Christian Lattanzio addresses the media after Charlotte FC’s 1-0 loss to New England Revolution for The Crown’s 2023 homeowner.
Foreign Against a very good team strong team Individually and collectively but I Don't think that they overplayed us they Played In Transitions and in the second half When we started to play a little bit More individually rather than Collectively And we open up to this Transitions they could express We found difficult to Win Second balls Quickly But overall I don't think we've been Outplayed I think that we play our game we create Chances and maybe we lack a little bit Of quality in certain deliveries in Certain moments where We could have created more problems to Them they also had their own chances but I think that the draw was definitely a More a favorable result I think also Even the goal comes from a goalkeeper Not from a corner that he comes off Kessler But we are used to To this decision I don't want to talk About the referee videos But Um hey I think that uh the team played a Good good game And uh I don't think that the result uh
Reflects the game Be all the fight you wanted to see back There Pablo in goal He was he played a good game on the goal I have to see again But I think that he he played well at Times I think we kicked long too many Too much We wanted to play more from the back but I also leave that to how the players Feel on the pitch I don't want to impose But we wanted to play a little bit more From the back but I think ingoli was he Was correct he made a couple of good Save we know he's a very very good shot Stopper so Uh I don't have any problem with Pablo Uh offensively when you're talking about The quality of the the chances and such There seemed to be quite a few instances Tonight where the first player like Going for the second ball of players Running off of the the first person to Get over you know a little heel flip or Or touch to a second runner coming on That didn't seem to connect You know all the times is that something That you've been working on in training Or is that just Obviously but I'm not sure understand What we Would like to competing a complete Trends to hold on to someone else Running there seem to be a number of
Instances so many that have wondered if It's something that you that you've been Working on in training to be running off The ball uh like that I think that we we Create in training with great situations In which we deliver the ball where we Attack the the first the first ball we Attack the second ball And I think then after the boys play out Of each other characteristics I think Answers got this ability that he can Hold the ball and then can lay off Sometimes he comes off sometimes he Doesn't I he nearly come off when you Give it to Brandt I think it was very Good the midfielder to cover the the run From band from Brandt But we work on a number of uh situations And then after his days the game and how The situation but not in the game and Also the characteristics that the Players have that make the make the play Unfortunately the ball didn't didn't Really fall for us in certain moments Even at the end with the header of Kerwin that you know it was very close To to equalize Um but we kind of feel sorry for Ourselves we have to move on and we have To learn there are lessons to be learned In this game Uh that every ball is important every Moment is important concentration at This level is vital because you make a
Little lapse and then all of a sudden You are you are chasing so especially When you play against Quality quality Players Um but is the beginning of the journey It's the first game and we have 33 more And we need to move on and focus on the Next one Grant was spending so much time In the offense of 30 could get his mail Delivered there was that by Design or by Opportunity I think of the the the game Our game model develops I think the Brand was Was going to positions that the game Naturally the floor the game actually Brings brings him here or brings him There And we know that he can in the last Third he can Can create something either through runs Or other to arrive in the Box Uh but then we have to be able to To cover that because when if the ball Gets uh You know deflected or it doesn't it gets Intercepted then we need to be able to Win the second world Were there any individuals that stood Out for you during this match Individuals that stood out I think Um I think that I want to start with the Performance of Uh the guys that came from the bench I Think that they brought something to the
Party I think Kerwin came on with good Energy Andre Shiki I think he was he came with the Right attitude and the right Mentality and and that's for uh for me Is a plus it means that the squad and It's all is alive and they want to Really contribute Um Listen we are starting I want to always Talk about the team rather than Individuals because the team have got Is the one that is shy in my opinion the Star for us has to be the team and the Individuals they will shine if the team Shines A Christian this was the first game Without Anton walks obviously uh there Are a lot of there's a lot of emotions Pre-name uh what do you What do you make of this game without Anton uh what were your emotions like During the game Etc Basis so not just for this game Uh obviously the game especially today's Game brings forward emotion brings Emotions back Up and But We made already A testament of him that is going to be Is going to stay with us all season and More is gonna is part of this club Of the history of this club and we want
To honor him all the time not just in This game so I said in the past there is a special Assistant I think to that tonight is not Going to be happy And so yeah we move on and we move on With Anthony thank you So on the right side of the field we saw The team sort of shift further up into More attacking positions we saw Nathan Burn overlapping a lot more than we saw Last season uh would you say there's Some balance issues still to be worked Out there or are you happy with sort of How Progressive he's being knowing that That means more weight will end up on Adilson to cover that back right way With certain mechanism that we work in Training and then we have to be mobile As a team so if you know if the right Back Shuffle then automatically the Right Central Defenders will go and Cover his position and so forth or Everybody else So we do that with the ball we do that Without the ball and it's part of the of The game of being fluid and trying to be Fluid and try to be mobile again I don't Think that New England created us problem in open Place more in transitions Or when they were building I think that We could press them at times obviously When you are in a mid block not always
