Rafael Leão masterful as Christian Pulisic 'steals' teammates wonder goal in AC Milan win!
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- čas přidán 19. 05. 2024
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0:56 First Takeaway
2:59 Shout out
4:11 Second Takeaway
5:41 Third Takeaway
7:48 Discussion
10:21 Final Takeaway
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American speaking, 😂
I hate fans putting Pulisic vs Leao… it need to be Pulisic and Leao. The club is better with two strong wingers.
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We will win uefa for the first time this season. U'll see.
Everyone knows Leao is the best player on the team. Even Americans.
@@mattsmith1126Yeah, but it's Leão not Leao.
Agree...win & who cares! Comparing apples & oranges is counter productive. Both CP & Leao are contributing and making their teammates better with their assists & scoring. Victory comes in many forms. I am more concerned about the defence. Hats off to Florenzie for his asists instead of trying for the wonder goal outside of the box.
Puli did the right thing to finish the play (and he deserves some credit for being good about not quitting on a play. And im not a fan of the word stolen. Wouldn't have cared if roles were reversed.) but yeah that was allllllll Leao. ❤
Fully agree. You don't know if the ball was even headed in, it was going across the goal. Every good forward crashes the goal and gets that ball in the net. I see no issue with it.
If Pulisic stopped his run and the defender headed that ball out (which it looks like he would’ve) then all the Italian fans would be hating on Pulisic. As an attacker he did what he had to do to make sure the ball went in. He didnt try to take credit for it, he recognized that was all Leao
I want to bring up an interesting point. When Pulisic played at Chelsea he was constantly earning penalty kicks in the box and getting players sent out. So many goals from won PK. He's slippery and it causes a lot of fouls. Matter of fact the only person ever fouled more in a Champions League game than Lionel Messi was Pulisic. So those red cards and PKs will keep coming.
It all balances out in the end. Leao is a world class winger, one of the very best. Pulisic is a great complimentary player who has gone underappreciated until this year. Coming from Pulisic fan.
That *was* a brilliant assist by Rafa, just as his last goal was. We never get to see a definitive angle on it, but from the backside it looks at least close enough for someone to make sure of it... not to mention that there was a defender right there crashing on the ball. Puli did the right thing. And if it were the other way around I'd say the same 😁
But you're right, it doesn't matter. And that it was mostly a snooze fest too.
We have to be honest if they passed the ball more on that side where Pulisic is, his numbers and contribution would be some of the best in the game.world game, ,if he dedicated himself only to wait for the ball to reach him, his legs would be as fresh as Leão , Now imagine what fresh legs would do, Pulisic is capable of taking down any defense . But he puts in his effort to cover the defense in a way that makes his contribution very important. I love Leão. I think that the two can easily be complemented with a coach who knows how to use them, Pulisic's intelligence w is above in my opinion. And Fuerza Milan ! Pa lante !
It shouldn’t be Rafa vs pulisic they both great players and should work together people are trying to make drama
Totally agree. Let the Americans have their fun. They buy lots of jerseys and send lots of revenue to Milan and they show up happy for the games. They are very grateful to Milan.
Totally agree on what you said about Piloi. It was absolutely frustrating to watch yesterday's game. It did not feel like a win.
Americans are over protective of pulisic. We have PTSD from his Chelsea days
Speak for yourself
They should protect him , but not spoil him
Yes but so are the Chinese, Koreans, Australians etc... countries without many good players need someone to route for.
Well he is the usa only good player
What we saw as ridiculous at Chelsea is Pulisic would play for 15 mins and get blamed for Chelsea losing. Chelsea was a toxic place for Pulisic.
For Pulisic, if there's a defender on the goal line, you have to try to get the ball in the net. Full stop. Nothing wrong with what he did.
99% of the videos being shown (the Nani video etc) are of open goals. The reality is, there was a defender waiting to make a goal line clearance....you had to make an effort to get the ball in the back of the net. Like Pulisic did.
This is not like those 1000s of memes out there (Nani/CR). The defender in position on the goal line makes it different. Not a "stolen" goal
And yet again your analysis is sensational kush. First point on adli is spot on. He’s a really good guy and a decent player - but we can’t build a winning team around him like he is a Pirlo level talent.
