Last year, Christian Pulisic scored his first unofficial goal for AC Milan in the first edition of the Silvio Berlusconi Trophy at the U-Power Stadium against Monza, but this time he will sit out.
Despite a good pre-season in the United States, La Gazzetta dello Sport (via MilanNews) reports that Pulisic will miss the last summer friendly match scheduled for this evening at San Siro at 21:00 CEST due to a knock to his ankle.
However, the paper add that the American is not at risk for the first league match which will be played again at San Siro on Saturday 17 August against Torino, at 20:45 CEST.
The exclusion from tonight’s match should therefore be interpreted only as a precautionary measure, given that competitive action begins in just a few days and all players need to be as close to 100% as possible.
La Gazzetta suggest that head coach Paulo Fonseca will adapt to the news by playing Ruben Loftus-Cheek in a more advanced midfield role, just as he did under Stefano Pioli last season.
Then, Tijjani Reijnders will come into the midfield double pivot and the two wingers either side of Loftus-Cheek will be Samuel Chukwueze on the right and Rafael Leao on the left.