Christian Pulisic scores again to give AC Milan the win over Sassuolo!
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2024
- AC Milan beat Sassuolo at the San Siro to close off a challenging year. Christian Pulisic clutch again, scores his 7th of the season.
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0:00 Intro
0:33 First Takeaway
2:33 Second Takeaway
5:48 Shout out & Call out
7:50 Third Takeaway
9:37 Shoutouts
11:00 Final Takeaway
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Pulisic THIS SEASON playing better than Leão (in my opinion) was not something I expected especially when he has been out of position on the RW
I completely agree Leao has been poor recently
I agree but wouldn’t call it out of position Pulisic is equally as effective on both sides, imo, because he is very smart about what he does with the ball
@@hevanli13 He has traditionally been much better on the left than the Right but this season he has shown he can be just as effected on the right for sure 👍
Yup. Leao has been poor and puli has been far better than him so far this season
@@willgreig4077 Actually the role he plays on either side is different. On the left he's more direct and scores more while on the right he assists more. Centrally he's even on both. He's a very interesting player in that sense
Pulisic also set up the goal he scored .. he not only ended up in the right spot, he started the play as well
His movement is fantastic!
@@maudalmusicalmachines3541 Yes it is! His goal was essentially a give and go!!
Kush, you killed it again man! I'll be honest, I'm a die-hard Pulisic fan, don't really care if he is at Chelsea or AC Milan. Hate me. But, with that said, your videos are better than nearly any football (soccer) coverage out there. Analysis is on point. Best videos and quality. Your quality of work and passion are recognized and appreciated!
Agreed- love these videos.
Agreed!! Happy new year
Leao is not injured. He just doesn't like to see anyone else shine. I beleive that he is not passing to Pulisic on purpose.
I doubt that is true. I think Leao, like most forwards, likes to shine by scoring, but is disappointed when he doesn't. CP does all the other "little" things to help the team. CP's passing with his left or right as well as shooting with both feet is a credit to his didication to be a complete player. His distribution is quality teamwork.
Leão reminds me a little of Rashford in they don’t work hard all the time and making a spectacular dribble or pass is more important than just doing the little things that are needed to win.
😂 explain correctly = lazy Leao and Rashford especially when they have the money on their pockets.
Leão decision making is whats holding him back to being one of the best of the world. He always shoots when he should make a pass and when he does the pass it's already too late because the defense already caught up
He has no killer instinct.
Yh also his attitude and work ethic,if he just had all that he would be absoulutly world class. The thing with pulisic is that he works hard on the pitch has a great mentality and is smarter,more effective than leao
Leao is a very good player, but he tends to play “hero ball” where he wants to do everything himself and it bites Milan in the end.
In terms of Pulisic, time and time again he always finds himself for the most part, in those crucial spots to score or create opportunities for others but team is slow to react at times.
Ismael looked good. I wish he could skip the AFCONs.😢
Holy shit. You said something good about pulisic 😮😂
Been saying it all
Year. Leao has never been opposite a world class talent or technician whatever you wanna call it, like pulsic. He had salamakers and messias. Pulisic had 9 goals and 11 assists on Chelsea as a twenty year old! He’s the youngest player to ever Hatrick for Chelsea. Ever. As the LW during project restart as the premier league called it. He started 9 games had 14 contributions. Including goal in the FA final which Giroud assisted. He was legitimately the closest thing to Eden hazard Chelsea had seen. Then he tore his hamstring was out for 4 months. Played
3 games for Frank and then Frank got sacked. Rest is history. Leao will play his last game at Milan by summer 2024 bc his ego won’t allow this to go on. And Milan fans shouldn’t be upset. Whatever pulisic puts up from the right add 10 if he’s playing from the left.
Bench Leao, move Pulisic to left wing and Chukwueze to right wing. Bench him for two games and make him watch his performance good and bad. I guarantee he will come back refreshed, with a desire to perform. Not just score, but be a team player.
