Title: Christian Pulisic 是否应该出战澳大利亚？ | BestBlogs.dev
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Published Time: 2026-06-19 12:04:43
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It's been pretty good, hasn't it, so far
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for the US. One game, [music] one win.
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Very much in style as well, defeating
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Paraguay by four goals to one. [music]
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If they beat Australia tomorrow, they
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qualify for the next round. The big
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[music] question going into this tie is
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the fitness of Christian Pulysic. Micio
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Pochettino has been asked about it all
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week. This is the latest that the US
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coach had to say. He's evolving. He's
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much better from Friday. We'll see. He's
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doing a massive effort trying to be
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ready. I think for every single player
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that loves their country, it's an
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amazing opportunity to help the team to
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perform and to win games. Christian is
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strong and with great mentality and is
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doing a fantastic effort to try to be
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ready as [music] soon as possible. Now,
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remember the official line on this is
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that Pulysick has got a bruised calf.
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It's not a bruised calf, is it Jurgen?
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[snorts]
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[laughter]
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I
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>> I don't know. I don't know. It might be
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a bruised bruised calf. Uh obviously for
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for a manager you go to the play like
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you know you go to Germaine and and you
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ask him so h how much bruised is your
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calf you know how how big of a deal is
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it you know what is the risk do you feel
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like it could happen you know uh any
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more damage to it or you feel like you
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have it under control so for me as a
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manager I go to the player and ask him
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you know if you are 100% feeling 100% u
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and you don't have in the back of your
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mind that you maybe risk something or
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whatever then obviously he is going to
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play. He's going to play and uh he badly
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wants to play. I don't think that they
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would risk anything if there was really
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any any issues with it. I don't think
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so. I mean, I'm I'm sure that if he got
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if he starts the game, he's he's a
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thousand% fit.
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>> This is it, isn't it? Jen, you look at
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the risk and reward of this situation
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given that the US won that first game,
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it gives them a bit of a cushion. So, as
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a coach, how are you looking at this and
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thinking, do I need to risk this player?
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And as a player, how desperate are you
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to play?
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>> I think as a player, you always want to
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play,
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>> right?
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>> You always want to play. But for me,
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it's like the bigger concern is then be
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talking as an ex player when you have a
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bruise, we all know that's maybe not
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after a day, you like it's just a little
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bit like stiff and but it's okay. So for
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me, seeing him doing like extra training
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away from the team and all that stuff,
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wear like a compression sock, I asked
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myself, is there maybe a little bit more
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than just the bruise on it? And um but
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at the end it's like like Jugen said I
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think too that he's the hard on solo of
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this team. So he has to play if he has
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the chance to be on the field. You have
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to I don't always say you have to risk
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it but at the end I think we know too a
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player you go and you ask a player will
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always say yes I can play if the
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possibility is there.
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>> What do you think? Huh?
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>> I think he'll play. I think he'll play.
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I think the signs are there. I think
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he's one of the select one of the few
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players probably in the program that has
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the ability to say I'm not 100% so I
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don't train today and the gaffer is
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going to be okay with it. There are cues
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that we've seen in this US men's
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national team [music] like Tyler Adams
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telling the press relax he's going to
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play. That's one of his confidants one
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of his friends. Somebody who's played
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with him since the U7 age group who
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knows him very well. If Tyler thinks
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he's going to play I think he's going to
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play. Um but I'm with Germaine. You
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don't just sit out to sit out. If it's a
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bone contusion, okay, maybe they're
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waiting for the swelling to go down, but
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how many days do you need to really feel
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yourself and get back out there with
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your team? Something tells me that maybe
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it's a little bit more. They're saying
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it's a
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>> But you think he'll start despite that?
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>> I do because I think if his teammates
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who know him say he starts, he's going
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to play. And the reality is nobody
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thought the US men national would be in
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this position with a strong possibility
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of wrapping the group up in game number
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two. So if you can do it and assure his
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health, you do it. If there's any risk
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of it, you've got seven days in between
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games. You have the luxury of maybe
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resting a player who can where it's not
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do or die in this game. So I think it's
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a call that Pochettino has to make. But
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if I'm reading between the tea leaves, I
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think he's going to play. Of course,
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he's the most important player in the
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team, but if he's not 100% fit and he's
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not going to be able to put in a
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performance, then you can't play him.
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And that's what him and the manager have
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got to decide. Am I fully fit? Can I do
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the job for the team? It's no good me
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running at 3/4 pace and not going past
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people with the ball. If that's the way
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I'm going to play, I need to be out and
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and come in next week when I'm fully
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fit. Jurgen, that first half against
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Paraguay was pretty much p picture
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perfect. How do you manage that momentum
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going into this game? Because everyone
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of course around is just making so much
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positive noise. Whoa. That's positive
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noise. How much as a coach [laughter] do
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you have to kind of take the air out of
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everyone's momentum a little bit or do
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you build them up as everybody else is?
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>> No, I think you let it just uh uh let
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them just just ride the wave at the
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moment, you know, and and uh if the
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energy in training sessions is is good
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is is high is just leave it that way.
