WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:01.600 All right, I want to ask you a question while 2 00:00:01.600 --> 00:00:03.960 we get as we get into Atlanta and Miami finally 3 00:00:04.639 --> 00:00:09.720 and satisfy people's requests. Something we talked about after the game, Jason, 4 00:00:10.119 --> 00:00:13.160 was the change that Miami made at halftime or after 5 00:00:13.199 --> 00:00:16.519 halftime where they you know, Sujio Busquets wasn't available, you 6 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:19.199 had a more defensive minded midfielder in the game, you 7 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:24.920 took him out. Yeah, if Busquets is unable to go, 8 00:00:25.359 --> 00:00:28.359 how do you piece together that midfield if you're Miami, 9 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:33.600 so you do not get absolutely massacred on the counter because, yeah, 10 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:37.320 Miami's going to dominate the ball almost certainly, But there 11 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:40.600 are moments in any game where you cannot dominate the 12 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:41.679 ball for one hundred. 13 00:00:41.399 --> 00:00:43.520 Percent of it. You don't have an answer. 14 00:00:45.000 --> 00:00:47.479 You flat out don't have an answer in that position 15 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:52.240 with what we have really seen because Sergio Busquets and 16 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:54.880 Yanick Bright not training this morning. According to reports out 17 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:58.600 of South Florida, Yanick Bright is the more defensive midfielder 18 00:00:58.719 --> 00:01:02.280 of the rest of them, after Sergio bus Getz, Who's 19 00:01:02.280 --> 00:01:04.560 such an important element for that team in the way 20 00:01:04.599 --> 00:01:06.599 that they play, in the way that they stay organized, 21 00:01:06.640 --> 00:01:11.000 even though defensively He's a liability, right, not really a liability. 22 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:13.760 I think he's been very good for this team. And 23 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:15.920 when you have a team that is so top heavy 24 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:19.560 like Miami, you got to hit on guys like Jannick Bright, 25 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:22.000 whether it's from the draft or from the league. 26 00:01:21.719 --> 00:01:23.760 Or what have you, and they did well. 27 00:01:24.000 --> 00:01:27.000 He's going to be out, according to I can't remember 28 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.200 which player talked about it. He's not going to play. 29 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:35.159 So how do you deal with that? I don't think 30 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:38.959 there's an easy answer, because you know, we haven't seen 31 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:42.760 Julian Gressel in this playoff series. You can't put him 32 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:45.159 there and ask him to defend in that way. And 33 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:48.000 Tota Martinez has played him as a central midfielder, but 34 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:51.319 he's a liability defensively and we've seen that throughout his career. 35 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:55.640 Who else can you put their David Ruiz is out, 36 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.480 so that would be another player that you could have 37 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.760 put there. He's not available. You're going to have to 38 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:01.680 put somebody there and ask them to do a job 39 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.840 that they don't do. You know, can Benjamen Kurumowski do 40 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.960 that job to an extent? He can run, he can 41 00:02:09.000 --> 00:02:11.439 do things, but he's not a six. He's not a 42 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:14.400 defensive midfielder. Do you put a. 43 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:15.439 Noah Allen in there? 44 00:02:15.479 --> 00:02:18.159 You played no Allen as the central of three center 45 00:02:18.199 --> 00:02:20.719 backs in the last game, which was crazy to me. 46 00:02:20.919 --> 00:02:24.759 It worked, Okay, I don't think Atlanta exploited it enough. 47 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:27.879 But can you move him up and bring another center 48 00:02:27.919 --> 00:02:28.919 back into the group. 49 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:32.919 Maybe. But this is where. 50 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:39.159 MLS rosters can bite you at various points where you 51 00:02:39.439 --> 00:02:43.080 have limited depth, and you're gonna have to make decisions 52 00:02:43.120 --> 00:02:46.360 on where that depth is limited when you construct a roster. 53 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:51.680 Miami made a decision to have really three guys who 54 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:56.280 can play the sixth role to varying degrees, and all 55 00:02:56.280 --> 00:03:01.400 of them might be unavailable. So how do you handle it? 56 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.840 If you're Miami. I think you have to handle it 57 00:03:04.879 --> 00:03:06.680 by going out and trying to score ten goals. 