The last time the US achieved such a major victory over a country outside its own North American continent (all countries covered by Concacaf) was in 2011. But the questions were not necessarily about the victory. For example, Pochettino was questioned about his rotation policy. In just over a year, the Argentine national coach used 71 different players during the international matches.
The question quickly degenerated into a discussion about the ‘regular players’ within the selection and what exactly ‘regular players’ are. Pochettino had no interest in that. “Maybe we should stop the press conference, I should go to the dressing room, come back and start the press conference again. Because this feels contradictory, as if we lost 5-1.”
Point to the logo
“I am the national coach of the US,” he said, pointing to the national association logo, as if to emphasize that they should be proud of the win. “I’m not the janitor.”
A little later the Spanish-speaking coach added. “Maybe I’m tired and I don’t fully understand English. But I’m still disappointed in the first two questions. What kind of answer do you expect now?”