Pochettino puts Paraguay win down to team togetherness over individual quality

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/news/soccer-world-championship-world-cup-highlights-usa-get-the-party-started-in-la-as-canada-pick-up-first-ever-point/nFcBHF5b/"][b]Read our World Cup day two highlights article here[/b][/a].[/p][p]It was the first ‌time the US had scored four goals ‌in a World Cup match, with two ‌of those belonging to forward [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/balgun-folarin/rVZLmUsU/"]Folarin Balogun[/a], who became the first US player to score twice ‌in a World Cup game since ⁠the 1930 tournament.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="301928b9-8d1c-4cb8-893b-7e6ee54e4957" credit-line="StatsPerform via Opta" guid="80e46914-945c-48e7-9a0f-73a5e99a6a2f" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]However, ‌despite excellent performances from the likes of Balogun, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pulisic-christian/vTuaEfRq/"]​Christian Pulisic[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mckennie-weston/jZHxRi2A/"]Weston McKennie[/a], Pochettino preferred to praise the joint efforts ​of the squad as well as team staff.[/p][p][b]"It was the collective approach," [/b]he said, adding ⁠that the ​team soaked up the energy of the fans.[/p][p]"Amazing, they were amazing. We can do amazing things if the fans are in this way."[/p][embed guid="f9c168ec-6d0a-4758-80f0-43b7a3fc8ce1" url="https://x.com/USMNT/status/2065660021627814173" social-type="twitter" /][p]The ‌comfortable victory showcased the U.S. team's attacking power, but there was concern about Pulisic's fitness after he was substituted at halftime due to a calf knock.[/p][p]Pochettino said that while the team were happy with the win they had to remember it was only the start of the tournament.[/p][p]Being able ‌to train together for weeks before the World ​Cup had allowed coaches to work ‌with the players instead of just selecting the team, which is usually the case when they only have a few days before most internationals, said Pochettino.[/p][p]The U.S. ⁠will also face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/turkey/QeijuHo5/"]⁠Turkey[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/xSrf6qMM/"]Australia[/a] ‌in Group D.[/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/paraguay-YaNlqp6j/usa-fuitL4CF/?mid=bo9vy2zK"]Check out the match stats with Flashscore[/a][/b].[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]