Christian Pulisic strikes again! Samuel Chukwueze also scores to give AC Milan win over Verona.
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
- AC Milan faced Hellas Verona at the Bentegodi for the final match before the international break as Theo Hernandez, Christian Pulisic, and Samuel Chukwueze got on the scoresheet to give Milan the win.
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Timestamp:
0:00 Intro
0:50 First Takeaway
3:16 Shout out
4:32 Second Takeaway
7:39 Call out
9:22 Third Takeaway
11:10 Point of Discussion
12:43 Final Takeaway
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Pulisic at 20 contributions with games to spare
The "stolen" goal incident might have bee the best thing to happen for the relationship between Rafa and Pulisic. Leao supporting Christian after that incident was huge. You can see it in their recent goal celebrations and them linking up more on the field. They are each enjoying the success of the other. Having both wings clicking like this might just make up for those defensive struggles.
Potentially having our own robben/ribery or Reus/aubameyang is enough to make a grown man cry
I'm glad for Chuk. I may want Pulisic to have all the goals and minutes but when he needs a rest it's good to see theres a guy that can hold the spot for a game or 2
Okafor needs to start, his finishing is clinical and has great power, on top of it, he's lighting fast and a threat to defenders, he's exactly who we need up front
Theo was a beast. He's got to be one of the best backs in the world right now, and fast as hell. Christian is having such a good season after the Chelsea nightmare I had to witness.
Gotta say, after taking that knock to the ankle I thought Theo was moving around gingerly for a few minutes. Then, out of nowhere, the after burners come on and I'm like, yeaaaaah, he aight.
People underappreciate how much Leao is aided by having Theo with him on his wing.
I liked your mention in the live stream about the Frank Lampard quotation on Chrisitan Pulisic. The two key points behind his statement on Pulisic's goal-scoring are that he is a very good dribbler and a good "poacher." (I don't think Super Frank meant poacher in any negative way as it is sometimes interpreted. He meant Pulisic always seems to wind up around the net getting "cheap" goals.) Everyone notices that Christian can dribble. In fact, he dribbles too much in the middle of nowhere when he would be better off passing. Sadly, Chelsea wanted Pulisic to be Eden Hazard. First off, nobody is prime Eden Hazard, and second, that is not his game. The least understood and most unappreciated aspect of Christian's game is why he is a good poacher. He is a very intelligent player who can see and sense the evolution of the play developing around him and makes runs to be in the right place at the right time to create a potentially dangerous situation. He sees it and then does all the work constantly to make the right runs. At Chelsea, Giroud was one of the few who saw and appreciated what Pulisic was about and got him the ball on his runs. A map of Pulisic's goals at Chelsea goals would show most were right around the net, not at the top of the box; I am not saying he can't score from there. He can and does with either foot. What I am saying is that his game in essence, is about being in the right place at the right time, which is what makes him a great goal "poacher." By the way, Super Frank was also a great goal-poacher.
A lot of him being at the right place at the right time has to do with his speed as well.
@@whenisdinner2137yeah, watch from how far back Pulisic charges just in case there's a rebound.
@@whenisdinner2137 Indeed. He is fast, but would not win any sprints against Timo Werner or Rudiger or several other then-Chelsea players, but I would put his first four steps up against anybody. He is WAY more quick than fast - and he is fast, and quick is more important than fast, which is why on today's run to stick in the Okafor rebound he wound up a step and a half in front of the defender marking him.
@@integralmark And never stops making those runs even though most produce nothing. If there was no rebound today, few people would notice that Pulisic had made that run or care, and while his defensive intuitive understanding of the game is not on the same level as his offensive one and neither are his defensive skills, but his work rate getting back when he senses danger is as good as his work making runs on net, and he doesn't stop. Great engine. I don't want to get into the Pioli discussion. I don't know enough about it, but I feared Pioli would be in a long line of coaches who don't understand the seeming mundane and largely invisible values of Pulisic, not his sometimes fancy dribbling, but Pioli seemed to get it from day one and just stuck him on the wing and said this is my guy. Good for him. And now he is getting repaid for that judgment.
