“Mircea Lucescu is a legendary coach. However, I hope I will be on the beach.”

In the press conference Jesse March analyzed his team's performance in front of Romania, compared European football with the one in North America and had words of praise for Mircea Lucescu. “Mircea Lucescu is a legendary coach. However, I hope I will be on the beach.”

Jesse Marsch reacted after Romania – Canada 3-0: “Romania was good at transitional moments”

“I had a very good start of the match scoring the goals and setting the game of the game we wanted to play. We made the difficult match for Romania. That was very important.

We had good individual performances, but also a good collective performance to understand what the opponent is and what game we need to practice. In the second half I maintained stability. The players who entered, did it very well. I had some tactical changes that helped. A complete performance. Max had good interventions in the second half and the whole match was stable and made good decisions. Looked very good.

I had a very good week of workouts. I have been a coach here for over a year and the players have understood how we want to play, what is our style. I like our players. I came to be a coach because it seemed to me that my style matches the players. They appreciated my strategies. It's a match, but I was strong all year. We still have work to be what team we want to be at the World Cup.

Romania was good at transitional moments and the same. I knew we had to be careful not to give them the ball. It didn't come out a few times because I didn't want the aggressive and athletic players to attack the space. Specifically, once they were behind our line, and the goalkeeper took off. I anticipated well what Romania wants to do and it was a smart performance. I like the team of Romania. I followed her and I think they will have a good match in Cyprus and a good chance at qualification, ”Jesse Marsch told the press conference

Jesse March about Mircea Lucescu: “He is a legendary coach”

Mircea Lucescu is a legendary coach. He trained a lot of players, I watched his teams for years. Did a good job in many places. It would be an honor if I could be put on the same rank with him. However, I hope I will be on the beach at 80. It would be nice for him to have that. It was an honor to be his opponent.

-Jesse Marsch, Canada's coach, Mircea Lucescu

Jesse Marsch, comparison between football in Europe and North American

“We understand that we are not a force that people take seriously, but we know we have a good team. The way we play access the qualities of the players. We are very athletic, dynamic. We have players who are noted for the club and the country. It is a time when we should appreciate what happens to Canada. The players were very disciplined.

I trained in Europe. I was always laughing because usually Europeans look up at the North American preliminaries. It is not easy to go to Guatemala, Mexico, Honduras, Panama. It's difficult to play there and qualify. It's a different challenge. The lands are usually horrible, the fans are very bad. Romania is a good team, and the heart of football is in Europe. That's why my players want to play here and I want to train here, ”Jesse Marsch said in the press conference.