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Hey, I don't think as a manager, as a
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coach, you need to interfere right now.
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Um, but if it drops and maybe there
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comes some contentness into the whole
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picture, then obviously it's a different
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uh situation. Then you got to open your
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mouth and then you got to talk to them.
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But I don't think that will happen to
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this US team. I I see it as a very very
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hungry group of players. Uh they want
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they are so eager to show the whole
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nation who they are. Uh they enjoy now
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this this moment that fantastic
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game. Um and they want to continue that
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way. It will not be an easy one because
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Australia they know how to fight. I mean
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they are physical and it could be that
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we see some real fights a little bit
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hockey style fights on on the field
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because Australia is not just coming in
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there and giving them the three points.
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They go in there for for a real battle
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and it will be interesting to see if
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then the US team is capable to to keep
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the same rhythm the same tempo that they
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showed against Paraguay. The first half
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against Paraguay was was absolutely
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fantastic. To repeat that one right away
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is is very difficult.
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>> Yeah, that that's a good point. As a
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player, Germaine, how do you have to
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manage the physical nature of this this
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match? We're kind of expecting home
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crowner behind you. First challenge goes
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in, everyone everyone kind of gets
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involved, but as Jurgen says, that can
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put you off a tempo which was so
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successful against Paraguay.
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>> Yeah. Yeah, and this is um I think he
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will go with the same mindset back into
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this game that you of course you play at
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home, you want to win in um in like they
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did it against Paraguay. I think they
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were not challenged by Parai too,
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especially in the defense, but um I
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think we did it that still good in the
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front because I think we know that the
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the weak point is with Tim Ree with
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speed in the back. So, but you can
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balance that out if you say like we did
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when we lose the ball in the front
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straight away, press it again, try to
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win it again. If you don't win it, make
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more fouls that the game is stopped. It
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would be interesting to see how they do
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it against Australia because Australia's
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biggest strings is is the speed in the
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in the the guys in the front. So, um but
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at the end I think you play in home
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game. I think the guys come out of a
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good game, amazing first half against
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Power Cry and um and you have to take
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that whole atmosphere, the whole energy
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what the fans will bring from the
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beginning, you have to take into the
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game. I just think too that yes it can
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happen and I think with all the teams
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Canada, Mexico and the US that if you
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come like get a goal against you or the
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game is not going your way that the
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crowd can turn and can be a little bit
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against you and I think the same is for
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the US and um I think we talked a lot
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now that we going in this game and we
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will win against Australia but I think
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we have to be really careful.
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>> They're going to be physical.
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>> Yeah, I love what Jurgen said. He knows
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Australia very well from their World Cup
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qualifying campaign. This is a team that
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fights. They claw. They will be as
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stingy as they can in the back. It's a
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3421, but they will line up 631. And
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those 10 guys are in their box. They
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don't mind being in there. They don't
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mind being close to their goalkeeper.
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Turkey had 30 shots. 30 shots. And when
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they had the opportunity to break, it's
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Patrick Beach out to the to the center
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back to the left back. And it's, you
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know, Bos Irakunda and Irakunda puts it
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in the back of the net. They've got Tory
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who's got some speed. Dear who's the
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team captain who's 66, there's dead ball
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specialist. They're they're not going to
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allow the US men's national team to have
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the space like Paraguay did. Paraguay
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was mid block and Christian Pisk was so
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good. Sergino Dest were operating in
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zones in between the outside backs and
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the center backs. They were creating all
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types of of of havoc in the midfield
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with the runs of Malik Tilman, Wes
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McKini, all types of space. That's not
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going to be there against Australia.
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This is a team that's going to make it
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very difficult and they have motivation.
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For whatever reason, Australia thinks
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that they're being disrespected by the
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US, not by the players, but from other
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people in or around the US and they have
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something to prove. This is exactly the
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type of game that Australia loves and
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it's the type of opponent that
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historically the US has suffered
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against. They had a friendly not too
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long ago that wasn't a friendly.
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Christian Pissic comes out in the first
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half because they were kicking the crap
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out of him. He comes out injured in that
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game in the US ends up winning two-0 two
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right goals but it was a fight and
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they have to be prepared for another
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fight in Seattle come tomorrow
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prediction Robert for this what you
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thinking
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>> I'm still think that United States will
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win they're going to have to find a
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different way of playing because as you
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just said Paraguay were open Australia
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aren't going to be open they defend
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their box really well are the United
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States going to go down the outside and
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get crosses into the box are they going
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to be clever enough to pass it through
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Australia because Australia going to be
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deep, but I still think they'll have
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enough about them. I think they'll score
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a fairly early goal and then dominate.
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Then they can play, then they can
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control the game. They're going to win
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by two goals to nil.
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>> It's going to be a fascinating contest
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and we'll see whether or not Robo is
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right, of course. And be sure to join us
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on ESPNFC tomorrow morning. For more as
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we continue our countdown to kickoff in
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Seattle, we'll be live 9:00 a.m. ESPN 2.