Christian Lattanzio addresses the media after Charlotte FC’s 2-2 draw against FC Cincinnati.
Yeah But obviously I'm frustrated because Unfortunately because I think What I was saying just before the game We fall into that trap again And we don't realize first five minutes I promised myself to be very calm today Whatever happened The first five minutes I got to really Nervous because I could see that despite What we said we were Prepared to play and to keep Play we start to go into this play long Balls when we have no need to stay on The same side when we can switch it and I didn't like that at all and that what Happens inevitably Make a mistake the silly mistake and Then what can happen And uh We need to overcome that because there Is probably the The fear of losing What we have and this is something that I personally don't like I told them I Take the responsibility you go out and Play and then if anything happens I'll Take the blame and responsibility no Problem I want us to play And it's frustrating but at the same Time put things into Context and I know we were tuning up but We get frustrated because we drew
Against the team that is top of the MLS At the moment so You know this also has to be considered But what the boys showed that when we Play we can play face to face toe to Tour against everybody in the league Okay there is some place but we also Meet some players and And uh I think that we can compete with Everybody But we need to overcome that and to be Maybe more clinical of course when we Create chances we created a few To close the game down unfortunately we Did about for me the important thing we Keep playing we keep playing when we Have the possibility and I thought we Had the possibility and we decided all Decided unconsciously we kept we're Starting to go in this game long and Then after we felt in my opinion I felt That the boys because the boy want to Please the The crowd you know we want to please the Crowd they want to get the win and then They are extra anxious about that in my Opinion and we need to To control better Those moments but anyway Goals fed themselves in the energy was Building and then half time just kind of Brought it all down and there was a Nervous energy after that how do you
Move forward and and through halftime Without losing all the moments Listen if you went up time Maybe next time I said guys go out be Nervous And uh You know Because after in that museum was good Said we need to keep going and playing Keep playing because by playing we we Are in this situation of Tuna lab where we know that they are Going to be dangerous in certain Situations that we studied but we Control that sometimes You know a custom I find the past couple Can find a run and Sergio Santos can Find the run but real areas but more or Less I thought that we were not in such A great Danger So I said as long as we control those Situations that we studied and we keep Playing we keep playing because some of The chances that they had were from us Making some mistakes but I can live with That Because if we were in the position to be Doing a Lapis because we are playing So I don't want to play long balls when And you know the way the ball coming Back and Because this is not our identity so our Challenge is to play for as long as Possible the game that we want to play
But there are also many positive I think He was a good debut from Scott I thought that uh Few players had a good game and Collectively I thought that we Uh Uh tactically where nobody we were Bothered more by individual playing Against And in which they were really good and They found A penalty and Where we should have defended bet we Should have defend a lot better both Goals I don't know I felt uh that the the leg Was getting tight So I think he was pretty smart in coming Out without making the injury Worst Uh I hope that's the case but I don't Have any Any update uh As a show because we need to do some Exams rather than you know but hopefully Hopefully it's going to be Hopefully not bad There's frustration What are the positives What are the positives that they can Look at This trust that that you guys are headed In the right Now listen
I only worried about the work that I do With the boys on a daily basis I really don't follow the social That much If at all It's important what the club believes Until they think that I am Doing a job that is bringing the club Forward And then the day that they will not want That anymore they will let me know Cannot be too much worried About anything else I need to see I Think that the frustration Um Is that this is the second year That we are in the league We had the Um You know and uh Difficult moments in this club And Uh I think that we are heading in the right Direction in the sense that we play Toe To Toe against everybody I'm the first One to be frustrated when I'm in front I Want to win But at the same time we don't get Embarrassed on a weekly basis We play Against the team that is top of the MLS We are tuna lap we are all disappointed Here like if we lost five minutes home
And we drew So again I don't really concern myself about it If the one until the People think that I'm doing a job to Bring the club forward I will be here And then there will be a time that will Tell me to stop and I'm very Serene in that sense I feel Frustrated not about that I'm frustrated Because I want to give Uh the funds the the points whenever Possible the winds And I want our players to To win games because they put a lot of Effort into that but even evidently we Need to improve certain things and we Will keep working on that that's my Focus is on that So coach Today Guzman crew who does play 90. how Much of that was planned beforehand is He you know starting to look like he Could be ready for 90s in the future or Is that a product of what Happened no no the product no it's when You have a central Defender when you Have any player on the pitch You want them to you assume that they Can play 90 minutes otherwise they Wouldn't be in or they would start from The bench so whoever starts Is because you know that he can go 19 Minutes so that was our goal since he