You can press the ball and we have to Shuffle back I think that they had chant Is more from set pieces rather than from And from transitions when we started to You know to get because I think that the Boys as I said many times they really Play in front of the crowd And they want desperately to give them Something and sometimes to the detriment Of the team Cohesion organization simply because They are they want To give them generosity and when they Feel that it's the last 15 minutes and They want to get the result they want to Win a day then Want to push strongly in sometimes even Individually just out of generosity but We need to be a little bit more careful Than that because it can open space for The opposition and we certainly don't Train that so uh we saw Carol swederski Switch out towards the right side of Attack was there a specific thought Towards moving him in on his left foot We'll try that because I wanted during The week and during the last weeks I saw Andrea shinoshiki trained really well It's been really hard like a show Tonight he came with the right attitude And I think he created different Problems too Different problems to New England Um
I wanted him on the pitch just because He's got this ability to deliver the Ball with his left foot and and I Thought that we don't have a left footed Wing in the squad so to have somebody That can come inside and deliver the Ball I think he tried a couple of times And uh yeah you know sometimes it works Sometimes it doesn't but I thought that Overall the balance of the team was Right and again we didn't suffer he knew What to do also without the ball and It was more a case of Being switched on especially on set Pieces where we know that the quality of Careless Gill can can always create Something Okay We saw only four shots on target tonight Uh with no real clear-cut chances what What where do you see uh Timber short on in terms of being able To create Like I said I think we went in position Where we could create those chances And when you deliver the ball in the box With quality things normally happen I Thought that the quality of delivery Tonight wasn't wasn't great Because the the position in which we Went it was many times Pretty good even uh you know there are Many that come to my mind even when Joseph
Played the ball and cancel it just at The last ditch Taco We had the the last cross when Kerwin from Andre the Kerwin had the Post but there were a few and and Sometimes we had crosses in the first Half they cleared everybody or that he Hits the first man And this is something that unfortunately It can happen And I think that it is more more than the Pure quality I think is more the The emotional side to try to really you Know do your best and in this moment in Front of this big crowd And because then usually we we are much Better percentage in games and in in Training than that Uh coach tonight uh I think we saw a lot Of really good challenges from the team Um I especially uh A deal and uh Camille I I thought won Quite a few and You know obviously the the finishing Didn't didn't quite work out on a lot of Those plays can you talk to me about how You've been Uh working to Been practiced it to to help with with Finishing which you know also seemed to Be an issue last year We do a lot of work in finishing on uh
During the week We do a lot of this kind of finishing Plus the strikers they do a specific Work with Christian Because it's a book so I think that from That point of view I think that we cover The the topic pretty well always Uh then after you come against the Opposition Romney is a good Defender Peter which is a goalkeeper Castle is a Good Defender the two full bugs for me Are some of the best fullbacks in the League with Jones and by so and then the Polls that is a good defensive Midfielder you have to try to break down That But I can assure you that we do a lot of Work on uh creating a finish and then at The end when you have the structure you Have to leave freedom to the strikers to To deliver the ball and or to the Wingers or the full box And it's up to them how they solve the Situation but we put the team in that Situation put the place in this Situation on a weekly basis many many Times The first 88 minutes Just decided It wasn't going to go that way Can you talk about how it was performing Performance can it continue to be uh the Go-to well what Christians out yeah Probably well uh obviously when if
Uh when he was called the inaction Made a double save in the emit some Saves in the first half of my I never Would like to be my goalkeeper man of The match Because I prefer when the strikers are So So But doesn't think that it was a Situation in which we stayed in the game Only because of Pablo I think Pablo did Well and and these one of the 11 like we Expect the the strikers to score the Midfielders to make play and defend this For the final respect will keep it to Make saves that's why he's there and And I think Pablo is is pretty good in Gold we are he has our trust like Georges our trust I think it's We move on and uh Yeah he's Just uh it's just a night in which I Felt that the many things that happened For us because we had the probably the Biggest chance of the game apart from The the head but it was offside that They had on set pieces after three Minutes with the with Ashley Westwood if Ashley scored after the minutes then Probably we are here commented in a Different game so I don't want this to be Doom and Gloom Is uh obviously we are very very Disappointed because me first because we
Wanted to give this unbelievable crowd Something to cheer and also for us and Also to honor hunter in the best Possible way but it's the beginning of The journey is not uh it's uh the first Game of 34.
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