Toronto FC Media Conference

Saturday, April 8, 2023

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sigurd Rosted

Media Conference


Nashville 0, Toronto 0

Q. Congratulations on another clean sheet. The three this season matches the total of the team, all of last season, I know you weren't there then. That's a positive but is there a frustration that these performances are not being turned into wins?

SIGURD ROSTED: Yes, of course, it's good to have a clean sheet but we really wanted the three points today and we had some opportunities. So we felt like we should have done better on those situations. But in the end, one point away, is good.

Q. Could you tell me, when Bob has to make a change like that at halftime by bringing in Lucas in for Matt, what is it like for you to sort of have to sort of change defensive partners? Was there much of an adjustment you had to make, and how would you describe Lucas's performance in the second half, because it was his first appearance of the season?

SIGURD ROSTED: Yeah, of course, it's not ideal when you change. I mostly played with Matt in training and in games, of course, but Lucas is a very good player. We played together in training, and also in some training matches, as well. So it was a really, really good game for him. It's not easy coming in a game like this. It's a very good game and I'm glad to see that.

Q. Nashville is a team that really strikes to stretch the field aside from the early header from Sapong and the counter from the corner kick, I don't think they troubled you guys too much. How much of that was mission one tonight was to contain them?

SIGURD ROSTED: Yeah, we were talking about. It they are dangerous at the set pieces and the counter, so we really wanted to close them down on the counters, make an early free kick or stop them up the field early. That was a big focus on the night, so I think we did good, and yeah, like you say, it's the one header in the corner, and I cannot think of any chances, also, that was a good part of the game.

Q. How would you compare the defending you have to do in this league compared to what you've done in Europe over the past years?

SIGURD ROSTED: It's a good league, and good individual players, so you have to stay focused. Would I say it's great league compared to the European league, so you really have to stay focused. Of course, there's a lot of teams here, so there's different style of play. Like today, you need to be ready for the counters, and other teams are more crossing teams, and then you have more playing teams. So you need to be ready for everything. So it's a good league.

Q. Oso has the ball taken off his foot, Fede is denied that free kick. Can you take us inside the room; do you feel like the breakthrough that you need to draw some wins is close?

SIGURD ROSTED: Sorry, one more time?

Q. Do the guys feel like the breakthroughs that you need to find to turn these draws into wins is close?

SIGURD ROSTED: Yeah, it's just like the last missing piece, so yeah, like a difficult away game today. If we could have turned like one of those moments, like a little bit more bigger margin, then we feel like we could have scored and take the three points, and that's important to get the draws like we do at the moment.

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