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 The circumstances this season are so tough, said Tottenham manager Pochettino. Look what is going to happen in the Carabao Cup.
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I never make excuses if players are injured, Pochettino said. We are not going to win or lose because we have some players out.
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It's very clear, very simple, we need to be near him when he gets the ball. If we leave him space he will get away from his marker, said Pochettino.
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Sometimes he tells me, sometimes I open the conversation and say: 'Daniel, how is the stadium?' and sometimes it's tough to explain, Pochettino said.
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It's difficult to find solutions to try to stop him [Messi], I promise you. I think it's impossible, Pochettino said. It's only to enjoy it, to be close, to help the players who are going to face him and, in the end, when you have the ball, to try to have possession, to play in the opposi...
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I started to hear about him when I was a player at Espanyol, Pochettino said. A small guy playing in the academy in Barcelona.
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I started to hear about him when I was at Espanyol -- a small guy playing in the academy in Barcelona, Pochettino said.
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They kept Messi at Barcelona, Pochettino said. So if you look back in history, maybe if he did not play in the Joan Gamper in that summer, maybe today he could have been the biggest star in Espanyol.
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I remember that summer, he was so close to moving to Espanyol, Pochettino said. If he did, maybe he could have been the biggest star in Espanyol.
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Winning a game is always nice and when you win against Barcelona, even more so, because that would mean something important for us, Pochettino said. For me, (Lionel) Messi is still the number one (player in the world) and will be until he retires.
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Winning a game is always nice and when you win against Barcelona, even more so, because that would mean something important for us, Pochettino said.
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