He is without a doubt Milan’s best player
I think Leao is carrying an injury like you said, also Pulisic performing this well has added stress to Leao. He might not feel like the star player anymore and so he tries to make the play himself first rather than set up others. Pulisic was completely exhausted by the end he puts in way to much effort tracking back to defend he needs to get subbed off or he will get injured. Calabria is the one player I will give my unpopular opinion on, I would not trade him, I will defend him to the end just like Pobega. This was an ugly game but we got the win, looking forward to the next game, maybe we will see Chuck start for Leao or Pulisic I think one of those 2 needs to rest next game.
You're right that Puli will kill himself for the team if not managed well. It's one of the reasons I was so furious with Chelsea's whole organization... *and* their fans for how they treated him. He did his hamstring trying to score when he was carrying that team.
*So* glad he's here now!
He injured himself in the world cup scoring as well. Having a player who will give their all for the team is amazing, but you gotta help manage that enthusiasm or youll have an injured player instead.@@maudalmusicalmachines3541
Calabria was a monster defensively
I am not sure if Leao has an injury or not but he is definitely not used to NOT being the only point of attack. I think that as more time passes, the team will get better and starting down one wing and then quickly moving the ball to the other as a way of shifting defenses around. When this happens Leao will get more space we’re he is a monster.
100% agree. Captain America doesn't quit. He needs minute management. Last game he was everywhere. Glad they are resting him today for start.
Poor showing from the Ref today.
Milan was lucky not to get any injuries from the hard tackles, especially on Pulisic. Sassuolo should have had an early red card.
Yup, I counted at least 3 fouls where they hit him studs up and no yellows I thought he was gonna get injured today
@@hevanli13when he got that blow to the knee I thought he was done today. Thank God he wasn’t but that’s extremely dangerous, especially with his history
That studs rake all the way down his calf! Pulisic has *always* been tougher than he's given credit for. I still remember that CL match where Porto fouled him so many times he broke Messi's record for being fouled in a single match. Never complained. Got back up and attacked again 😁
Would like to point out how good florenzi was yesterday impressive performance from him
Pulisic is world class
Mbappe- World Class
Salah- World Class
Pulisic - Very Good all around player but NOT World Class
Chill
Benacer: 1st name on the team Sheet
Really Pulisic could’ve netted one early if Leao laid it off instead of taking a shot. Pulisic has easily been Milan’s most affective player. Not only is he dangerous going forward but his D has been great as well.
A shoutout to primavera too, for giving us Bartesaghi, Simic, Camarda and now Zeroli. Although we haven't seen much, but they seem confident on pitch especially simic and Zeroli. Even if one of them is able to make it big, it's 🥳🥳
This guy makes great videos. I need thus for other clubs I follow
Pulisic is our best player.
Without a doubt.
my vote for USMNT 2023 player of the year
Maybe out of context but please dont stop making these kind of videos for us. We really appreciate it🙏🏻
🤝🏼 Grazie Kush, waiting for your video as I’m waiting for Milan’s game 😂
Forza Milan 🔴⚫️
Love the videos keep up the great work
Absolute wild tactics today. For spells of possession Reijnders was literally the ONLY midfielder. RLC and Bennacer were playing next to Giroud!
Happy new year Kush! You put in so much work in the editing and content of your videos. It does not go unnoticed! Hope 2024 brings exponential growth to your channel!
Thanks for all the great content!!
Great show from Canada all amazing!!
Happy new year to you too bro.... Keep up the great work ❤❤🖤🖤🖤❤🖤❤🖤❤🖤
Leao feels forced to run at players... he needs to spend a little more time working on his passing. Very selfish at times. If he learns to play the ball back to Pulisic they can partner up for a lot of goals because Pulisic is always open in front of the goal. Constantly.
And pulisic is more than willing to pass back, look at how many goals he fed Giroud early this season.
Thank you for Kush!
I really hope this is not true but it sure seems like Leao is not liking the attention Pulisic is getting. I think if Leao had scored 8 goals by now he'd be fine. But the combination of Leao/bad, Pulisic/good is affecting Leao's attitude and decision-making
I hope it's something other than that but I don't see what else it could be. Leao is perfectly fit right now
Happy New Year Kush, don’t always agree with all your analysis buy respect for what you’re putting out there. Your hard work is appreciated
Thanks milan u gave me the perfect birthday gift forza milan ❤❤❤
Great video as usual 👍
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You know who we've been missing A LOT this season, Kalulu, and I have a feeling Munich will come again at the end of the season besides him being injured.
