Pochettino’s words after the defeat against Mexico

The Argentinian Mauricio Pochettinoselector USATuesday highlighted the experience gained by the youngsters which he used in the 2-0 defeat against Mexico in the friendly match played Guadalajara, Jalisco, west of the Mexican capital.

“It was a very difficult visit and we have to learn from this experience. I’m not going to make excuses. It’s a complicated situation that we’ve had today because of the absences, but, in general, I’m happy with what the young it. people showed,” the coach said. at the end of the game.

In the rivalry, the Mexican team, led by Javier Aguirre, dominated the first half and scored Raul Jimenez. In the second half USA He continued without finding a connection in front and conceded 2-0 through Cesar Huerta.

Pocchetino insisted that the absences by Christian Pulisic, Ricardo Pepi, Weston McKennie, Marlon Fossey and Zack Steffenstars of this team, weigh in on their team’s performance.

“Our defeats compared to the previous rivalry ruined our plans, too much. We didn’t have many players and it was a bit disappointing because we couldn’t make the changes we wanted,” he said.

Pochettino was appointed coach of the United States in September instead Gregg Berhalter. He coached his first match last Saturday in a 2-0 victory over Panama.

After that victory and the defeat against the Mexicothe Argentine assessed the balance of his first two games on the American bench as positive.

“We had good concentration, we lost Panama and today we lost, but I was satisfied with what I saw from my players, despite the losses today was a good game. “We learned what it means to play under a lot of pressure on a field like this against a rival like Mexico,” he concluded.

At a later date FIFAto be played between November 14 and 19, the United States will play against Jamaica in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Nations League.