Orlando City’s head coach Oscar Pareja on what it was like to prepare a game against Messi

Can you just talk about what was that like for your team playing against Messi and Busquets and all that? And is he, you know, as good as everyone expected him to be entering this league? I think we have to be clear. The game was disputed by the two teams. And then analyze tactically and analyze what could happen. We have to start with the reality of the call of the Piquet and other calls that were ridiculous. And I don't want to say that the attention that we get in here, we know what is happening, it becomes a circus. Today was a circus. The Piquet is unbelievable. I don't know if the bar came today. So if the bar came today and we have referees there, then we have to be honest and go and see it. Because the game deserved it. Now, I'm going to talk about what the game was like in our end. We were not champion at bronze. Probably we could have been more aggressive when we had the ball. And we're going to take as well the blame in our team. And we couldn't score. And then they opened the score in the first half and the second half very early. We could have avoided that. But honestly, we are very disappointed with the game becoming lost to place. This is not what we need. Oscar, how much do you feel that those calls just kind of affected the mentality of this team? Because it is not clear. The message is not clear. The Piquet is the game that's in the server. They don't need to be put on the stage. Go and see it. But those players don't usually have an interest. We're very frustrated. We try to be composed in the game, but the people want to see that it's OK and that things have to be fair. And today was not the case. Un saludo.