CHICAGO FIRE MEDIA CONFERENCE

July 17, 2021

Gaston Gimenez

Press Conference

Nashville 5, Chicago 1

Q. Gastón, it was a tough result on the road tonight. Wondering what your takeaways were from the performance and how do you regroup when you get back to Soldier Field Wednesday night against D.C.?

GASTÓN GIMÉNEZ: The truth is that it was very difficult, but what did we take away from it? We take away that we're a team who needs to be focused from minute zero until the very end. We can't start off the game sleepy like we did today because that's something that we pay for it dearly, which we have seen before and we certainly saw tonight.

So we need to be completely focused from minute zero, from the very first minute, until the very end, especially because the game that's coming up is also a very difficult game. It's going to be a very physical game, and we're going to be home, and so we need to win.

And we just need to go in and keep focused, keep concentrating because we are going to be at home, and we just have to keep believing in what we have been doing.

Q. We saw a contingent of traveling Fire fans at the match tonight. Wondering what that means to you when you're on the road seeing your home supporters when you take the field?

GASTÓN GIMÉNEZ: It's always a great thing to see the fan support in the stadium, whether it's at home or at an away game, and it's just great to see everyone there and see how they are supporting us. We always try to go out there and give the fans -- leave the fans with a good feeling, which is pretty hard to say tonight, especially since we are coming off a pretty bad loss.

But we know that we are out there and we're working hard and we're working as hard as we can because we want to always have a good feeling with the fans. There are always things that can be improved; even when you win, there are always improvements that would be made and we have been improving and we have improved a lot over the last several games.

So we just want to keep on that pathway for our fans and also for our family who also suffers watching us play and supporting us.

I think we are looking to keep improving, keep moving forward and just keep working the way that we have as we move forward. FastScripts by ASAP Sports ...