Kristijan Kahlina addresses the media after Charlotte FC’s 1-0 home win against Inter Miami CF.
Yeah I said in the the racing room for To some guys like all the season all the Trainings what I what I had in this Season it goes to this last save and uh This is the the football this is the Soccer uh that you need to be ready even This game all the game I I didn't had uh Uh such a much job like to to do and Then in last two three minutes I had uh Uh two three saves even uh one save make Some from Defenders and uh yeah I knew That it will come something because they Have such much quality that uh it will Be really weird that all the game they They don't have Nothing obviously lot's been put on the Shoulders of Messi but you also have Pkat Salva um what do you do you feel Any additional pressure defending them Or is it just another day at the office For sure he a bigger pressure because When Messi goes on you you you don't Know what can you expect it's it's it's Not normal player and uh with bigger Respect and everything but uh you know Like when he go against one one one one Against one with me it's completely Different situation when normal player Go one against one with me and and this Is the normal and for sure it's the same Uh the same uh it thinks and our players Because this is one of the best players In the world Ever thank
Chrisan specifically on that last say The fingertip setting what did you see And what did you do on that Plan uh I really need to say that this Is everything from the training last uh I will say for me two three months we Really work on this and uh that is Specific that most of the Crosses from there come to the striker Will go go in second post and uh it's Very difficult to to keep the the Patient that you don't go on the first Post because the the the ball attract You that you make the step right and you Need to to keep the the the legs in the Middle and wait a reaction and this it Helps me today that I save this ball and I know how many uh we work all together On this and it's it's really difficult Maybe it looks a little bit easier than Than it is but uh yeah today if I can Say that I wait some save like this yeah I wait uh something like this from the Crosses because uh I think I grow up in In these Things congratulations question what was The emotion you felt the moment you Realized that this team clinched Playoff yeah it's really special moment Because all the season we I can say for Me we struggle like a lot of jobs lot of Uh receiving the goal in 90 minutes uh We put all effort but uh uh still we Don't have this I will say we don't have
This quality that we kill someone with Two three goals differences that is Easier for us in defense that last 10 Minutes you are not like uh uh nervous And that one ball can change all the Game because I think many of these games We played better than opponent and then But just one one goal is differences and Then in the last minute penalty or some Good action how Miami had it they score And then we speak uh what we can do Better like I think we grow up but uh Still we are fighting because all these Results we have lead by one goal Differences and this is like uh in the Soccer everything can happen from one Cross they they don't need to have Nothing and then one cross can can make The Trouble um congratulations Christian um What does this mean for the team after All the ups and downs of the season to Make the Playoffs really big thing because uh Normally Uh we were in this situation that maybe We will not go to playoff and then next Season again is bigger pressure on you Because then we will wait from years by Years oh this team is second second or Third uh third year in the league they Didn't make playoff they put this put All the pressure on the team and uh for Us this is like a really good step
Forward forward something goes from our Back and uh even I don't know how we Make this Really I can say for from from my side Not that I didn't Believe I work hard but I like for for Me was like how we can do this like we Didn't win like in I was looking like 17 Games we had like two wins before this All uh good results and like you know It's difficult to put in your your head Like to to believe in this but if you Have strong head to put work in this not Just believe everybody can say believe But for me it's more like work hard and Then something can come back to you and I think the whole team all the season After all these goals what we receive in 90 minutes we come back in Monday we Work hard and we we keep forward and Then uh we can say these games like give Us some effort that we didn't receive Goal in and against inter Miami we we Take clean what if I ask in here in The room who will expect clean in Against inter Miami I I'm sure that even Me I will not say like uh that is Possible what did your teammates show You not doing a here we go Again you know having those doubts at The end of the game fighting with that One lead all the way through the game Yeah I will I will not say that we have Dubs we we we don't have dubs like oh
What will happen we again can we lead we Will receive the goal no we don't think Like this but all the MLS teams are like Equal we we don't play with someone who Are like I can say in Europe in the Leagues when Paris gerain play with some Team who is on the bottom of the table When they lead one zero you don't expect That they will receive the goal even They receive sometimes in 90s but you Know it's not equal quality here Everything is equal and and if we are Like one goal lead in 80 minutes Normally that pressure will come on us That you cannot play how did you play This 0 minutes and this this team gives Everything because they don't have Nothing to lose like Nashville how they Score last goal Defender come in in in In Attack One one ball bouncing penalty From nothing like they change the Formation they don't care and like they They fight just just for the one goal And we don't have doubt but it happens And it happens and and we need to solve This and thanks God we solve this Game The game that goes 90 minutes on the Edge the whole time with the adrenaline And Everything how much fun was this for You it was not fun for me it was like Uh very difficult because I was not in The game I didn't uh maybe I had before
