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Kasey Keller

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
130 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

And, you know, I think what he did in the Bundesliga kind of surprised me that he didn't

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

maybe get another opportunity at a bigger club in Germany.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

But, you know, and this kind of came out of left field for me.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

I didn't expect, you know, Matarazzo to be in Spain.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

But, you know, the one thing, and Chuck alluded to it, the one thing I really liked, because when I called that first game against Atletico, you were like, okay, we know...

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

kind of how he likes his team to set up.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

Aggressive, high press.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

And you thought, OK, someone like Oyelzebol, who isn't necessarily the youngest player, I don't know at this stage of career he's going to lead the line pressing high and things like this.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

So what I really loved hearing from Pellegrino was basically, we need to figure out how we play.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

We need to figure out how the opponent plays.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

I need to know what strengths and weaknesses my players have and set them up against the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

How many times have we talked about a manager that is so stubborn of, I'm playing this way regardless if my players can play it or the team I'm playing against wants us to play exactly like that.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

So I love what he was saying about just making sure that they do what they need to do to get results.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

Yeah, I mean, where he took over to now, it's a situation of can you get to the end of the season in a comfortable mid-table position and not be looking over your shoulder?

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

which would, when he took over, I'm pretty sure they were just saying, just keep us up.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

And if it's by one point or 10, we don't care.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

So this is where it gets maybe a little tricky, is you've got off to such a great start, so now the expectation is,

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

is even greater.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

But like Shaka said over and over again, it's four games.

ESPN FC
Futbol Americas: Matarazzo and Sociedad with the Upset

Some things have really worked out.