58 00:03:06.879 --> 00:03:10.360 Yeah, I don't think you can handle it in another way. 59 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:17.080 So it's gonna be fascinating because that's generally not taught 60 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.800 to Martino's mo in these games. When you get to 61 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:22.719 the stage of the season and you get to these 62 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:26.639 kinds of big games, he gets more conservative than usual. 63 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:30.159 I don't think he's gonna have that luxury, and if 64 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:35.039 he does, look he's gonna have to find something in 65 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:40.199 someone that we haven't really seen. And I don't think 66 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:42.039 it's gonna get talked about. I think he's just gonna 67 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:44.199 get glossed over. You know, we'll be talking about it 68 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:46.520 on the radio, because if he plays David Martinez in 69 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:50.039 that role, for example, does he have the characteristics to 70 00:03:50.080 --> 00:03:52.960 be able to be a six? Yeah, I think he does. 71 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:55.879 He's never really played it. I'm sure there's some point 72 00:03:55.879 --> 00:03:57.919 where he played it for River or played it at 73 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:01.840 Defensi Houstisia, but he's not a six. Can he be 74 00:04:01.960 --> 00:04:04.080 a six for a game for you because you don't 75 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:07.680 have another six? That's where you're down to the experience 76 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:10.599 and the qualities of Tota Martino And can he find 77 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:15.360 that or is his option gonna be unorthodox for him 78 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.480 and say, well, we're just gonna get hit there and 79 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:21.399 we're gonna concede goals, but we can score more goals 80 00:04:21.439 --> 00:04:23.759 than them at home with the offensive talent we have. 81 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:25.560 I don't know what his answer is going to be 82 00:04:25.600 --> 00:04:27.920 Without Janick Brighton, Sergio Buskitz. 83 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:32.040 And we had Michael Parkhurst on in our number one 84 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:37.079 and we were discussing pressure and elimination games, and you 85 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:40.279 have the younger players that are there at the Kramowsky 86 00:04:40.439 --> 00:04:43.759 age and the pressure that's going to be on them 87 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:46.759 in this match with the older players that have been 88 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:50.480 there before, Messi Suarez, Geordie al But, et cetera. Mixing 89 00:04:50.519 --> 00:04:53.639 that with the younger players who haven't been in that situation. 90 00:04:53.759 --> 00:04:56.639 The pressure, the emotional pressure of not wanting to mess 91 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:00.000 this up. I think that that ratchets things up all 92 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:02.800 so emotionally for Inner Miami, no matter how they line 93 00:05:02.839 --> 00:05:03.279 things up. 94 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:07.079 Yeah, I don't know if the younger players are gonna 95 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:12.279 necessarily think about it that way. I think it's just pressure. 96 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:16.120 I don't know if they're worried about letting somebody down 97 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:22.560 in these moments and that kind of stuff. I'm really curious. 98 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:25.000 I mean, Federica Rodondo would be the other one, but 99 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:27.240 you're gonna ask him to stay home a lot more 100 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.000 and try to figure that out. But Rodondo's got to 101 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:35.040 handle this moment. Diego Gomez has got to handle this moment. 102 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:40.000 Tomas Abules, David Martinez have to handle this moment. And 103 00:05:41.519 --> 00:05:47.319 the thing about it, when you really dig into how 104 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:51.560 this game can flow. If Atlanta scores early, how does 105 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:55.279 Miami respond If Atlanta keeps Miami off the board for 106 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:57.199 a period of time and at zero zero for a 107 00:05:57.240 --> 00:06:01.319 long way. How does Miami respond? How do the young 108 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:07.439 players respond to the crowd getting antsy? How do the 109 00:06:07.519 --> 00:06:13.920 young players respond to that feeling of oh crap in 110 00:06:13.959 --> 00:06:18.199 the stands. I don't know the veterans will handle it. 111 00:06:18.199 --> 00:06:20.519 The veterans will be fine with it, But how do 112 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:24.360 those young players handle that. I think it's more of 113 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:29.040 that than you know, this idea of it's not Argentina 114 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:31.240 in the World Cup in twenty twenty two or Copa 115 00:06:31.240 --> 00:06:34.040 America in twenty twenty one, where the young players did 