[GOLZ TV] 🇦🇷🇺🇸 Mauricio Pochettino 🗣️ “We have to challenge the players, because they have to feel desperate to want to be called up; that’s what other federations like Argentina do, where the players don’t choose which games they go to.” (More quotes in text body)

“The Argentinian player is desperate to be called up, doesn’t matter if it’s a friendly or Copa América, or the World Cup.”

“The Argentinian player approaches a call-up like it’s a world final and like it’s their last chance.”

“I think our players have time to get into that mindset, and if we do, we’ll increase our level by 200% and we’ll have a chance, because we certainly have the talent to do something important.”

“We need to build that expectation. We need to build that pressure.”

“We are USA. We need to perform and we need to win games.”

“If one of my players is kicked, we’re going to defend him. We have to be cunning enough to know when to kick the ball long or to stand in front of the ball.”

“These are things that may seem like small details, but they have everything to do with playing this game.”

“What we showed against México was the opposite of what we showed against Jamaica. That’s the stamp that we want.”