Came back He felt a few times tighten up his calf And so that was the the reason for which We wanted to bring him Uh give him The possibility to rest and not to Potentially have a muscle injury but I Think it's normal that he should be play 90 minutes so from now on like everybody Start the game We assume that he is ready to play 90 Minutes Thought he did well Um He made a good assist And he was working hard I just wanted to change the Wingers Because I know that they were doing a Lot of work defensively and we were Going a little bit deeper and I wanted To play more so to have Justin is a guy That has got different characteristics From Kerwin And also McKenzie I thought that with Them we were going a little bit more Vertical I wanted to control the game a Little bit more And obviously like always happens you Know you do the subs and if we score the Two goals with Carol Uh you know everything is great I Thought that we played After until Um until the end we made the red card
Was caused by a us plane You know it wasn't something that the Referee gave you for free so I thought That we started to play creating more Chances unfortunately we didn't talk we Didn't take those and uh So everything looks uh Do my Gloom but it's not in my opinion There are many positive things and we Have very good Wingers I had to I kept a Brandon Cambridge out from the squad but He's another guy that works well Just because I think that we needed a Little bit more experience but I think Cargo performance was I'm happy with Kevin So coach uh what can you say to us about Carol's performance from my point of View you know on another night he could Have had a hat trick or a hall I agree I think it's one of those game where he Could have scored four goals It's a shame He didn't put to the third one because At that moment I think the game would be Over if he finished that one We go 31 just after they scored Unfortunately it happened to us on a Number of occasions we create chances And then We We didn't take that one but uh you know We played well it's called the first Half is called two very good goals
It was dangerous and he also created the Other one to To score again when he hit the post Um he looked to me Maybe Could have I don't know if he could Arrive on the cross of Camilla I mean a Prospective I can't really see that he Said to me it was difficult Listen from a number nine that's what You want you want a guy that works hard Discord too yes he could score another One and then because he's good enough to Do that in those situations but uh Everybody listen you win together you Lose together or you draw together so I think Carol is he had a good game I Wish he found the the hatrick because I Think he deserved to score another one Focusing on what you're doing with the Boys What are you doing with them Forward from These doldrums these five draws in a row Can you imagine if we lost five in a row But also I have to say this You are I mean the way you are talking I Don't know because I don't really follow The social it looks like all the fun Base but I also see a lot of people that They seem to be behind the team I mean It doesn't have to be behind me I Understand that it works like that in Football
But It looks like that is a front United That it might be I don't know maybe on The maybe no but it's important the Funds are important it's important part Of the club you know But I am concerned I want to make the Fans Happy by creating a team that play Football and that can Have good performances against everybody So now we add Five draws Away from home in not easy place to go And it looks like I mean we it looks Like it's Doom and Gloom but I think I disagree with that I wanted a little Bit more in terms of performance to Um But the results are You know Another Few of you seems to make it Look like or some people All right last one today Um Good debut you can see Scott is uh the Way He plays with the ball and without the Ball it's very experienced I think People around him Appreciate it is calm is composed Is a very good addition to our Squad And
I think It would be important also in terms of Creation of Helping us to play with more calmness Um Is obviously he needs to find the Rhythm For the 90 minutes but as you could see I thought he was he's an important play For us also in those diff in the Transition moments and in the moments Where the game could have gone the other Way because now the momentum shifted And I thought it was important with his Experience he's talking to To get us through the game It wasn't it wasn't It's not that you have to change Tactically I don't think that the Problem was technically the tactically Is that we didn't play Is for the first Six seven eight minutes we're starting To go Long and vertical when we they kind of Gave us the possibility to do what we Did in the first half to move the ball Side to side And for some reason we didn't control And these moments are key So it's not that you have to change Statically I try to make tactical change At the end when they go 10 men to push Patrick and Carol to press them really High so that they have to kick long
And we had the ball a lot but Unfortunately the last pass or the last Cross was not Was not precise enough but I think we Created chances when they were Um With 10 men and that was the Tactical Change I want them to kick the ball long So that we can win get it back and go at Them There was the that was the idea but I Didn't think the Tactical together as a Problem they got This transitional moment that in which We didn't Control the game good enough as we we Could have done and we should have done
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