Christian Lattanzio addresses the media after Charlotte FC’s 2-2 away draw against Inter Miami CF.
Hey coach um you still in the hunt uh But again late goals uh being the bane Of Charlotte's existence right now if You could address those and also the Difference in the two halves I thought Miami was dominant in the first half With some significant chances but Charlotte played much better in the Second half uh you know to to take the Advantage again with that if you could Speak to those please Yeah I think uh we played against a Quality team that people can think that They have nothing to play for but it Doesn't look that to me they played Really really strong game like they Should and uh I thought in the first Half we didn't control the ball as well As we should have done um it is Something that unfortunately sometimes We tend to to do that we get the Temptation to play this very vertical Ball this long ball and then after you Play against a team like them that when They get the ball they are very good at Keeping it and then you have to work a Lot and run a lot to get it to get that Back because the minute you don't put Pressure they Control and if you put pressure you are Not coordinated that can find the GS so It's very difficult to play against this Team but I'm very proud of the boys Because they came here and they play
Again Toe to Toe with the team that is Full of quality Players and yeah there is this Uh late Goals uh in the first half and in the Second that uh obviously doesn't please Me But I think that we show to come here to Miami and to play in the way that we did And come back in the second half and to Control the game more and having also The chances on the 2-1 Or even before to score the second one We had a few chances in the second half I think is a sign of a team that is Alive that is growing and you know we Need to we need to keep going and we Need to keep uh to stay in the Hun like You said and uh on Saturday you're gonna Have to scheme for that other guy who's Says he's gonna Play what can I do I mean Steve if you Want to have a word with him and and uh Keep Him keep him away if he plays he plays And uh and uh we have to deal with to Play against against all the players That they have we have to focus on Ourself and we need to play our game and We also but also we have our supporters Uh on our side and I hope that they will Really be behind the guys like you Always do uh strongly what whatever Happens because this these guys they do
They really play strong game every time And they W and they won't badly to give Our supporters Uh you know the goal that we always had From the beginning of the Season it goes Down to the last game and we want To To to give them a big Gift M thanks Steve uh John Excuse me uh Christian it seems like Kerwin had a strong game obviously Scored a goal same with Enzo and jiak Had a strong game do you were you Satisfied with how the play was uh Developing out wide and de Jagger I Think I'm pronouncing his name correctly It seemed like he had a very strong game As well so can you just talk about how The front four there so to speak play Tonight yeah I thought that uh I thought that kwin did well in the last Game and I wanted to keep him in the Squad keep it in the in the team and so For me he's growing I'm so happy he Scored the goal because as I said I Thought he was playing well he needed That and Um you know has been few games that he's Fighting well he's protecting the ball He's playing well back to the goal he's Pressing and uh the goal is very Important for a striker so I'm very Happy for him for that regarding Camille
I think Camille we know that he's a play That he works well I thought he was Getting tired and then I needed to do Something different towards the end Because with introduction of Jord Alba and the stri they changed Tactically and I thought that we needed To change our structure to minimize and To keep them in front of us otherwise They would have penetrated us a lot more Than that so And then also I have the the game of Saturday mind because there's only two Days and we need to be as fresh and As as ready as possible bre in the Middle he can play inside he can play Outside he also had few days in which he Didn't train because of the traveling to Belgium and back so I know he was Struggling physically at one point and I Need to have some freshness with Carl that also wasn't ready to play 90 Minutes we took the decision together All together about how to manage that And uh yeah We I think he's a positive performance Here in a very difficult pitch and uh we Need to be ready for Saturday for Another strong game and quickly um Excuse me when BR Pi up the yellow card Was there any thought of of subbing him Out I had that in mind because the worst Thing that can happen especially against Miami against many teams but maybe they
They are the worst team to play against Them so I had that in mind but I knew That BR is he's intelligent and uh he Doesn't put himself at Risk for nothing I needed his legs we Needed his legs in the middle and I Thought he was very helpful towards the End when they double up on the side of Jayen with with Jordy Alan Robinson So uh he was in my mind but He brought some qualities that we needed Towards the end of the Game thank you Chris thank you all right Thank you John Carol uh Christian I know hindsight is 2020 but when you give up a l goal in Such an important game is there anything You wish you had done different Tactically or is this you know you guys Are who you are structurally you know And and things Happen yeah there is always this Question is always always for but even If you consider after 75 is there is always should could I Have done better should have done better Maybe there is always something that can Be Done Um for sure there is that question but I I took the decision that I thought they Were the best at the Time and Uh but every time we put the emphasis on
This I'm getting tired of this we want To grow as a team but you don't help us To grow we asking always the same Question the last minut instead of Seeing that the team plays come here Against Miami play is a good game we Always talk about you consider see the Last five minutes we want to have a big Mentality but the big mentality comes Also from the environment you know and Instead always this this putting the Pressure on the guys as they ConEd yeah There are teams that they concede for in The first 10 minutes or in the first Half against a team like that so we have To grow as a mentality as well all of us You know all with the question we ask Instead of looking at the good things That these guys do on the pitch and play Toe totoe against Jord Alba buett and All the great players that they have you Know we always put the empathy that we Consider Late right well um and was that your Message to the guys afterwards I mean What what kind of things were you Talking to them about you know just I'm Proud of the guys the guy come here it Was very different from the last game we Play here it was very different from the Last game that we played last season Here When we were T up and we lost the game But I thought that Miami was in control
Much more with the with the squad with With all due respect is nowhere near the Squad that they have now and instead we Came here and we give we play toe totoe Against probably arguably the best team In the league you know player by player So I am proud of the boys and there is No substitute for time we can talk Always about the same things but we are Growing as and then we had to learn to Manage those moments better is moments In the game listen there is a cross and They score they score ahead you know and Yeah ideally I want to defend every Cross in the best possible way I want to But we can also talk that Nathan defend Brilliantly two minutes after another Very difficult cross from Jord Alba but Uh I hope you see that as well not just Ukar but in general so I think that you Know there is a possibility of Considered goal against Miami when you Play Here um and looking ahead to Saturday You expect Carol to be ready to go yeah I to go yeah I expect Carol to be ready To go yeah and then we should have y Back as well okay and Bill but Bill Maybe take a little bit uh One more day just because he played late Yesterday and he and he played nearly All Game okay thank you okay thank you thank You K thank you Christian we'll end it
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