LOS ANGELES FOOTBALL CLUB MEDIA CONFERENCE

September 12, 2021

Cristian Arango

Press Conference

Los Angeles FC 3, Real Salt Lake 2

CRISTIAN ARANGO: Yeah, definitely came out and set up to win however there's still many things to correct. I think that there's no better way to correct than to get a win. So with that, we have to continue building up.

Like I mentioned in the last match, we are 11 warriors that must give it their all. All the games have 90 minutes, and tonight we have a great reward worthy of our great effort. We have suffered together and we celebrate together. Overall I'm very happy with the mentality of the group, and we hope to continue gaining points.

I feel great, and personally I'm a player that likes to work hard. I like going to training and absorbing the most that I can from the coaches and my teammates. I think that alone has allowed me to have a faster process in adapting, or faster adaptation. I will continue to do that, and hopefully we can continue to build chemistry with the team.

The goals definitely give us confidence. My teammates continue to give me confidence, like when Jose (ph) allowed me to take the penalty. We are on an upward-bound path where all we can do is continue to gain, and with all these goals, we are hoping to continue accumulating more.

I believe the mentality has been great. We knew that we would be out of the losing streak sooner or later, given that we had already worked so hard. We deserve to get those victories and now we deserve to continue doing that, and there's no discussion to the amount of work and effort that we continue to put in.

The key is that we must work the entire duration of the 90 minutes. Physical strength and stamina is important, and hopefully with our teammates, there's only one path that we can take and it's continuing adding points and going upward.

Work ethic is fundamental, and I came here mentality to contribute to the team, and that's very important, continuing to work and wanting to work.

Diego is a great player and is very deserving, and going to Europe due to his work ethic and all that he has done for the club, it's obvious we definitely miss him, we will miss him. However, we must continue to move forward and all we can do is wish the best for him and wish that everything goes well for him, and meanwhile here, we have to continue working.