Great result for Milan and well deserved win to alleviate some of recent negativity around the club, This Sassuolo team had won his last three games against us in Milano, today we could have won by more goals margin but most importantly we got 3 points, clean sheet and on injuries .. As of Leao, we all know his qualities and his potential, he's having downtime like any soccer player, he will be back, we should't be harsh on him, he is still our number one star.
I feel that milan fans booing leao is because they love him and they know that he can do much better than what he showed today
New fan but it seems like Rafa plays at his best when he's got a big grin on his face and I haven't seen that since the start of the season. Meanwhile Pulisic has always played best when he gets elbowed in the nose and sees red. Bennacer and Pulisic looked like they had great chemistry already. I thought Musah looked decent playing more defensive mid for a stretch there if you take away the game he was completely lost playing RB.
Also I think having Theo locked back on defense hurts Rafa a bit.
Aside from some Milan playres ,That number 3 from Sassuolo was amazing
Let’s gooo rumor or real is coming back !! Happy new year everyone ❤️
Bennacer for me is the MOTM. What a beast
He looked so good didn't he?? Finally he's back
@@matthewferguson5464 He was The best by far!!
Pioli - got lucky against another poor team, thanks to Pulisic. He won't be fired before Summer unless we drop out of the top 4, but there is no chance he will stay for next season, finally.
Leao - he might be sold in January, hence the lack of enthusiasm for us. And we might as well sell him because he doesn't have the right attitude to become a real star. He's like a child. If he feels like it, he plays, otherwise just walks around. We can't afford that.
Giroud - He's fading fast. What do people expect from a 37 year old? Especially since we have virtually no crossers or long ball players. He is a classic target man, not a dribbler or a fast runner.
Reijnders - great signing but needs to practice shooting under pressure.
Thank god bennacer is back simply a beast
Winning end to 2023. I hope Milan rectify medical staff and get back our players back to shape. Forza Milan 🔥
Leao is missing the partnership with Theo. Him moving to the center I think has affected Leao’s game. His offensive runs are improved by Theo’s off the ball runs. He has had less space… I also do think he might be slightly hurt. He also gets doubled a great deal and tries to go through that too often.
Leao's bad form and lack of effort precedes Theo being moved. Yes, they combined for 1 brilliant goal earlier in the season but that's it. It seems an attitude problem to me.
Happy new year to every rossonero fans❤🖤
Good job today Rossoneri! Great video today as well 😉
3 changes will get Milan vying for top spot:
* a quality cdm
* a quality central defender
* a quality Rafa Leao
Seriously. Getting Rafa to play like himself again would be like a new signing.
Quality of your videos are all top notch. Your analysis today i agree with. I think mangement needs to stress heavy on defense cdm, cb, rb during the tranfer window. Milan overall need consistency down the middle. I think they rely too much on the wings with leao and pulisic. I would love to see Gio Ryena on this team. Unfortunately the middlefield is too crowded.
@@ckuhn2356 what does American have to do with it? He’s Canadian your point.
You're right on those positions, for depth and success reasons, they need to invest in those areas for sure!
I actually though that Christan pulisic wouldn't be that good when we bought him but, he proven me wrong and is playing better than leao this season
Cause you’re a hater
@@theguyspodcast5782 as a pulisic fan, hes not a hater. He just thought it wasn't a good signing, and proved him wrong.
@@theguyspodcast5782 how am i a hater?
@@7403151
You're not a hater, dude. Haters can't change their minds 😉
Forza Milan ❤🖤
my two picks for a signing in the Jan window would be Hojberg from Spurs or this one is unlikely but I'd love to see it Douglas Luiz from Villa. As for a CB I'd love for Milan to go for Hancko from Feynoord.