As a new American fan I was just waiting for Rafa and Puli to combine for a goal, and this is what I get 😂😂😂
It’s happened so many times this year. We score a goal, and then can’t keep the lead for more than 2 minutes. This game should have been 5-1, but we find a way to make games competitive for no reason
Fyi, exaxt same scenario happened at Juve, Mckennie should have had a goal but Vlahovic "stole" it. Sure there was the commentary, but most shrugged it off. This kind of thing happens a lot in football, and from what i can tell the players take it good naturedly.
Sametime to mind I saw that game as well I was pissed he got robbed but it's understandable it's just that Weston has been working hard all season and hasn't gotten a goal lol😂😂
This obsession with Leao by Mr. Kush is like a teenage girl love for the back street boys! He is good but I repeat he is a Lukaku and cannot make the hurdle to stardom. My proof is when AC Milan and Roma play the big teams they all caput!
Interestingly, just a few weeks ago Vlahovic poached a goal from Mckennie for Juventus in almost exactly the same way. And almost no one called it McKennie's goal. I don't remember loud claims that Vlahovic "stole" the goal. And there wasn't a big discussion afterwards. There was a note of it and then life went on. It was just that's the way it goes.
It goes to show a few things. 1) People's viewpoints are informed by the primacy of the player on the team. 2) People do not consider Pulisic a primary player for Milan. I understand that Leao is a primary player like Vlahovic. But if Gnabry had poached a goal from Sane it would be like the situation of McKennie and Vlahovic, not like this Pulisic and Leao situation has turned out to be.
The passive aggressiveness between tactical manager and you are hilarious.
Tactical Manager is toxic and the epitome of the modern hyper online edgelord style.
You must be a Redditor lol
As an American you’re right. In fact, this same exact situation happened a few weeks ago and American fans went crazy after Vlahovic tapped in a would’ve been goal from weston mckennie for Juve. I understand why a lot of americans are super defensive over our players especially after all of the shit we got from chelsea fans all those years but at the end of the day the team scores and that’s all that matters.
Here's a thought. Leao's greatness and ability to create and Pioli's tactical shortcomings are interconnected. Walk with me, Kush (by the way, I love your videos). Listen, they are 3rd in the table, could end up 2nd if Juventus can't pull it together. Yet, their TEAM performances (example this game) are very much mid. It's clear that attacking through the middle is not a thing. How could it be when they s-l-o-w-l-y work the ball up to the center line, allowing the other team to set up their defense. From there, the internal players (RLC, Reindjers, Giroud) have limited space to operate. So, the ball gets recycled from side to side until either Leao or Pulisic does something brilliant (by the way, I admit I'm a bandwagon Pulisic fan). So as awful as it is to watch, relying on Leao to do something incredible seems to work. His (and to a lesser degree Pulisic's) creative ability reinforces Pioli's 'tactics', which seems to be - retain possession, pass that ball around the backline until a winger is successful 1v1, and hope it works out, which often it does! Oh and I think Theo deserved a call out. He lost his mark, which resulted in a goal.
Yepp. Same style as Ancelotti. I really hate when people say Pioli doesn't have some tactical style. Tactics are fascinating to me and I've watched the progression of Pioli's tactics since he got here. I think you're 100% right though. Pioli gives Leao the freedom he needs to become the player he has. I think in an alternative universe, where Leao got stuff with a very tactically rigid coach, he would have faded into relative obscurity. If the management wants to replace Pioli they need to think hard on who could come in and compliment Leao's style in the modern era of positional, rigid tactical systems. Leao would do well with the likes of Ancelotti, Klopp, Michel from Girona, Postecoglou, Zidane, coaches like that. I really hope that if they do replace Pioli they bring in someone who doesn't put out Leao's light.
100% agree with you Kush!Thank you for the videos!A big hug from Hungary!
Totally Agree with you, Kush!!!💯
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Laao is GOAT people just leave him a lot. He loves MIlan and wants to stay in Milan lets just support our boy. Much love to Leao Forza Milan!
CP absolutely had to take the sure outcome, he would have been vilified had the ball not been on target or defended.
The only stat that matters in a WIN for Milan. Football is a team sport, we don’t want players that prioritize individual objectives.
Forza Milan!
I watched the Golazo clip where they were overacting to Pulisic's post match interview. It felt just like the those NBA talkheads who were creating narratives all the time.
