CARSON, Calif. -- LA Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena addresed the media following his club's 5-1 victory over Central FC.
On the debut of Giovani Dos Santos:
"It was good to get him thirty five minutes, he did a good job. He obviously has got to get better, he has only been in training a couple days and he missed the last couple weeks. It is good to get him back on the field and I am sure in a short period of time he will get back to his full fitness."
On the injury to Raul Mendiola:
"I don't have anything official, it didn't look good."
On the referee's decisions during the first half:
"Welcome to CONCACAF."
On how you approach a CONCACAF game:
"We make the players aware of it, just try to keep your sanity. And there are games that are very well officiated. It is what it is, what can I say."
On playing more reserve players tonight:
"We have a game Sunday at 1 PM, and we certainly didn't request this schedule. The schedule is such that it restricts you from obviously playing your full team."
On how the team responded to first half adversity:
"It was a good test for those players. Obviously when that penalty is called, maybe you can lose your focus and concentration and perhaps not be the team that goes into halftime with a lead. At least we managed to get a 2-1 lead out of that, in a half that if we probably play a little bit better we are up 3 or 4-0. They were handicapped a goal today, and it didn't make it easy for us, but the response from our team was good."
On the play of Sebastian Lletget:
"He did a good job. We have seen enough of him the last couple months, Sebastian is a good player and certainly had an impact tonight."
On the importance of winning the CONCACAF Champions League:
"Well, we are a long ways away from winning this tournament. We need to position ourselves to win the group, and that is not going to be easy. CSD Comunicaciones is a good team, we see them in a couple weeks, that will be an important match, and then obviously we need to go to Trinadad and then to Guatemala. It's not going to be easy, our goal is to get out of the group, and once that happens we can start thinking about next year and trying to position ourselves to win the tournament."
On the possibility of starting Giovani on Sunday:
"We will think about it over the next couple of days. Obviously, in time, he is going to be on the field on a full-time basis."
On the play of Garcia, Maganto, Mendiola, and other reserve players:
"They did. I thought Romney and Meyer did a good job, the whole back line. It was a good effort by the entire group, under circumstances that could have been difficult. They managed to play through some calls in the first half that could have unbalanced us, but we kept our composure and won the game."
