Pulisic’s return was very important for AC Milan: the captain of the U.S. national team is not in top physical condition, however, he has been a key player.
Milan did not present itself in the best possible way for the Italian Super Cup semifinal against Juventus. There is a new coach who has had a few days to work with a team that has to learn new concepts and composed of some players who are not 100% fit. In addition, Rafael Leao was missing.
Pulisic torna ed è subito decisivo: la statistica impressionante dopo Juve-Milan (Ansa Foto) – MilanLive.it
Sergio Conceicao was able to recover Christian Pulisic, who had been absent for four games and did not arrive in Riyad at peak physical condition. He had recovered from the muscle injury that had initially held him back, then one took over in an ankle injury that gave him problems. It was noticeable in the first half of the big match played at Al Awwal Park stadium that the former Chelsea man still needs time to regain his true level.
Pulisic fondamentale per il Milan
Despite a less than perfect condition, Pulisic still managed to be decisive. In fact, he was the one who won the penalty he then scored, thus giving Milan a 1-1 draw. Surely Manuel Locatelli made a gross levity in his intervention in the Juventus area and the American national had not kicked the penalty impeccably, however, the end result counts: goal and draw achieved at a time when rossoneri were struggling to hurt Juve.
Pulisic fondamentale per il Milan (Ansa Foto) – MilanLive.it
With the penalty he scored in Riyad, Pulisic confirmed himself as a sniper from 11 meters: he has never missed in his career, 9 out of 9 made. To say that 7 he shot them with the U.S. senior national team and only 2 with AC Milan (against Venezia in Serie A and against Juventus in the Italian Super Cup), however, it is still an interesting statistic. The former Chelsea man should have also kicked the penalties in the league match against Fiorentina in Florence, where Theo Hernandez and Tammy Abraham took the responsibility of shooting and missed. Maybe the figure from Christian’s 11 meters would be even better today.
In any case, for Conceicao, his return is crucial. For the final match against Inter on Monday, his physical condition should be better and allow him to play a brighter performance. To beat Simone Inzaghi’s team will certainly need to do more than what was seen against Thiago Motta’s team. We will see if Leao will also be in the game.
The article Pulisic returns and is immediately decisive: impressive statistics after Juve-Milan was written and published in its original version on Milanlive.it.
