Hartford, Kun – US Mauricio Pochettino, the coach of the national team, said it is important not to pay attention to the circumstances surrounding his team’s choice of CONCAF Gold CupBut instead of “confidence in the list” and providing an environment for players “to fight for a place” in the World Cup.
Poittino preparations for Gold Cup – Which includes friendly against turkey Saturday – a number of players who have become unavailable.
These include AC Milano attacker Christian Polisic (exhaustion), Fulham Defender Anthony Robinson (Knee surgery), Psv Eindhoven Defender Sergiño fate (Continue recovery from ACL surgery) as well as Juventus Duo Weston McKini And Tim Wana (the club’s World Cup obligations).
What he hoped would be a long period with his best players before the World Cup next year, turned into something completely different. Poittino has been forced to mining the USMNT swimming pool, with the 26 -playing Gold Cup menu, including seven unexploited and seven others with less than five international matches.
“We need to adapt to the circumstances and I think it is important not to pay much attention [to them]”Poittino told the correspondents on Friday.” It is just trying to believe and provide players with a good environment for them to perform and fight for a place in the World Cup in one year.
“Of course, two different players may be with the opportunity to be here, not here [in this] Conditions, but we cannot change this reality. “
When asked if he thought the current list was good enough to win the gold cup, Poittino refused the answer, instead of focusing on the opportunity the players enjoyed against them.
“I think it is a great opportunity for us to settle things. This is sometimes it is difficult when you only have a few days to train and need to play,” he said. “I now think it’s a great opportunity to be together in one month … then we will see.
“It is always about the opportunity you need to provide the player’s opportunity and perhaps the player can take it or not.
Poittino has made some veiled criticism to USMnt about the situation in previous gatherings. American World Cup captain Tyler Adams He said that Poittino has communicated with this group what he expects.
“I think the mentality should be clear, and I think [Pochettino] Adams said: “It has made it clear from the first day, that we are here to work. We are here to enjoy ourselves on the field, improve every day, and learn what we must go through.
“We travel everywhere; it is clear that we are playing abroad and returning home and it is good to see your family. But we have to find the right balance of that.
“And I think that when he talks about it, it means that we need to find a balance of work in the field, and make sure that we are doing and when we have time to stop comfortably in the appropriate way so that we can recover the matches.
“So, yes, he talks about balance a lot and make sure we understand that we need to be the great professionals. This is the most important thing.”
