Ahead of the game between AC Milan and Man City in New York tomorrow, Christian Pulisic was a guest on CBS Mornings along with Zlatan Ibrahimovic earlier today. In addition to the pre-season tour, he spoke about his journey in Europe.
Pulisic was a key player for Milan last season, bagging 15 goals and 11 assists, and he made his first training session under new head coach Paulo Fonseca today. Of course, the American will be looking to have another great season in red and black.
Making an appearance on CBS Mornings earlier today, as you can see in the video below, Pulisic spoke about his first season in Serie A and what it’s like to be in the States with his team. He also touched on what it’s like as an American football player in Europe.
Playing with Milan in the US…
“It’s incredible to be back here with Milan, such an iconic club, getting to show them a bit of my country and where I grew up. Playing games here in front of some family and friends is going to be a pretty cool experience for me.”
The fans in Italy…
“Being in Italy this past year, just seeing the passion of the fans, walking around the city the feeling that you get, it’s different, and it’s tough to find something quite like it in America at the moment. I’m really lucky.”
Playing in Europe…
“Yeah it’s different, I’ve been in Europe for over 10 years now which sounds crazy. It’s difficult at the beginning, I think people definitely look at this guy and say you know he’s an American guy I don’t want him taking my spot. You need a strong mentality and that’s been one of my strengths.
“Not caring what people think, showing people what I can do and hopefully, they’ll accept me for who I am.
“it can be a bit of a culture shock um like I said I’ve been in Europe for so long I’m almost used to it. However, at the beginning of last season I remember when I didn’t speak a word of Italian you go into the first training sessions and the coach is yelling things,” he stated.