116 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:37.680 not want to let Lionel Messi down. That's different. You're 117 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:42.240 talking about a cultural icon and one of the last 118 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:45.839 opportunities that they're going to have to win something. This 119 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:48.959 is not that I don't think Ben Jim and Kremowsky 120 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:52.360 has that exact same feeling about Lionel Messi. He's going 121 00:06:52.399 --> 00:06:53.959 to be one of the closer ones. Some of the 122 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:56.120 other South Americans are going to have that to an extent, 123 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:59.600 but it's not the same. This is more of the 124 00:06:59.680 --> 00:07:04.800 end of visual to me, of how do you handle 125 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:09.959 being a front running team but not being able to 126 00:07:10.040 --> 00:07:15.000 run out front. How does that get dealt with? And 127 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:16.519 I don't know what the answer is going to be. 128 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:18.399 And these are the moments where you learn a lot 129 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:20.079 about individual character. 130 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:21.519 And we'll see. 131 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:24.120 I think we've seen from Atlanta in these moments as 132 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:28.399 of late, that they have risen to the idea of 133 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:31.759 being that underdog and that's what they've rallied around, and 134 00:07:32.040 --> 00:07:37.560 they have handled those moments very well. Miami hasn't been 135 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.839 in these moments very much as a group, and we'll 136 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:45.879 see what happens with them without potentially Sergio Busquet's and 137 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:49.319 Yonick Bright sounds like neither one train today. It's going 138 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:51.360 to be a big ask for them to be able 139 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:54.000 to go. If anybody can handle that, it's Busquetes because 140 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:59.639 of his history and his intelligence, But Kenny run because 141 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:04.240 intelligence doesn't make those legs move any faster. How does 142 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:08.120 Miami handle not having an ideal six? 143 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:11.920 I don't know. And Atlanta has to try to exploit that. 144 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:17.360 If that's the case, and shift sides to the field 145 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:19.759 now because I do want to get to the flanks. 146 00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:23.680 Something we talked about as well is that Savo you 147 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:27.439 need to might not actually have an empty sign on 148 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:32.080 his tank and the way he played and the way 149 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:36.919 he moved kind of trying to stalemate Jordi Alba to 150 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:39.639 where they're kind of even even if they're canceling each 151 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:42.360 other out. I wanted to ask on you know how 152 00:08:42.399 --> 00:08:45.159 you see that potentially playing out in game three. 153 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:48.559 Jordi Alba is the player for Miami that scares me 154 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:51.360 the most. I know that's sacrilege on a team with 155 00:08:51.440 --> 00:08:54.679 Messi and Suarez, but if Jordie Alba went reason of 156 00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:58.559 the field, he's the one who can change everything because 157 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:02.279 then you're getting something it's not unexpected, but it's coming 158 00:09:02.320 --> 00:09:06.639 from an unexpected place to tilt the game, and he tay. 159 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:11.240 If that's the case, he's probably eliminating Saba from joining 160 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.960 the attack for Atlanta. So that's the battle to me 161 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:17.600 that determines the game. If it's a stalemate like it 162 00:09:17.720 --> 00:09:20.799 was on Saturday night, in my opinion, then that opens 163 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.639 the door honestly for Messi and Suarez to do what 164 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:25.240 they can do, but it opens the door for other 165 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:28.600 Atlanta players to try to win their battles. And the 166 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:31.799 opposite side is an interesting one because if if you 167 00:09:31.840 --> 00:09:33.879 go with the same group for Atlanta and you play 168 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.240 Saba as a wing back, and it's Saba dealing with 169 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:40.120 Jordi Alba up and down the field. Okay, the other side, 170 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.639 you're not gonna ask Pedro Amador to exactly do the 171 00:09:42.679 --> 00:09:44.240 same things as Saba. 172 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:45.559 You're gonna ask. 173 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:48.200 Him to do a decent bit of them. And Marcela 174 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:52.919 Wagan is not Jordi Alba. So can you exploit that 175 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:57.799 side more in the run of play? I think so, 176 00:09:58.639 --> 00:10:00.480 and you're gonna have to be smart with it. Look 177 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:03.159 in another issue here that is definitely flying under the 178 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:05.559 radars Jay Fortune. 