DaMarcus Beasley on Pochettino’s adjustments after U.S. loss to Turkey
After the U.S. team's loss to Turkey, DaMarcus Beasley said he was not surprised by Coach Mauricio Pochettino's changes, saying, "He did the right thing, this is the World Cup."
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Kind of what is your opinion on how many changes?
do you think that that kind of slows the momentum regardless of, you know, the, the outcome of that game?
And to all the thi- I agree with everything that you just said, but yeah, were you surprised by the changes or did you expect that from Pochettino?
I expected that from Pochettino.
I mean, you look from, from match to match when they were ha- we can't call them friendlies anymore according to Pochettino.
but, you know, from game, from match to match, you, he always made a lot of changes.
and that's something that's normal for him.
I think in this situation when we already have four, four, four players that yellow card, so we already knew they were gonna, they, they weren't gonna play.
And then what do you do with the, with the other seven?
Do you, do you play?
Do you, do, do they not?
I personally, my, my personal opinion is that he did the right thing.
This is the World Cup.
you know, you don't need much more motivation than playing a round of 32 match.
Doesn't matter who you play.
Does- if it was Spain, if it was another game against Austria, th- this is the World Cup.
It doesn't matter who you play.
So the motivation, the momentum will still be there.
Now, they have to put everything together to, to win the match and obviously beat Bosnia, which is, you know, no slouch.
They're, they're a decent team.
But, I don't think the momentum is gonna change, going into, you know, July, what is it, July 1st?
Yeah, July 1st.
