Mauricio Pochettino is best known these days as Tottenham’s brilliant manager, but this pre-season training video is a great reminder that the 45-year-old was once an international player.
Pochettino represented Argentina at the 2002 World Cup, as well as playing for Espanyol and Paris St-Germain, and for those too young to remember the manager’s playing career, feast your eyes on this set piece during the club’s trip to the USA.
Note the celebration – it looks like this meant a lot.
🙌 Mauricio's still got it! 🙌 A great finish from the Manager during training and a celebration to match… 🔥 🔥 #SpursInUSA pic.twitter.com/Z6pdcOE9Nl
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 26, 2017
Poch blows the whistle for himself before striking the ball low and hard into the bottom corner, before wheeling away in celebration – everybody’s very happy for him.
The free-kick was part of a game Pochettino and goalkeeping coach Toni Jiminez set up to test the goalies – Jiminez, who represented Spain as a goalkeeper, also has a pretty impressive right foot.
Mauricio's still got it! 🔥🔥🔥
🙌 The manager and Toni Jimenez take on the goalkeepers during training in the USA! 🇺🇸 #SpursInUSA pic.twitter.com/WXtorEbrek
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) July 27, 2017
This is the kind of video that has fans wondering…
Can he play number 10 still?
— Hotspur Edition (@HotspurEdition) July 26, 2017
Give him some time to get his fitness right and perhaps Pochettino could do 25 minutes in a League Cup fixture.