179 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:08.960 He's banged up. He didn't train fully. Yesterday. 180 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:13.799 Rob Valentino talked about it and he took a knock 181 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.320 and also a roll of the ankle in the game. 182 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.600 Rob said it was pretty surprising that he was able 183 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:22.200 to do as much as he did for as long 184 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:24.559 as he did in that match, and he had a 185 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:27.279 huge play on Messi late at the top of the eighteen. 186 00:10:27.320 --> 00:10:29.720 That was vital in Atlanta getting the opportunity to go 187 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:33.559 win it. To be able to do the things that 188 00:10:33.600 --> 00:10:37.720 you want with Saba and Amador getting forward and exploiting 189 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:42.679 Miami's want to get forward from their fullbacks, you've got 190 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:45.080 to have central midfielders that can run in those moments. 191 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:49.840 You don't have another one like Jay Fortune on the bench. 192 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:53.440 Tristan Milliambob is not the same player. You're gonna then 193 00:10:53.639 --> 00:10:56.759 have to reconfigure your midfield a little bit. If it 194 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:01.559 is Milliam Baugh, McCarty and Sleish can do it. But 195 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:03.559 he's one person. He's already doing it on one side. 196 00:11:04.200 --> 00:11:07.600 So how do you handle that If you're Atlanta. It's 197 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:11.039 a more subtle issue in the central midfield than not 198 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:14.919 having a dedicated six or asking Ridondo or asking a 199 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.759 center back to play it. But it is going to 200 00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:22.919 have an impact, and it's going to potentially affect how 201 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:28.279 much Amador and or Saba can get forward. To make 202 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:32.159 that fullback from Miami have to defend more. I think 203 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:34.080 it's gonna you're probably gonna have to make the trade 204 00:11:34.080 --> 00:11:36.559 off a little bit more. You're gonna have to deal 205 00:11:36.600 --> 00:11:39.759 with Alba more. I mean, look, if you're thinking about 206 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:43.240 which weapon am I more afraid of Jordye Alba over 207 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:46.440 Marcella Wagan. So you're probably gonna have to have Sleish 208 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:48.840 to that side of the field to help deal with 209 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:51.120 that just in case. And that's what we've seen and 210 00:11:51.159 --> 00:11:55.440 I think that is fine, But then Amador is gonna 211 00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:58.759 have to adjust to Mullyambah not being able to cover 212 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.600 as much ground as J four and help as much 213 00:12:01.639 --> 00:12:04.120 and maybe stay home a little bit more at times. 214 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:07.159 So it's gonna be really interesting, Like those little chess 215 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:10.360 matches in this game are gonna determine it. And I 216 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:12.559 think it's been a fascinating series so far and it's 217 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:14.639 only gonna get more fascinating in Game three. 218 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.799 What about other injuries. I know that Stean was back 219 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:19.639 at practice yesterday. 220 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:21.320 Yeah, I don't know if he's good enough to start. 221 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:23.399 I don't know. 222 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:27.279 Uh, you obviously would love to have him back because 223 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:30.639 I thought he has been really good down the stretch 224 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:34.440 once he got healthy and got consistent games. Derek Williams 225 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:36.559 has been outstanding. I thought he had his best game 226 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:39.679 for Atlanta in the Game two, and that's not just 227 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:44.480 because he scored. He was really well organized, really good 228 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:46.639 at leading the line and stepping out when he needed 229 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:48.639 to step out and closing down that space at the 230 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:49.399 top of the eighteen. 