@@warrenchristie7729 Before Pulisic's injury in the Arsenal FA Cup game, Kante seemed to be the only other that could out pace Puli according to the team. There were interviews about their FIFA pace ratings and the fastest players on the team were considered to be Kante and Puli. Timo came in after and would therefore challenge that, but pre-injured Puli was faster than most. Just saying
Feel so lucky as a Milan fan to know I’m gona get this consistent quality content after every match! Feel addicted!! 😍 thank you kush 🙏
Pulisic is definitely around the right spot for rebounds because if you watch he takes off from almost half field and passes us all the defenders to be first to the ball! He’s a great dribbler, finisher, hustler and teammate! Total package
Good for chukweze we need him to be good for this run in europa
Pulisic loves basketball more players should play off the rebound efficiently
Did you know he can dunk? Your boy has hops!!!
It's been a while since I've witnessed AC Milan's attack display such velocity. This is why we need a high-Caliber striker with the pace to penetrate the box swiftly when Leao executes those inside cuts. I relished observing that rapid attacking tempo. Perhaps deploying this speedy attack against Inter could unsettle their defenses.
As for the Pulisic heavy minutes yeah he needs a rest and he’s probably not gonna get it cause he’ll play close to 90 minutes in both games the US has for their nations league final this international break
Coming from an American, if the US smash Jamaica and or Mexico/Panama, he won't see a lot of minutes.
Kush you should be on IFTV podcast
You’re on top of it brother! Well done. I will say leao has 31 contributions in 69 appearances at the 9 which is one every 2.2 games and 83 out of 144 on the left wing. One every 1.75. Now i can’t imagine he had anyone and talented as pulisic and Samuel opposite him at the time. Imagine Giroud leaves and they switch Rafa to the 9. Pulsiic already is an unselfish winger and the same with Samuel. Olivier is on the way out and you wouldn’t have to spend 45-60 million on zirkzee. I realize Leao is devastatingly fast and like to operate from the wide, but could be an avenue to try on occasion.
It’s funny that you highlight Chukweze’s personality because I noticed on football manager they gave him one of the best personality types: model professional. And it seems it reflects his real life personality as well. Good to see 💪
I don’t know if there’s a price I would ever be willing to sell Theo Hernandez for he’s the most important player for Milan I can’t think of another fullback in a top 5 league don’t what he’s doing
Leao gets to play on top of Theo.. Pulisic has to play on top of Calabria… that he has 20 contributions and playing out of position is crazy..
Leao plays in the position he has always played in and is surrounded by the best left back in the world while Pulisic is playing in a role he has never played in his career before this season and is surrounded by an absolute mediocre like Calabria... and despite this Pulisic is doing better than Leao. Christian really surprised me, I wouldn't have expected it 😀
Noah Okafor has some potential starting up front. The way he can start counter attacks, his speed, and creating chances with creativity is amazing
With a great cautiousness, I'm optimistic on where the team is going now. Hopefully the international break doesn't cause as many injuries for us as it's done in the past. Brilliant video, as always⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
Working hard. Thanks Kush! Forza Milan.
In the summer, when I saw Pulisic's purchase, I wasn't happy. I thought he might have too many physical problems and I thought that after the last 2 bad years at Chelsea he wouldn't be the player he was before, especially because he had to play as a right winger, and for someone who has always been used to playing on the left and coming back with the right would not have been easy. for the first few months I continued to think like this, despite the goals and assists, but the Pulisic of the last 2 or 3 months is proving me absurdly wrong, this player in just a few months has learned to play as a left winger, and he does it like if he had always been a left winger, he manages to be decisive in all sorts of ways, he skips the man both by going to the left and dribbling, and by going towards the back to cross, and above all he does it without anyone's help, (on the contrary of Leao who is close to a phenomenon like Theo Hernandez Pulisic is close to a mediocre like Calabria). In practice, Pulisic is proving to be a player with superior intelligence, plus rare technical skills.