Benacera ❤🖤 motm
I thought Rejinders and Bennacer were really good today. This is what I wanted to see from the midfielders- ball movement and distribution. Great thru balls, one leading to the goal and balls over the top. RLC was sluggish and sloppy. I'd rather see good team play then depend on a player having to make a great play. Leao is the great play guy where as Pulisic is the neat and tidy system player. I will add that Peterson is a very good defender. He shut down Pulisic and when he went up against Leao a couple of times shut him down. I did think that Calabria played very well today. He was very good defensively and did offer a bit of offense. I agree with everything you said today. Glad you gave thumbs up to the midfielder. Some passes were just a bit off, but they were making them as oppose to last game when there didn't attempt the pass.
I think Leao ayed better today than against Salernitana. He put some effort in the defensive half today. Not a lot but he did put more effort. The thing with him i was upset about was he was offsides taking off 2 goals and ot dodnt look like he even tried to bend his run
When you put the pressure of superstar on a young player, what do you think would happen? He would want to take on players when he should pass because he wants to please the fans. Let’s allow the boy play his game.
1. The only thing saving Pioli's job is the lack of candidates to change him with.
2. I reckon the whistles against Leao were a bit undeserved. Yes, that was an easy layoff for Pulisic but we've seen so many goals by Giroud where he goes back on the inside and pass back to him (which he went for but failed). I'd say a goal would've made all the difference (shame for the offside). He wasnt great yes, but I think we always expect Leao to solve it all because thats how Pioli has played for months now: chuck the ball to leao or giroud and hope something happens. When it doesn't...
3. Calabria was truly massive.
4. Jovic and Giroud are getting lost in the lack of play. We played 5-0-5 for most the match and that is insanely wrong.
It’s not the first time Leão hasn’t laid off for an easy tap in for Pulisic. It’s weird. It’s as though he doesn’t enjoy playing with him despite Pulisic’s positive attitude.
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Might be paradoxical but maybe actually having a RW has deprived Leao of more attacking opportunities. Less opportunities he gets, the less impactful he might seem.
I see what you are saying but if Leao was balling the team wouldn’t go to the RW.
@@brianbunker2150 Fair. Realistically, I think it’s a multitude of things (I.e., injury, Theo’s form, team’s injury crises). I don’t doubt we’ll see him hitting stride in the final 3rd of the season- that’s usually when he lights up
I thought Leao got plenty of opportunities in this game. Thing is, Pulisic includes lots of other players in his game and Leao not as much. I think that explains some of why they're going to tge right more often.
I’m glad pulisic is back you actually were right about him, about leao I think he is lacking an aggressive mentally and a little bit of reaction time, perhaps the most reasonable cause is he has depression maybe?
American Homer in me but what are your thoughts on Tyler Adams? an obviously defensive midfielder?
He would be a good central midfielder for Milan if his injury issue is resolved.
I think I remember seeing a report that Milan was looking at him and I thought, Tyler would be much better than musah in Milans system. I think Tyler is one of the most underrated 6s. The guy is a one man defense. But then you look at this year and he hasn't played a game with his new team because of surgery and injury issues. Maybe Milan backed out because they knew he had those issues.
Give Leão credit for his assists at least. It is not easy to play a bit out of position for him he needs to be closer to the box, not near the sideline
We shouldn't be booing Leao. Like for real, look at what we did to Hakan and he's been punishing us since then but Leao needs to improve he's decision making.
Green box: Theo Hernandez) Sometimes not being mentioned is as good as being praised. Theo stepped out of position and played a clinical game. Didn't make any major mistakes. Was in good positions when he needed to be. We can breathe a little easier, knowing he can do the job.
Green box: maignan) he wasn't called on to make too many difficult stops but he was there when we needed, and more importantly, he did it with confidence. He dominated his box and controlled his backline. His confidence gives confidence to players like Theo and kjaer. No doubt his confidence in the allowed the backline to get a shutout.
MVP: Bennacer) you would not have known he was coming off an injury. He was clinical on the ball. Played both sides of the ball very well. He had the assist on pulisics goal. Almost had a goal that went just wide. Was making the right passes and moves around the box. He was obviously the best player on the field.