231 00:12:49.480 --> 00:12:52.320 I thought he was great. You're gonna need that from him. 232 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:55.759 And Luisa Bram has been very good in the moments 233 00:12:55.799 --> 00:12:58.600 we've seen him against Miami, You're gonna need that as well. 234 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:01.559 I don't if Stian can go. I think it's gonna 235 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:05.440 be hard for him to go ninety. Do you want 236 00:13:05.519 --> 00:13:07.240 him to close it? Do you want him to start it? 237 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:09.960 I don't know how deep he can go and do it. 238 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:14.320 So that then potentially gives you the ability to change 239 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:17.240 up your shape though, if you want to or change 240 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:21.120 up how you organize it. Because with Saba as a 241 00:13:21.159 --> 00:13:25.440 wing back, because you've played Ronald Hernandez as a central 242 00:13:25.799 --> 00:13:28.600 as a center back, do you want Hernandez as a 243 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:31.639 wing back to try to defend Jordi album more? 244 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:33.639 Maybe not be able to get forward as much. 245 00:13:33.480 --> 00:13:36.279 But does that give you the ability to go to 246 00:13:36.440 --> 00:13:40.399 more of a five two two one, uh three four 247 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:42.679 three three four two one, whatever you want to call it. 248 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:45.720 Think of al Marim and what he's done with Sporting 249 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:48.399 and what he's probably gonna do with Manchester United. Do 250 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:53.399 you want Saba and Maranchuk as those two tens behind 251 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.720 Tira which we would assume would start and in front 252 00:13:56.759 --> 00:13:59.879 of two central midfielders, or do you want three central 253 00:14:00.000 --> 00:14:04.639 midfielders and then have to sacrifice somebody or do you 254 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:07.480 keep Bernandez in like again, see lots of questions. And 255 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.559 that's the thing when you add gregorson back in is 256 00:14:10.600 --> 00:14:13.039 it just straight up for a bram or does it 257 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:15.879 give you the ability to move other pieces around? If 258 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.639 it doesn't from the start, it might at some point 259 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:23.039 in the game. And that's what I kind of come 260 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:24.759 back to you with this one is. 261 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:26.960 Game two. 262 00:14:27.120 --> 00:14:29.440 The way that it played out, you really didn't have 263 00:14:29.559 --> 00:14:33.480 to make a dramatic change in the shape until the 264 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.200 very end, and you didn't really have a clear cut 265 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:40.879 option when fortune had to come off. You went aggressive 266 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:44.480 with Silva and it paid off. I don't think you 267 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:49.480 start wide open aggressive here, but do you have to 268 00:14:49.559 --> 00:14:51.759 turn to that at some point? And does it give 269 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:55.440 you the ability getting gregorson back even with potentially losing 270 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.879 fortune or having a limited fortune. Does it give you 271 00:14:58.919 --> 00:15:02.000 the ability to get more of a three front or 272 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:04.799 a one in front of two which can expand to 273 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:07.000 three depending on how you want it to look. Yeah, 274 00:15:07.039 --> 00:15:08.919 it does, but I don't know if you start that way. 275 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.720 So to answer the questions about the lineups and the individuals, 276 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:17.480 I don't know how it starts. I think Rob Valentino 277 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.440 has been really crafty and how he's put this team 278 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:23.440 together in these games. I don't think there's a guarantee 279 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:27.480 that it's different than the team started against Miami in 280 00:15:27.639 --> 00:15:32.279 Game two, but I do think you see more evolution 281 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:36.679 of how the team finishes between the start and between 282 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.720 the final whistle. 