""I prefer that people criticise me, but don't touch the players," Pochettino said. "I hope in the future, criticise me, criticise me, but let the player play free, go and perform. "I know when you criticise or make an opinion, because sometimes you can observe something different from different perspectives. "I know this is good for us to see and to read. Keep going in this way, because that makes us better."
""[We've needed] time because the players need to know us, the staff need to know us, we need to adapt to them, we need to adapt to the player. "We need to know the players, that is a big picture that we talk [about], but sometimes people want the result tomorrow, and why you don't call this [player] or call another."
Mauricio Pochettino took responsibility for criticism and urged critics to spare players following a 2-0 friendly win over Japan. The United States halted a seven-game winless run as Alex Zendejas and Folarin Balogun scored. The team produced an expected goals total of 1.97 from 11 shots compared with Japan's 1.08 from 11 attempts. Columbus remains the team's strongest city with 11 wins from 15 matches. Pochettino emphasized patience for a 12-month project, stressing process, player freedom, and staff-player adaptation.
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