourself as a manager you Know you're 18 games in how much of this Uh this period kind of helped you to Kind of look back and reflect in terms Of things you wanted to see happen Things you might necessarily uh want to Change about your managerial style how Have you grown over these last 10 days Over the last 10 days I think the grow Is uh is daily And every coach it doesn't matter who Experience he is and I'm talking when I Mentioned experience guys I don't Mention myself I mentioned the guys that They have been in the game doing this Roof many many years I think also them They improve because every time that you Face a new situation uh You are forced to review and I think Part of our job is to take the Responsibility making decisions and to Look at what we could have done better So with the stuff we had After the game against Seattle with a Review of the first part of the Season We went through a number of things we Decided to change certain things
Uh but I think that the boys are you Know we have to give them uh credit for What they've done so far and I think that there is uh there is life In us to to go forward by following our Road our path our organization so I Think that there are a few things that We need to improve but also there are Other things that we are quite happy With Uh lastly for me Um easy is not the correct word Comfort Might be a little bit closer but I guess What is the feeling you know with this Game against Red Bulls off of the layoff Without a game knowing kind of what is Ahead of you it's a team that you know How to prepare for you know what's in Front of you you know that they're going To be physical is there a certain Comfort there kind of knowing your Opponent and knowing having a lot of Experience against them uh with the Upcoming opponent uh having not played a Game in the last 11 days We love the game as you know is a Different story every game uh you You need to give your best uh no matter What regardless because Even the teams that you think that they Are not doing well all of a sudden you Know they can find the moment of form But there are many results that they can Be misleading we know that they are a
Talented group we know the style that They play Uh but I think we know every team in the League and we prepare You know Um our game plan to try to hurt them and It's not it's not different for this Game we know it's going to be tough we Know them how they like to give Everything for in each game or they like To press hard individually and Collectively so we need to be ready for That and to found and to find the The counter steps to play our game and To hurt them I think we prepare the game And then it's up to the boys tomorrow to Deliver Thank you good luck tomorrow thank you Will Um all right uh Steve sorry hand go down So I've seen your questions answered so We'll go to Mike salarte Thank you hey Christian good to see you Again good to see you Mike thank you I Have I have my willful logic training Here going right now on vacation Um That's a long way to go uh you've talked At length in the past question about uh The physical well-being of your team as Well as the mental well-being of your Team how how big was this International Break for you guys in the mental aspect Act because we've only we've talked at
Length about how busy the month of May Was and and uh was this just a good time For guys to kind of get away and not Worry about a game and just kind of Focus on the training and and do the Doing those sorts of things to get Refreshed and ready to go Yeah I think Mike there is an element of That uh you know we have been through a Tough schedule traveling preparing games Not having enough time to train And so there is also time to reflect Time to Recover psychologically because You know when we talk about sports Science Uh basically we Define science generally Support everything that we can measure But there are many things that we kind Of measure but they still play a part That doesn't mean that they don't they Are not there it's just that it's Difficult to measure and I tend to give A lot of importance of these parameters That in my opinion are important like You know their emotional balance or the Psychological welfare and regarding the So I thought that there was a time for Them to You know to switch off a little bit at Least coming in this in always in the Same place but to look after themselves We give them a program and we are pretty Strict in the way we want them to uh
Look after themselves because when we Came back we didn't give them so much Time to and recover and we give them Obviously Uh straight uh very strong sessions Straight away and the boys responded Well so I didn't have any problem with That regarding the mentality the Mentality mic is something you you build On a daily basis so then there are Moments in which can That you can Define that but only Looking back you can see that was a Defining moment but uh I think that our Boys You we have to give them credit they Always vote in every game even the one That we didn't have the results that we Wanted I don't remember many games really in Which they uh uh you know they Gave up or moments in which they didn't Fight for for the for the for the club And the last game for me is the perfect Example of that where they we changed The result three times and you know to Chase is always difficult especially Against a good team like Seattle but They kept chasing creating chances and In the end you could see in their face That there was a disappointment and to Draw a game like that and to be Disappointed it tells you how much they Really fight for the club and how much
They really want to do well And and last one for me How was the the time away for you can Yeah you talked about the reevaluating And reassessing but how much of a mental Breakage you need with the international Break that just kind of not be as you Know again we talked about the month of May and how busy that was how was it for You in terms of getting yourself Refocused and re-centered it is Important it's important for me I'd like To talk about myself because I don't Think that uh That is so interesting but uh it's true That for for me at the coaching staff is Very important also to have a little Moment of You know refocus and uh Simply to come energize and fresh Because I've been in situation in the Past where I was working with a club and Also was joining the national team and I Know that that can be very satisfying From a professional point of view but Also very Taxing you know and it's important Instead to be Especially in this role in my role but Also for the coaching staff to you know To spend time away and to revaluate Because really we never switch off and Even when I was not working so to speak I mean not going physically to work but
You never stop working you never stop Assessing games looking At training looking at games that we Play looking at all the teams how they Do certain things so but it's important To have this time to refocus and to Re-energize because we then need to be The one that Focus the guys and we Re-energize the guy so we need to charge Our batteries too Thank you good luck thank you thank you Mike all right thanks Mike that's the Last hand I see so last call here for Any questions otherwise we'll wrap it up All right thanks for your time everyone Uh much appreciated Um Eric and Jordan if you guys just want To stay on here uh and we'll move to That thanks everyone Christian got off easy today [Laughter] Foreign
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