283 00:15:39.679 --> 00:15:41.120 All right, Jered, go for it. What else is on 284 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:41.519 your mind? 285 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:44.840 I just realize we're running Jason up against the clock 286 00:15:44.879 --> 00:15:49.240 here and we're making work over time. To your point 287 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:51.440 about not just the kids on the roster, but even 288 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:53.720 the veterans on the roster, and we talked about this 289 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:55.639 in all the playoff games, So why not just finish 290 00:15:55.720 --> 00:16:02.159 it off here? The longer this game days scoreless or 291 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:06.159 tiede you know, how do how does everybody deal with 292 00:16:06.200 --> 00:16:09.600 that and deal with the pressure of you know, if 293 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:11.759 you're the home team, I don't do you want this 294 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:15.559 to go to penalties, especially with Brad Guzan deciding to 295 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:18.440 I don't know, enter his avatar state in the last 296 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:23.120 uh in the last month or so. But the longer 297 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:24.679 it goes, you know, how do you how do how 298 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:26.840 do players deal with it, not just the young players, 299 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:29.399 but even the veteran players of that pressure of we 300 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.919 got to get something we got to get something. 301 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:33.480 I think on the Atlanta side, they'll handle it fine. 302 00:16:33.720 --> 00:16:37.559 They're they're not going into to play for that. They're 303 00:16:37.600 --> 00:16:41.399 going in to play to win. It's a ninety minute game. 304 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.600 It might not be wild risk taking early, but they're 305 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:48.000 going in to win the game. I do not think 306 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:50.919 they're going in to defend and hold on. They're gonna 307 00:16:50.919 --> 00:16:52.639 pick their spots, they're gonna be smart about it, but 308 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:56.799 they're looking for ways to win the game. For Miami. Yeah, 309 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:59.639 I don't know how they handle that. I don't know 310 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:04.079 how they handle backs against the wall, struggling to score goals. 311 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:08.000 I don't know I will I don't know how that 312 00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:09.279 fan base will handle it. I don't know how the 313 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.920 stadium will handle it. I don't know how it will 314 00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:16.720 feel in the building. You guys know what a feeling 315 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.200 of that anticipation is in a building. 316 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.559 You know it from your roles. I know it from 317 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:23.119 my role. 318 00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:27.960 It's different in how it affects you on the field 319 00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:30.920 and does it make you try to do too much? 320 00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:33.680 Does it make you scared, does it make you too tentative? 321 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:37.880 Does it in some for some players it makes them 322 00:17:37.920 --> 00:17:40.880 rise to the occasion. I don't know with some of 323 00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:46.079 these guys, Messi, Suarez, Alba, they've risen to the occasion 324 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:48.839 so many times in these situations, and they very well could. 325 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:51.799 And even if the young players around them struggle and 326 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:56.279 fall apart, Messi's good enough to win this, Like that's 327 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:57.240 just real talk. 328 00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:59.440 You have to try to take that away from him. 329 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:01.319 If you try to take Suarez away in Albo way, 330 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:02.960 and that's three guys you got to try to take away, 331 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:05.880 but all them are capable of rising to that occasion. 332 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:09.480 The question is going to be is the rest of 333 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:12.599 the group capable And even if they can't rise to 334 00:18:12.680 --> 00:18:16.119 the occasion, can they prevent making the mistake that ends 335 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:20.880 up sending shockwaves to this league? Because look, it's a 336 00:18:21.960 --> 00:18:25.680 it's not a question about who the league office wants 337 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:28.960 to win this game. And that doesn't mean something's going 338 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:30.640 to get tilted. That doesn't mean there's going to be 339 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:32.920 a bad call here and a bad call there. Those 340 00:18:32.960 --> 00:18:38.440 happen on their own. But everything