Christian Lattanzio addresses the media from Charlotte FC’s 4-0 away loss against Inter Miami in the Quarterfinals of Leagues Cup.
I think that uh the boys our boys uh Play well And Certainly they didn't I think that the Result overshadowed the performance my Opinion the result is way too Is way too severe for the way for what I See on the pitch Um what we should have had and this is Something we need to work on to be sharp In the last third because I think it Took Long time for us in the first half To step into the game and to and this is Something that it happened already A couple of times in the last few games Where we are growing as a team but it Took a little bit of time for us to when We had the ball we lost it straight away We were Just we wanted to play long all the time And when you play against the team that Is so good at uh kibirit is important That when they have it and that we have It as well because I think that we also Can play with the ball and build it from The back and creating chances advances Through the thirds Uh the difference for me is in the Sharpness in the last third If we scored 2-1 with Patrick when the Cross of Kelvin Vargas I think The game is different we might still Lose but the game for me change a little
Bit of momentum because after that Through another Simple stupid mistakes that we have from A throwing we could see the third one And then after we knew that the next Goal after the tuner would have been the Decisive one Unfortunately they scored It and and it was then after very very Difficult for us to come back in terms Of in terms of the results but I'm proud That we played and we created chances And uh this is what we need to improve It's better Michelle and if I wrote this Um Herald can you just talk about Leo Messi's addition to this team and the Other Jordy Alvin that's Goose gets just How different is this Miami team from The team that MLS teams were facing Before July yeah sure uh and he said I Would like to play them three times Right But uh no I mean you bring three players That they were the starting players of Uh a team that has been defined by many Experts maybe their greatest ever So what what do you do you play with Guys that they have a great Understanding on the pitch That they Occupy a different position they can Help The team To magnify the the qualities that they
Have And plus when you have uh Messi you know That You just need a chance you just need one Second in the game and you have to be Always very Very sharp to stop him from producing The magic that he has always produced Since he came to to the scene in Barcelona when he was 16. We're going to take two more in the room Then go to zoom we'll do We'll talk Again Because I thought that uh Because I thought that we found the Balance Also defensively And I thought that given the quality That Miami has We wanted to minimize the impact that The partnership boost gets messy because We saw that The the link that they have It's at the heart of the of the play And I thought that we did quite well in The first half with that unfortunately We gave away a sloppy penalty and the Second goal and in my opinion also could Be avoided And um I thought that the contribution of Messi In the first half and the bus gets Wasn't wasn't great so I thought that we
Were working well unfortunately we were To melt down and my plan was to put Patrick in the second half and to change Things unfortunately when you are Turning down it looks like a desperation Moment but instead we we work on that we Are we planned that as well to try to Put them together And uh But and I think that that partnership Work well To start with that I don't know if it Would have been if we would have been Then Equally and this for me to say this is Silly because of the results right but I Thought that we minimize the way that I Don't think Miami created many chances And the two were Two chances that uh Uh that lead to goals but they shouldn't Maybe All right let's go to the gentleman There in the back row It's a little closer that's it Foreign Yeah also because they They have had they added also two young Players like There are two very very good players I I Followed them in the past So I think that this Miami team is Completely transformed And when you are in the semi-final I
Don't think that there is a big favorite But when you have messy busquets and Alba in the team Surely you can hide from Wanted to win every competition in which You In which you take part so for me they Are I don't know if they are the clear Favorites but for sure when you're in The semi-final they can go all the way You know the competition and like you Said I agree with you if they find a way Of getting to the playoff I think they Also have a chance in that I've seen it In the past in this league I remember One year with Seattle that they arrived Very late and they play off and then They had a very good team at the time And they went all the way so if it was Possible it's still possible for every Team to win it and this is the the Beauty and the magic of the playoff I Guess We're going to take two questions via Zoom let's go to Carol please Hey Chris just wondering what you guys Take from this Lee's cup League's cup Experience and then tonight's Disappointing but what do you take from This going forward We think a lot we take a lot Caro we Take uh first of all the way we perform We perform a way most of the games and
To be fair I never used that an excuse I'm not going to use it here I want to Complement our boys because we play the Way a lot Travel every time three hours and then Having you know to Texas He was he was hard on the voice that They were living on adrenaline living on Uh enthusiasm good recovery but in the End you know the the you start to become Tired mentally and physically so I Thought that one thing that we can take That we can go away and play well I Thought that we play well here as well Against a team that uh is uh is Completely transformed leads they also Live on enthusiasm and Magic because of The new acquisition and everybody is Buzzing because of them so what I can Take from our boys is to The way they perform and I am very sorry About the result Mainly for for the boys because I don't Think this is a forenail and we can be Proud all our head up the way we play The old tournament And to go out with this result is it Leaves us a little bit you know bitter In the mouth but uh You you feel like we've been punching The face but we go we take it we move Forward we are gonna be like Rocky you Know we go down but we get up again So Carol asked my question
The second part for me was Of the lessons of the takeaways from Link's cup What you take to your next MLS Match in 15 days against la FC and what do you Think with the two more matches that Charlotte FC is going to play against Miami this year Listen we start the new we start the new Phase of the league We show mainly to ourselves how good we Can be and we can go everywhere and play Our game the big lesson today as I said At the beginning of this press Conference and they say I will repeat What I said to the boys in the changing Room that I'm very proud the way they Played but we need to improve our Sharpness in the last third and that Comes from training to work even harder Because we thought that we give a Our best when we train but there is a we Need to find the resources to give more Because we are playing against teams That they Um Strengthen themselves we also strength Ourselves with breakfast At the jageren with uh that Unfortunately we couldn't have a Disposal but we will when we play lafc At least I hope so And then listen we have to keep playing The way we play
And to be sharp in in every moment Especially in the last third when we Have the chance to create problems Because also today we had few chances in The first and the second half and the Way that we came Out and fighting against the team that Uh is flying at the moment and to give Them a battle in the second half I think Uh you have to be a strong team to do That
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