AC Milan had two representatives in the United States’ victory against Panama, and the two Rossoneri players worked together to score the first goal of the Mauricio Pochettino era, much to the delight of Christian Pulisic.
In the past 12 months, Pulisic has often been the talk of America and Milan. After all, his record for club and country speaks for itself, and he has established himself as one of the most consistent goal threats in Europe.
So far, he has five goals and two assists from seven Serie A games, proving his importance to the Diavolo, and this transferred to his most recent American showing, as he assisted Yunus Musah after some nice play.
Speaking after the victory, Pulisic joked that the midfielder had been paying attention to his goalscoring, and his words to ESPN have been relayed by Milan News.
“I told him it was the instinct to score. He watched me. He learnt a couple of things. But honestly, that moment… it’s great to see it.”
With a fine performance in the game against Panama, Musah could attempt to make a push into the Milan squad when he returns, with Fonseca considering rotating his side more in the coming weeks.
I was there for that match and got to see that play and goal right in front of me. Puli is so quick abd sharp. But watching him during the match, all the things he does off the ball is incredible. The movement, he conducts play, breaks up passing lanes in d, he tracks back and sneaks up on people to win back possession, then he turns and plays that quick give and go and puts in a great ball across the six. Poch is kind of using him similar to fonseca but on the other side by having Robinson overlap abd Puli tucks in, where he can cause all the damage. Musah, more of the same issues with him, he looks more comfortable as a winger and he still does a lot of great work with the ball but his final pass and his combos with his teammates are way off. Great to see two Milan players help win the match.