Okafor has the strength, wit, and vision we need for a CF, including his speed. Giroud is definitely mentoring him at just 23 years old, he is a part of that future squad with Chukwueze and Pulisic. This has to be Piolis best line up this season 🔥
Thank you for both a video AND a stream today Kush! Keep doing what you're doing, you deserve 10x the subs.
So happy for Samu. Hope his confidence only goes up.
When you said Samu I had ptsd back to Castillejo
Watched the live with you, the content keeps getting better and better! 👌🔴⚫
Woooo! Extra Kush video today. Our cups runneth over!
Stream and Video! You are killing it. Respect
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Welcome back bro 👊🫡
Good to see
Theo celebration is so iconic
Love the Content Kush! Always look forward to your videos
Milan should go for both Calafiori and Scalvini.
Bring back that Maldini and Nesta vibes
Live stream and a ratings video! Thanks for the double feature my friend!
People who call Samu a flop have short memories, he scored against New Castle and sent Milan on Europa League.
Great analysis, on point.
Good stuff again! Chukwueze and Okafor are giving me a lot of happiness as of now as we have bench depth on wings (forward kinda for Okafor today). As a side note, I like Tijjani Noslin in Hellas Verona.. He plays wing on both sides but he looks strong to be in the center. Milan may consider him and collect another Dutch Tijjani.
Leao is the best player on the team. every time he gets the ball he will beat his man and get on goal. True he could improve on a few things and we all see it because he's always on goal. No one else can say its a given that they'll beat their man 90% of the time where we can be critical of their decisions in the final third.
Banger of a goal by Chuk. If only his play were always as decisive as that volley.
kush you should make a history of milan video for the new fans going over like the 90s/2000s and milans recent history with leao, giroud, theo and winning Serie A
great video !!!
The call out on the defenders doesn't make sense if u take a deeper look into it. Milan against Verona defended quite well and conceded very little, hence why Verona's XG was around 0.50 which is fairly low and that shows we handled them overall. The issue with this Milan defence is rather sloppy mistakes or being inattentive which is hurting us alot as well as a lack of a cdm who can sit and protect our backline. The Verona goal is a perfect example, pulisic sloppy touch and RLCs inattentiveness to the danger (plus a brilliant shot) was the only reason we conceded, Calabria, Gabbia and Bennacer didn't have the chance to close down Nuslin as it was a terrific and quick snapshot. Milan just need to stay concentrated for the full match and clean up the sloppiness whilst remaining close together in all departments in order for the rest of our season to be positive which is why the call out was unnecessary considering the defence played a solid match.
In the case of Pioli not continuing coaching Milan the next season and with Conte arriving... how exactly someone like Conte would use these players?
The biggest fear i have is, sacking Pioli (Even if he wins the Europe League) Conte arrives with new tactics and playstyle, the players wouldn´t be able to adapt and we will end up wishing that Pioli never left.
If we can get mario Hermoso for free from atm that would be 🤩🤩🥳
Bonjour d'Inde🇮🇳🖤♥️
Bro... I think we forget what Maldini meant to both Theo and Leão. The way he left in the summer and his absence must've got to them. Especially Theo.
With Ibra back, both them boys are swinging for the fences again. Hope they decide to stay in the summer. Nuff said !
#SempreForzaMilan⬛️🟥🏆
Good content
Are we just going to ignore the fact that Pulisic looks exactly like Phil from Modern Family
My Italian friends are flying in next weekend to watch an LAFC game. Bad news is they are inter fans and they like to joke about Milan recently. But now that inter is out UCL and AC is in great form in the Europa. I can rest easy.
Really!? AC? Bruh it's Milan. Not ac, it's like calling LAFC as FC😂😂
@@ankitsrivastava_7770 If you didn’t notice i called it Milan before.
@@ankitsrivastava_7770 and if you were to come up to me talking about Los Angeles soccer teams and you used the terms ‘galaxy’ and ‘FC’, those would suffice because I would instantly separate the two. I wouldn’t have to use the full name.
@@ankitsrivastava_7770 same as saying ‘united’ or ‘city’ for the Manchester football clubs. So nice try, i guess.
