Houston – United States Head coach Maurisio Pochetinino said that his team needs Sunday’s “pressure” and “tension” Golden bowl Final against Mexico For the preparation of the next summer World Cup.
As a co-genre of the competition, with Mexico and CanadaThe US does not need to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, which means that there will be no competitive game before kicking the next summer after Sunday.
“I think this is probably going to be the last game that we are going to play under pressure and what we need to play under pressure, because we are already qualifying for the World Cup,” Pochtino told reporters on Saturday.
“I think it is important that we have that difficult landscape to feel pressure to feel pressure.”
The NRG Stadium is expected to have a majority Mexico crowd, Pochtino adopted the challenge of trying to win the eighth Gold Cup title of USMNT. Sunday’s meeting will be the eighth in the Gold Cup final among rival nations, with Mexico record-expansion 10th title.
Pocheto said that reaching this point was the goal with an alternative squad for summer Christian And Antony RobinsonAlthough they are still target for more.
The Argentina coach said, “It was aim to reach the final of the Gold Cup. This was our first step and now our second step, third step, winning is to win.”
During the team’s final training session on Saturday before the game, Pocheto gathered its players and employees as they gave a message to the Houston in Houston.
“He said something about his dreams last night and about his dream for tomorrow,” midfielder Malik Tilman Pochtino told the media of what shared.
“I mean, we are a close group. We are now together, he said, I think 40 days. So obviously the game matters a lot to us tomorrow.
“obviously [the dream] It was about winning and lifting the trophy. So if we believe in him, I think we have a good chance to do so tomorrow. ,
Javier Aguire of Mexico is in his third spell in charge and first lifted the Gold Cup in 2009. Meanwhile, Pochetino is looking for its first silver pot with USMNT.
Jeff Carlisley of ESPN contributed to this report.
