Headlines: Pochettino's Pragmatic Start

 

The Ringer:

[Pochettino] understands full well that the quickest way to fail at the national team level is to demand that players do things they cannot. “We are going to try to respect our philosophy, but the priority in soccer is to win,” he explained. “Sometimes we need to be clever. It’s about making a decision benefiting the team. We don’t make decisions because of the philosophy or the idea. People sometimes say, ‘That’s my philosophy, and I’m going to die with my idea.’ No, I want to live. Because life is amazing. I want to be clever, and I want to win. I don’t want to die.”