Red box: leao, again!) 3 goals on the year. World-class players are consistent and leao has not been that this year. He was called offside multiple times. Had his pocket picked multiple times. But you could tell it wasn't going to be a good game early in the match. In the third minute, leao got the ball on the left side, pulisic made a run in the box and was wide open. Leao was offside on the play, but before the whistle blew, leao could have made the pass to a wide open pulisic and decided to pull the ball back and try to take on his defender only for him to lose the ball. At this point is leao issue his ability to get the job done or his ability to not be the guy scoring all the goals? His attitude when others score and his attitude when he isn't, is not one of a team player. His ability can't be denied but how much leeway does that get him when he isn't performing on the field, as a player or teammate?
Honorable mention: pulisic) pulisic go the goal, but he wasn't consistently dangerous. There were times he could of taken his defender 1v1 but instead cycled back. Pulisic is a player you can never count out. How many times has he been relatively quiet, and then out of nowhere, he scores a goal or helps create a goal? But I give him an honorable mention because of two things. 1) his attitude in the first half. He would throw his hands up any time something didn't go right. Be it a bad pass or decision by a teammate or himself. Now I look at this two ways. How much of it was pressure to get a win for his coach? The rumors were there that a loss would mean a loss of job for pioli. Pulisic has been on a coaching merry-go-round since he became a pro. First at bvb then at chelsea. Now he has a coach that wanted him. Believes in him, and is starting him week in and out. He is thriving and playing some of his best football at least from a statistical standpoint. I'm sure he felt the pressure of getting a win for his coach. 2) pulisic is a winner. He has a mentality that it's win over individual performance. Pulisic is as happy to score or get an assist as he is for a teammate getting scoring. He celebrates all like it is a final. The other thing we know, pulisic is his biggest critic. He wants to play every game perfectly, and when he doesn't, he gets down on himself. One way or another it doesn't come off well. No matter the intent behind it. He has to keep his head down and in the game. I also give him an honorable mention and not a green box because he didn't finish the game well. While he wasn't as goal dangerous as you would like on the right, he was calm on the ball and maintained possession. When he switched to the left, he made a couple of misplaced passes and gave up the ball when he needed to hold onto it and slow the game down to see out the win.
I disagree with only an honorable mention for Puli, he also had the most tackles on the team
Pulisic was getting beat pretty often on attack today on the right side, he had more luck driving the ball towards the center, that is his special skill when he cuts in he is extremely dangerous
Tbf Leao has been out of form fron that champions league semis 2nd leg against Inter. After that match in serie a last season and from matchday 1 this season he has been looking like Rebic- few promising dribblings and moves but nothing more that that. I really hope he gets it going in second half of the season like you mentioned it, but still stand by my opinion that if managment has opportunity to get Conte next season or any new manager with dignity that we have to sell leao while he still holds his value, and give new coach funds to get players for his system and style of play. Because if Leao continues like this, he will return to that 30-40 mill player and then we are screwed.
Let's look at the numbers: In 1500+ minutes all comps, Leao scored 4 goals. In a thrid of that time, Jovic and Okafor each have 3 goals. those numbers are more or less expected. Pulisic has 7 goals and but to be honest, he's been inconsistent as well.
Yes the assists matter too. And Leao has 5 to Pulisic's 4 but do we seriously expect 9 goal contributions from a forward half way through a season when you are paying 8 million? Markus Thuram is 7 and 6, Lautaro 18 and 2. Neither of them have more minutes than Rafa. It's disappointing to say the least.
I could see you made a great amount of progress on the channel. The hard work and consistency is paying off.
Happy new year Kush!
On paramount + what was up with the weirdo commentators hypercritical of everything Pulisic did? We know he’s not Leao but give him some credit
The commentators were soooo far up Leao's ass, even though he was playing poorly. That one guy said that Pulisic plays center forward for the USMNT, like he didn't even do his research before the game 🤨
@@brittaniwilliford1256
Yah. I heard that too! Center forward??? Doofus. To be fair though, I didn't hear them being hyper critical.
