Ahead of the big clash between AC Milan and Inter, Christian Pulisic spoke to the media and shared his thoughts on the delicate situation. He made it clear that they aren’t focused on the past derby struggles, but only on tonight’s game.
Pulisic has been an important player for Milan at the start of this season, with three goals and two assists, but there’s only so much he can do when the defence isn’t working. Tonight, he’s starting to the right in a four-man midfield as Paulo Fonseca has decided to switch to a 4-4-2 formation.
Speaking to DAZN ahead of the game, as cited by MilanNews, Pulisic shared his thoughts on the situation and what it’s like to play in the derby. As mentioned at the start, he made it clear that they aren’t focused on the fact that Inter can make history tonight.
On the game…
“We have to work hard to get the result, but we feel brave. We feel good after the training sessions we had in the last few days.”
Six derbies in a row lost…
“For us, it is not important to look at the statistics, every match against Inter gives us an extra incentive. We just have to think about performing well to bring home a positive result.”
It remains to be seen how Milan will be able to cope with Inter’s attack with the new formation, especially since some would even consider it to be a 4-2-4 shape. Hopefully, Pulisic and his teammates can grab a positive result.
Great performance from Gabbia. On the scale of “Pavlovic vs pool” to 10, he was a 9.
I really wish Emerson can overperform, but he was again overrun on the right. Got the assist, but dropped his mark on the goal, to attack a ball he had no business leaving his mark for. He needs to get much better tactically.
I have been saying for weeks that I want Gabbia to play alongside Tomori and Pavlovic, but having Fofana drop down to cover allows the fullbacks to move forward. Great move! Tijji was great as well, it’s not an easy midfield to create in, but he found space. Of we can play this defensive formation and also get Leao involved, things look more promising all of a sudden. He had two great chances and of he out those away, suddenly he would be man of the match, sometimes the margins are small between fsikure and success. He was invisible the first half but got more into it after the break.
Tammy was looking like the striker we needed, he had a good performance against Lazio as well
Hopefully he can stay fit and healthy