Samuel Chukwueze is happy AC Milan were able to leave their preseason tour with two wins, and spoke highly of Massimiliano Allegri.
It was crucial that Milan followed up a good display against Liverpool over the weekend by winning against Perth Glory on Thursday, and they did exactly that. The Rossoneri scored five goals in the first half and four in the second, to result in a 9-0 rout of the A-League side.
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Chukwueze was the one who scored the fifth not long before the break, and it was a contender for the best of the night. Cutting in from the right wing onto his left foot, the Nigerian unleashed a rocket of a shot that nestled inside the near post and almost broke the net.
Samu shares his thoughts
After the full-time whistle, Chukwueze spoke to Milan TV to assess what was a very dominant performance to cap off a positive week overall in the Far East.
How do you think the tour went?
“We’re happy to have won two games. Today was a good match. Every match counts during preseason to get ready for the start of Serie A.
“Big or small teams, it doesn’t matter, we have to win every game to achieve our goals for the season. Today’s victory tells us we must continue to work hard and focus on the next challenges.”
What have your impressions of Allegri been?
“Coach Allegri is a great coach, everyone knows that; he’s won a lot in his career. And being here now, he wants to win trophies with Milan too. He’s a great coach; he knows what he wants. He works with the players, he knows how to interact with them, he knows what the players want and what he needs.
“He’s a great coach, both defensively and offensively. We just have to keep working with him and try to do what he asks of us. You can’t do things your own way; you have to listen to the coach. If we do that, we’ll get results.”
We see you smiling more…
“You have to always smile, smile and love what you do. Football can be stressful at times, making you think too much about what you can’t do, but you have to smile and always stay happy.
“When you’re happy, everything works because you play with the right serenity, and football, like everything else, is a consequence of that. When things go well, you smile; when things don’t go well, you smile anyway. The most important thing is to focus on yourself.”
What’s the atmosphere like in the dressing room?
“Everyone is happy and working hard. There’s a really great atmosphere in the dressing room. We have a few dancers, and I’m one of them (laughs). It makes our job easier.
“Sometimes you have to focus on the work, sometimes there’s time for fun, there are moments for joking and moments for focus. Now we’ve finished our work, so we can have some fun (laughs).”
Deputy to Pulisic then… Okafor might end up staying to the the deputy to Leao. The biggest problem with Chuk and Okafor is they are not explosive enough. Leao and Pulisic are game changers while the other two are not. While as subs and deputies, we expect them to bring fresh air to a stagnant match. Often times they only do a good enough job for a pass.
u do know only americans want that average mid chelsea bench player pulisic in Milan don’t u !! Milan fans want this dude to say bye bye and go back to play in that bum american league and we get Chiesa to Play with Leao, Chuku, Ricci.
then you are not a true milan fan, if you want puli gone
he is our only player that is consistent and tracks back to help defend unlike rafa
ur prolly some dumb inter fan
get that dude little D out of ur mouth, u bum! maybe go back to watch ur baseball in ur mama’s basement fool
Talk for yourself and I’m definitely not from USA.
“Milan fans want this dude to say bye bye and go back to play in that bum american league”
LOL. Nope.
“we get Chiesa to Play with Leao”
LOL!!! FCK NO!!! 😀 😀 😀
Maaan, some people really needs better medication.
Only Italians want Chiesa, maybe that’s y he is wanted out at Liverpool
I’m not Italian either but would gladly swap him for Okafor if we can sell the Swizz and get the Italian on the right terms.
Chukwueze is still improving. He stresses defenses. That was a lovely shot vs Perth. Milan should hang onto him unless we’re offered a huge sum.
Chukwueze was good in this game. Hopefully this can be the year for him to make a decent impact at Milan.
This quote made me laugh.
“Football can be stressful at times, making you think too much about what you can’t do,”
Thinking about how you made it to an elite level with zero ability on your right foot maybe?
SO PREDICABLE……….. GO LEFT…SHOOT LEFT
Coming from a dude who never had any talent to play this sport in any level! Some american bum who has been watching baseball and hockey in his mama’s basement his whole life and now since another BUM mid average player like pulisic who happen to be from his Mickey Mouse country, now all of the sudden he’s talking about football as if he was Jay Jay Okocha lol dude, nobody outside of u bum american care about that Chelsea bench warmer pulisic! Dude who can’t dribble can’t shoot only pass the ball backwards and run around the goal hoping for the ball to fall his way lol GTFOH u bum
Are you ok ?
Shut ur bum ass up
I love how these 10-year-olds raise the level of the discussion here. Make your mum proud!
If he likes let him praise Alegri,he remains a flop
Chucky always perfomes well in pre-season matches of course.
Sell him ASAP and get Chiesa in his stead.