Last night, Christian Pulisic was involved in an unpleasant-looking challenge, where the AC Milan star jarred his right leg when trying to shoot.
Milan may have a little bit of concern following the World Cup, where Pulisic is concerned. He certainly did not play the biggest role, and he actually struggled with injuries throughout. Indeed, it has been the story of his year, really.
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Across the five games at the tournament, he only played 224 minutes, which is certainly not the best. It was a summer of cameos, really, and he only managed one assist. Not the best numbers, but it is clear that he struggled.
In fact, he admitted as much after the game last night, when speaking to ESPN.
Pulisic receives knock
The latest concern came in the game against Belgium, where he lined up a shot and instead made contact with Youri Tielemans, who snatched the ball. In the clip – shown below by MilanPosts on X – you can clearly see his leg jolt a little and he was taken off less than 10 minutes later.
What the clip doesn’t show is the fact that he stayed down for a short period after and looked visibly uncomfortable when trying to move after the challenge. Whether it is anything more than a knock will be checked, but it would not be positive if two of their North American talents got injured in less than 24 hours…
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It’s really unfortunate, but we can’t rely on Pulisic. It was the same with him at Chelsea, he’s always getting injured. He’s injured half the season. When he’s not, we’re very happy for him, but it’s really unfortunate that we can’t rely on him. He should enjoy it when he’s healthy, but he can’t last the whole season. I hope he sees that and doesn’t have unrealistic expectations.
His only seasons with over 3000 minutes in matches has been with us. He has always been injury prone. Talented and a game changer ability but also sometimes totally out of matches.
The difference between him and Leao is that Pulisic always works hard.
Hopefully no serious injury.
Get well soon buddy 😢you’ll be back stronger 💪
Jashari finally starts a game V Colombia.
Then gets benched at half time.
🙄