Within the vortex of events surrounding the 80th edition of the classic Rio Bravo between Mexico and the United States, the technician of the Americans, Mauricio Pochettino, put the curious data around this game in Glendale by declaring himself publicly a tequila tasting.
This peculiar moment occurred after he met the former Mexican national defense Héctor Moreno, with whom he coincided in the Espanyol of Barcelona and with whom he began to talk animatedly in the hallways before showing his passion for one of the world’s most quoted drinks.
“If I get a Tequila from Mexico, I ACCEPT it” ??? The US DT, Mauricio Pochettino, pulled out his more Mexican side, and confessed to Héctor Moreno that he is a Tequila fan. pic.twitter.com/Uj0O7x9J4o
In the middle of that plank with the Sinaloan bagger, the current timonel of the set of bars and stars broke the protocols by assuring with a smile that if they bring him a tequila from Mexico, he would accept it with pleasure, showing his profile more relaxed in front of the microphones.
The unexpected confession dissipated the tension with reporters by letting the ex-mundialist’s friendliest side be seen in Korea and Japan 2002, a stage where he shone under the command of Marcelo the Crazy Bielsa in that remembered process that cemented his bases from the time with Newell’s Old Boys.
With this touch of Aztec pickyness also left behind the lapidary comment that the Argentine strategist himself had poured minutes earlier in the press conference, where he rested importance to the regional rivalry by establishing that the green combined is not a priority.
The truth is that this Saturday on the pitch of Arizona’s State Farm Stadium the words will be left aside and only the final scoring will matter, as a defeat against the Mexicans will immediately increase the animated version of the demanding fanatic and American ex-player.
Tequiler tips for Mauricio Pochettino ?As Javier Aguirre would say, WITHOUT LIMON. pic.twitter.com/4uumQM6zRo
The stumbling on border territory would not only trigger alarms in the American environment, but would also start prematurely wasting Pochettino’s management at the head of the national team as it was the pride duel of the Concacaf.