@@maudalmusicalmachines3541 I didn't think they were hyper critical of Puli (also didn't say they were in my previous comment) but they were definitely overly-gassing up Leao when he was making bad decision after bad decision and just looked completely disinterested.
Do you think Milan will sign Gio Reyna? I’ve read in a couple of places that Milan might go after him. What’s your opinion?
Where would he play? Unless they are going to a 4-2-3-1 and could put him central, I just don't see it. They are Log jammed in the midfield and on the wing. Milan needs defenders.
As I have said before, Leao's decision making so so poor at times. As spectators we can see that counter that should end with a goal through constructive play and passing but leao would choose a more "individualistic" approach and that kills of that attack. In todays game, when Isma lobbed the ball to Rafa in the first half (25th minute) he could have gone for a first time or hold on to the ball till giroud or pulisic arrive. In the end the result was just nil.
I also have the feeling that leo wants to leave after we dropped out of the CL. He said it time and time again, he wants to play in the cl that’s is ultimative goal. I think he knows that Milan is not in the position to win the CL. He might wanna leave. Very sad. I mean u can blame him and it’s fair but I blame pioli the most for the bad performenences. The way this team does not know how to play quick passes through the Defence must be very frustrating. And that’s the coaches fault. Would not want to play wich such a coach either
There’s a lot of personal gathering ongoing with the holidays.
These players may have few things that aren’t soccer in there mind.
Not that that’s an excuse to play like that.
Odd take…the players don’t seem to celebrate each other’s success as much as other teams. Watch the lackluster celebration today after the pulisic goal versus Juve’s team celebration after their first goal today.
I had that exact same thought. And... Leao celebrated Puli's 1st couple goals big time, but it's fallen off more and more. When Puli took that ball over the top down brilliantly and scored Leao was on his damn cellphone watching tiktok or some shit 🤔
@maudalmusicalmachines3541 he only celebrated cp first goal. After that, people, including myself, realized leao wouldn't celebrate with pulisic. That was at the start of the year like week 3 or 4. I honestly think leao is just mad that he isn't "the guy" on the team. He wants to be top dog and now has to share the ball and limelight with cp. That 3rd minute opportunity where leao looked up and could have hit cp with a tap in goal and decided not to, pretty much proved everyone right. Leao does not want cp or anyone else to be successful
Pioli needs a player like Kisse
Or Tanoli.
Leao and Pulisic need to switch sides because Leao is getting very stale on that side. He needs to spend some time in the center and the right to force him to think differently. Also Pioli is playing him way to wide.
I think this is a good idea. Leao needs to feel the heat of competition on his back too
I honestly think we need to just sell Leao and try to get 2 or three new players.
Liverpool is interested in Leao. Do you think he will leave?
Sell him for 100m . Get some great defenders put puli at lw and chuck at rw and get another good winger
Leao didnt match with his wage anymore
Leo is too much in his head. He feels he is the star of yhis team but only has 3 goals. Pulsic is playing better. Disagree with Gerou's performance.
Calabria needs to go
Watching that game Leao seemed to play offsides the whole time the team was in possession, he was being lazy barely making any moves, just completely flat.
Also very selfish on the ball or unaware of what's going on around him neither is good
Giroud was the same as far as seeming not to put in effort and just hang out offsides neither wanted to work themselves back after runs
He seems like he has checked out . Like he doesnt want to be there anymore. Wouldn't be surprised if he looks for a transfer soon
Bring kessie back at this point maybe on loan
Leao will come good.
Ya think?
leao doesnt like to pass lol this is obvious to evvery1
You guys should cut leao some slack. He came back from an injury and you can see it kinda affected him psychologically. He will bounce back. Booing him was just unfair.
I'll be the male Karen and tell you it's Puli-"sick" not sich. He's said it himself. Anyways, that's it.
Get leao out of here he’s a shadow of himself
Leao ,Theo and MM have not been good this year. PIOLI is horrible . Thanks to juve last year we made 4th . I don't see us making 5th this season.
This team with a better coach I could almost guarantee 3rd.
i think you are wright ,mabe he wants to go.[leao] forzzzza milan❤