US manager says his team deserve congratulationsPlays down talk of momentum and focuses on positivesMauricio Pochettino criticized questions over his team’s performance in a 3-2 loss to Turkey on Thursday, telling journalists he expected to be congratulated for leading the US to a first-place fini sh in the group and found their questions about the dead-rubber loss “weird”.The US had secured top spot in Group D on the back of two historic performances – a 4-1 opening win against Paraguay in which the team scored more goals in a World Cup match than ever before, and a 2-0 victory over Australia that secured a first six-point opening to a World Cup. Continue reading... ...read more read less