Pochettino tells USA to ‘keep believing’ after progressing to World Cup knockouts | OneFootball

Mauricio Pochettino says his USA side and their supporters must “keep believing” after making it two wins from two games at the World Cup.

The hosts beat Australia 2-0 in their second game of the tournament and have now confirmed their place in the knockout stages.

“I think we need to keep believing and approach every single day like we did from day one,” USA boss Pochettino said after the game. “Believing that we can win. Knowing that we need to work really hard, building our journey every day to the next game.

“It’s not changed much, my view or my dreams or what I am seeing. It’s much better when you show good performances and win the games. I think it makes everything easier.

“But at the same time it’s to keep believing. Before we were talking after one game and three points. Now it’s two games, six points. Now we need to go for the next one and be sure that we are going to arrive in a good condition like we arrive in the last two games.

“We need to work hard, be responsible, be disciplined, keep being very tough with ourselves to push to be better and better every day, not to be relaxed.

“The IQ that I have in my players in the squad is so high above the average. That is why I know, with our help, because we as a coaching staff are very demanding, we are going to keep the same way.”