is against Atlanta United 341 00:18:38.640 --> 00:18:42.839 and they know that. I thought Brad Gazan's question about 342 00:18:42.880 --> 00:18:44.920 if there had been any punishment for Miami coming out 343 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:48.200 late for the second half was very interesting because I 344 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:51.240 think it gives you the mentality feeds into the fea attitude, 345 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.720 doesn't it. That's something at Lanta United's going to feed 346 00:18:54.759 --> 00:18:56.640 on when those moments happen in the game, and they 347 00:18:56.680 --> 00:19:00.640 will again. It happens in a normal game in May, 348 00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:02.720 it's going to happen in this game too. There's going 349 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:04.000 to be a bad call. There's going to be a 350 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.440 call that you think is a bad call. There's going 351 00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:08.359 to be something that drives you crazy. For Atlanta that's 352 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:12.559 going to fuel them. I think, I really do so. 353 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:15.200 I'm not worried about the effects of those sorts of moments. 354 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:19.160 I am worried on the Miami side of how that 355 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:25.799 back line defends when their offense isn't getting goals, and 356 00:19:26.559 --> 00:19:29.559 I don't think they handle it well. But Atlanta then 357 00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:32.920 has to topple them over and they have to find 358 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:37.799 a way to be attacking enough and in the right 359 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:41.920 spots to punish Miami. If Miami comes out with the 360 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:44.599 same group and No Allen's at center back, Atlanta has 361 00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:46.759 to find a way to get crosses into Jamal Tira 362 00:19:46.920 --> 00:19:50.839 matched up with no Allen and if then things move around. 363 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:52.319 I like No Allen as a player. He's just not 364 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.920 a center back. 365 00:19:54.400 --> 00:19:59.680 If Miami's able to adjust and get Martinez or Aviles 366 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:04.240 matched up on tra in those moments, then Atlanta has 367 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:06.240 to find the cut back to the top of the eighteen, 368 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:10.400 and it's gotta be Moranchuk coming back across, or one 369 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:12.400 of the other central midfielders making a run in. It 370 00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:14.440 very well could be a Tristan Milliam Bah who I 371 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:17.839 think finds those space as well. You've got to exploit that. 372 00:20:17.839 --> 00:20:21.960 That is where Atlanta can beat Miami. The flip side. 373 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:24.640 You know how Miami can beat Atlanta. 374 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:25.319 It's talent. 375 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:29.160 It's sheer talent with that attacking group, it's finding that 376 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:31.319 space at the top of the eighteen. Atlanta has to 377 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:34.440 be so dedicated to taking that away, making Messi go wider, 378 00:20:34.440 --> 00:20:37.440 to try to find opportunities, making Suarez drift away from 379 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:39.960 the middle, to go try to find opportunities, try to 380 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:44.000 prevent Jordi Alba from killing you and make it be 381 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:46.880 one of the other seven guys on the field. Try 382 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:48.599 to take those three away as best as you can. 383 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:51.200 A lot of teams have tried it, very few have 384 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:54.119 done it over three games. We'll see if Atlanta can 385 00:20:54.160 --> 00:20:56.960 do that. But in my opinion. The other way is 386 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:00.680 what we'll decide it. For Atlanta, they score, it's gonna 387 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:03.359 be hard for Miami to handle that. If Atlanta can 388 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:05.519 hold on for a long time. But if Atlanta gets 389 00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:09.279 a goal, I think Miami's going to struggle to handle that. 390 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:13.799 Atlanta's gotta find ways to attack, not all the time, 391 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:18.440 not with abandon but in very intelligent ways and punish 392 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:22.559 this weak defensive group for Miami, and we'll see if they. 393 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.839 Can do it. 394 00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:27.880 Broadcast plans one more time partner seven o'clock for the 395 00:21:27.920 --> 00:21:31.960 five Strives countdown eight ten. 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