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"We need to learn to turn games around, to take games like
knockout games. We have to have that mindset that we can turn
things around," said Klinsmann after the Americans came from 3-1
down to win 4-3 in Amsterdam on Friday in an impressive display
of swift counter-attack football.
"For all these youngsters, this is what they need to smell. This
is what they need to see. They need to go to that tempo." The
U.S. now move onto another prestige friendly, against Germany in
Cologne on Wednesday, as they prepare for the Concacaf Gold Cup,
which they host next month.
"It's a huge learning curve when you play teams like Holland,
you can only benefit from that. It doesn't matter what the
result is," he told reporters as the Americans beat the Dutch
for the first time after losing all four previous internationals
between the two countries.
His team fought back to win an exciting friendly thanks to goals
by substitutes Danny Williams and Bobby Wood in the final two
minutes at the Amsterdam Arena.
"Obviously it's a good feeling now that we are growing. We all
know that the Gold Cup is a completely different ballgame for
us," the former Germany striker said.
"When you come to Europe it's a far more open game because they
go at you. The first four to five games in the Gold Cup, they
will play very defensively, and we will need to find other ways
to score goals."
(Reporting by Mark Gleeson, editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
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