On Futbol Americas, Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez reflect on Christian Pulisic’s performance in Milan’s 3-0 Europa League win over Rennes, and wonder if his spot in the side is safe.
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Im a big fan of him but He's been wack lately. The right backs have more output with their crosses than him and he crosses alot when he should be more direct beating defenders like a winger should. He does alot of give and goes that lead to nothing. Chickiweze is more direct and dribbles more effectively and is more productive and actually plays like a traditional winger than pulisic. Its a less physical league. He should be leading Milan not ghosting in most games
he's definitely off-the-boil lately…i think a "C+" would be a fair grade, but if no plus available then a "B".
Pulisic as cold as ice, willing to sacrifice his spot
His movement off the ball (his marker stuck to him too tightly) opened up attacks by Florenzi and also Loftus-Cheek on the right wing. Most people miss a player's impact when he doesn't touch the ball.
Pulisic opens it up for RLC and other players but when he does get the ball he is too predictable, he’s gotta stop thinking so much and let it come naturally! Milan has to find a center back who can pass it over the opposing back line. So many runs were wasted with no one to feed.
Excuses. Excuses. He’s reverted to his level at Dortmund, Chelsea and now Milan.
American players FOR SURE are scrutinized more than European ones. How many players in these high profile leagues go without scoring for most of the season? LOTS. Why is Pulisic treated differently? Because he is American and many European Media outlets want to say that American players are not good enough to play on these teams. He is the 2nd leading scorer on their team! He has more goals than Rafael Leo, who everyone is always praising as being so great.
he is creating space for ruben. dude is cookin
Screw that, I'm glad he went to goal after he beat that defender, he just didn't have the best of angles. It's all good, he's still doing well and getting into dangerous situations; Okafor didn't score either. If a midfielder scores 10 goals a season, then it's a great season, so Pulisic is doing just fine.
Pioli loves Pulisic because he allows Theo to pin his ears back knowing Pulisic will cover when he goes up and Calabria can shift inside
He's playing way too slow recently. He gets the ball and sits there for 3 seconds trying to pick out a pass, only to eventually pass back 90% of the time while the defense gets back into shape. It's killing any sort of attack on that right side. What happened to trying to take on the defender and play a bit more direct? Show us some courage and personality. Frustrating player to watch.
After yesterday. Chikie is not starting over Christian