Christian Pulisic was named in Opta's Serie A team of the season, can he inspire the USA at the Copa America?
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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Yeah, I think he is fundamental.
00:12 He is an important beast.
00:13 His characteristics that he brings
00:15 that differentiates from several players--
00:17 we have a few others that have that quality,
00:19 but Pulisic has the explosive accelerations,
00:22 low center of gravity, good mobility.
00:24 And he has that knack and that sense
00:26 to be able to drive in the ax or the axis of the field.
00:30 And those are game-changing moments
00:32 that can open up a game.
00:34 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:37 It's one of his key qualities to arrive exactly
00:48 like very, very in the box, and not even only in the box,
00:52 but also in the six-yard box.
00:54 He gives something, of course, in terms of sprints,
00:58 repetitive sprints, intensity on and off the ball.
01:02 But he is, in the end of the attacks, he's hungry to score.
01:05 He arrives in the box.
01:06 And this is where we need players.
01:08 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:12 He's a very good player because--
01:23 you know, I always say to my players, the forward players,
01:26 I say, I like players that make fire, not smoke.
01:28 You can be top scorer and top player, assist player.
01:31 I like him very much.
01:32 When I analyze a player, when I want to buy a player,
01:35 I think, if I'm on the other side,
01:38 if I need to play against him, is it easy or not easy?
01:41 It's not easy to play against him.
01:42 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:46 [CHEERING]
01:49 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:53 [CHEERING]
01:54 Honestly, I hope that they can see, you know,
01:58 just the unity and the team spirit that we display.
02:02 I hope that's what's, you know, helping us gain fans
02:05 or whatever, like you said.
02:07 I hope people watching, you know,
02:09 especially back home in the States, can see, wow,
02:11 these guys are really, you know, giving everything
02:14 for each other, for this country.
02:16 And that's what really makes us special.
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