This one shot in the goal and you just Waited something will happen something Will happen you need to be ready and uh Like I didn't had ball uh in my feet a Lot uh I didn't had some shots that that You are in the game like then all the Time something is in your mind like you Need to be awake wait this one you don't Know what what will happen which which Chance they will have one against one or Shooting from 20 M or I don't know but You need to be ready and uh it was not Fun it's a really big pressure it was a Big pressure because again we have all These stories how it happens before Games and then like uh when when he Showed three minutes when when you see Like okay okay it will come I was so Happy when when he was a land Then I Then it was Funny you Played with larett playing in Europe and Stuff in a big event whether it's you Know Europa League or Champion stuff Like that how does this compare to like The intensity of one of those matches a Quality or well just the overall Ambiance and and everything about it Yeah I cannot compare with this I don't Know how many people was today like Normally we we play there in the league Maybe 3 4,000 people this is maximum uh Or home games or home games when we play For Champions League then it was like
Uh 13 14,000 because the the stadium is Not so big but yeah you cannot compare This with all MLS every every Wednesday Saturday we play in front uh the last is 15 till 20,000 people whenever we go and And home games we play all the time with Uh 30 35,000 people what is amazing and Uh about this like we don't have any Pressure like this is our support and uh We we really love this when when they Come in such a big Number last season you guys had aate Season Resurgence that puts you in Playoff contention this season you also Had uh quite the run at the end of the Year could you compare this run to last Year's run and does making the playoffs Or does barely missing the playoff last Year make this run so much more Quy uh yeah even last year I can say how We played Like we came that the last five games we Need to win five games and then it Starts like three games we we really Won like uh Um okay like in Chicago we we we lost Two Z Del Le two Z and we we come back But I don't know against Columbus even I Felt that we can win this game in the End we draw and then um everything goes Like that the last game it's not Important but uh yeah it gives us some Experience because last season was the The same thing like last five games like
This season and thanks God This isn't something it happened that we Don't need five wins three wins with uh Or four wins with one draw it was enough And thanks God that uh all others Results uh it helps it help us that uh That we are going to play Off um we saw um um Ashley westw today Walk out with um Anton walk's daughter You know maybe just describe you know That like I mean you guys have had a Tough season you lost a player right Maybe it's not something that like Everybody experiences right and just That overall moment and being able to You know end tonight with a positive and A win here you know I can say that um When I saw her in front of me because Ashley is in front of me it gives me Some some bigger power because in this Such a uh important moments sometimes You forget like we don't forget him but You know like when you see somebody from From from the family it's something Different then like immediately you are Thinking like how she felt and uh what Is this how how big moment maybe it's This for her and uh yeah for me I can Say personally it gives me more power That uh all the game I gave something Even more from me what can I Do hey Christian congrats on your win Today um throughout the whole press Conference you've been sharing the
Hardships um the struggles of the team Now that the regular season is over and You're heading into playoffs what's your Mentality going into Playoffs uh really big mentality because Uh this Mexican cup gives us uh some big Effort that we are good very good Tournament team and uh if I can say Something that what I believe I believe That we are very good in in the Tournament and uh everything had Happened but I think we have like really Big chance now to make something because Even the draws it's not finished the Game and we show that we are strong on The Penalties and uh like I really believe That we can go far away it will be very Difficult because New York Red Bull is a Good team intense team but uh I really trust that we are if we go to Penalties that we are really strong There what difference did see you Between inter without Messi and one with Messi I think overall we played better Game than than we played there like in Defense how we change the positions and How we control the the Messi yeah for me Yeah play play a really good game Because he was so close to him it was Not easy even for for Messi and Um the differen is is is for sure for For us like you are you have more Freedom when he don't play because every
Ball what they pass to him you know that He will make something thanks God he Didn't make Today big problems for us but every this Touch when he play on on the Wingers our Line uh keep perfect line they they were Many times in offside but every of this Ball like you see that this ball has Quality it came to the player one time Bre slide in last second to Jordy Alba In in second half I think if if BR Didn't follow the Jord Alba till the end This guy will go one against one with me Like from nothing one ball to him he Chipped the ball over the line and and Immediately his Chance Last St and Christian congratulations not only for Making the playoffs but a fantastic game Today on your part um you've got a great Career that you played to this point and Obviously this is the most important Game tonight in club history at least Until the next the next game but how Would you rank this game in terms of Importance overall with your Career Uh very important game very big game Important games and all experience what I Had uh I think I put in in this game and Uh yeah just the stalker is like this Like Wednesday is another probably the Biggest game for for the history for
This club until now and then like we Will come somehow in the end but uh Today this was the the biggest game in The Wednesday is the biggest game in Wednesday and this is like uh I just Need to be calm be like like how how I Was uh all the season and uh it's one Day now behind us and Wednesday is the Most important game and I need to be Like the best one Christian on Wednesday Sam how did it feel when that Offsides flag went up on Messi and uh Did you know he was offsides before the Flag went up I didn't know but uh for me It was weird because Andrew was in good Position and he when when this guy Passed to him he received the ball Straight away and this was for me weird Like how you can receive the ball in the Deep like straight in the feet that mean That you are in offset position but uh Normal like if he run for the ball then I I will be sure that he's not in off But to receive straightway uh ball in The fets uh yeah but even this one Against one I knew that he will chap me But like I cannot just stay like uh up He just wait one second that I go down And he chip perfectly even Andrew he run Uh on the back me that he can save this But like this guy when he goes one Against one like I don't know what what Can happen like when he's completely Free that you can save this
Ball all right thank you guys thank you Very much
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