Pochettino’s press conference barbs highlight the World Cup’s journalism culture clash

The US manager has enjoyed a solid rapport with the media, but a key difference in custom has rankled the Argentinian

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Mauricio Pochettino's most recent press conference should have been a routine affair. The US had lost 3-2 to Turkey, yes, but they'd played well enough in the second-half aside from conceding the last-minute winner. What's more, the match was statistically meaningless, with the US having secured top spot in Group D days earlier. It was their best ever World Cup group-stage showing

Instead, the team's head coach went out of his way to chide those in attendance.