Forza milan ❤🖤
Still not convinced with all this attacking prowess unless we face big teams
It's going to sound crazy but ; Magnian, Theo, Gabbia, Timori, Florenzi, Bennacer, Reinders , Leão Pulisic, Okafor and Chukwieze. 😅
Can't leave out RLC
@@mockatu swap him for Chuk and we almost get the same lineup as against Empoli. But if speed kills was a lineup. With Solid defense, good crossing and fast decision making, this could be a wild little lineup. 🤷♂️
Leao was actually unselfish when I wanted him to be more selfish today with his opportunities
I hope AC Milan learn from their neighbors Inter Milan and not laugh and be childish during the wrong moments. Before Inter's game with Atletico Thuram was acting like a goof during training and had a lousy game. This also happens to Dumfries a lot on and off the pitch. Its this lack of concentration in the young generation I repeat that can cost a game. The reality is you can be great all season and turn off at the wrong time and the waiter drops all the plates and the dinner is lost. Maturity is key and I hope AC Milan keep grinding it out without taking the eye off the trophy no matter how hard they want to drop their shoulders.
So glad Chukwu got his golazo!
i do think rafas finishing is a bit bad and if it something he has to be improving it def is his finishing there are some examples of him missing big chances like he did against napoli
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Pioli always improves when they call his head to be sacked. I believe he is playing mind games with us the fan base.
Have you talked about what coach you want for Milan next season?
A yellow card for that celebration? Disgraceful from the referee
Facts these refs are cringe man they want to make about themselves a lot of the time. Those were my exact thoughts why are these refs so sensitive. Ridiculous yellow to give to Theo
I really dont get it , is it Pioli or is the team when ever Milan are 2-0 up they would start to play like they are 20-0 they would start playing a slow and sluggish game everything its really frustrate me
I notice that as well
Hope we sign Zirkzee and a solid RB for next year. The only way we can compete for the Scudetto next year.
The Zirkzee deal is just a media hype and connection thing, trying to link Milan n him anyway they can. He is too a Giroud type just with a bit of ball control , not worth the risk
How about Teze at PSV?
pulisic was subbed off before the verona goal.....
He wasnt....he was the one who missed the ball...
Its too early to say about chuku, hope he gets more comfortable
Really want Pioli to try Okafor, Leao, Pulisic and Chuk as the front 4.
Does that mean RLC moves back to DM?
LADISLAV KREJCI FOR NEW CB 🔴⚫️ young and a complete dog in defense
Absolutely agree with the Leao take, he didn't have to pass in that situation, he should take a shoot and he should score with that shoot, he is our star player and he has to improve on his finishing, many times in the future we will need a player to step up, to win us the game and Leao should be that player, he should finish 1 on 1 chances a lot more.
But hes not 😂
Leao is a terrible finisher. He has 4 goals in 26 games? A good finisher has a brace from RW today..
And leao I think he choose the games to get seriously involved cus he get frustrated watching when he's playing like he did against verona
Theo produces, while Calabria still keeps getting into the box, which obviously doesn't add anything to the team. I don't know why Pioli keep instructing him to do that.
So sad that inter will get the second star before my beloved Milan.
American needs to chil we support AC Milan not just Pulisic
What American? Kush is Canadian.
@Johnnybgood76 I didn't say he needs to chill. I'm talking about American fans
@@AwsOman2020-ci3df Okay. So why exactly would American fans need to chill?
@Johnnybgood76 cause you guys making up imaginary drama that doesn't even exist.
@@AwsOman2020-ci3df How utterly ridiculous of you to blame ALL Americans for the comments of a few.
Love your takes but being a bit too critical of the defense here, they are professionals n should do better but i think you have never pulled up a boot to play even a 4 a side. Give them a break , most of them are coming back from injuries n Gabbia u can say is in the form of his life at Milan, Calabria the less said the better
Man if Cardinale sells Theo, it will be this team’s downfall
Why pioli refuse to give Terracciano a chance i hurt pioli
Thank god the Belgium Lord left n our right wing is much better
Do you belong from India 🇮🇳
Haha
Imagine giving leo credit for doing nothing lol....he was selfish. Okafor had an easy goal but leo was selfish again.