There is no such thing as “stealing” a goal. Just natural attacking instincts you hope your attacker has in this particular situation. Pulisic is always making those runs either way. Nothing is guaranteed. From his point of view, he can’t tell if it’s going to hit the side of the net, miss completely or hit by the defender. If Pulisic did not “direct” the ball there, people would have called him out for being “lazy.” Better safe than sorry.
well said. its crazy how social media makes things more complicated. Milan won the game and just move on to next game.
Leao touched the ball a total of 26 times and had 16 passes. This is our best player with well over a half playing with a RED card. That’s not attacking Leao it’s absolutely on the Pioli tactics and the inability of our midfield to drive the ball forward. Talked about it last week and it was just as evident this game. It’s sad how many times the ball went around the back horseshoe.
I agree with you, Kush. The goal is a team effort. I also think the defender could have cleared the ball and then people would have blamed Pulisc for not doing the effort. Similar play when giroud s shot against Udinese hit the cross bar and while it looked like it was going in, Jovic made sure that was the case.
Always waiting for your post after every Milan match @kush. Thanks allot
Lol what a headline, I know USMNT fans are overprotective with Puli but with loaded headlines like this it's clearly just baiting them.
Puli must be great for the view count.
9:13 bro nobody should take those guys serious 😂 good that you brought that up
Not a word wrong in this video and I agree 100% with everything you said. Pioli needs to go and we should build around 433 which we started the season with (and already built the squad around).
Well balanced midfield of defensive midfielder-playmaker-physical b2b player or deep playmaker-physical b2b-playmaker both work unless the playmakers don't have any defensive capabilities. I honestly think that we already have most of that midfield: Bennacer/New - RLC/Musah/Pobega - Reijnders/New/Adli.
As you said, Adli is not on required level to play regista, he could perhaps be one of the 8's but then others in that midfield would need to work for him.
We played awful like against Lazio. Our team lost the spirit and without good and strong defence we won't achieve anything
its the complete inability to pass the ball with any speed when we have a man advantage that leads us to looking stale and without ideas. Rafa only managed to push forward with his run for the 4th because Slava left space behind the line. We cant create that space ourselves by switching the play due to the pedestrian pace of the defence and midfield in possession. Pioli should be screaming from the touchline to sort this out, but he just stands there mute.
Perfect analysis for me. I just want to add is that LAST season should have been Pioli's last. Finishing 5th was completely unacceptable but he got lucky because of Juve's point deduction.
Some fans point out that we are 3rd in Serie A and advancing in the EL. But these "achievements" don't even meet the minimum requirements. We need to be challenging for the Scudetto, not languishing ~20 points behind Inter (by the end of the season). We also should have finished 2nd in our CL group. We even crashed out of the Coppa early on. The only way this season wouldn't be a failure is if we were to win the EL, but considering Liverpool and Leverkusen are in it, our chances are about 0.
I agree about Yacine Adli, I feel he holds the balls too long and by time he passes the ball the opposition is already back in defence.
Kush, it is nice to hear some sensible talk about the Leao/Pulisic goal. The important thing is the team has a two goal advantage for the next match.
Tijani actually hit the target. It's a miracle. If that can happen we're winning the Scudetto and Europa league. I'm placing my bets now. 😂😂
Pioli is to blame for most of this, he is not adapting as a coach. I agree fully that there seems to be no tactical presence. I hope we sign Motta he has so much that he can bring to Milan. I think he can take our team to new heights
Our midfield is a big concern to me. We need to bring back another Frank Kessie type midfielder. I thought Loftus Cheek would be that but he is really playing the role of an CAM which I just don’t think he is good at but not the best. Rejinders has alot more that he can give but he needs that Regista postion to be filled by someone else to be able to be fully unlocked.
If the midfield is more threatening Leao and Pulisic will become extremely dangerous because it will force defenders to have to go 1v1 with them. Honestly I think Pulisic would be great where Loftus cheek is currently he has the skill and ability to push the ball up the field and be very dangerous and Loftus Cheek should be that regista but he needs to work on his distribution. Other than that his physicality, defensive ability, ariel threat and ability to finish outside of the box will be his greatest assets.
We need a striker and I hope they sign either Zirkzees or Gyorkes or both of them as Zirkzees is so versatile that he can also play as a CAM player. Gyorkes is another Halland and Lewandowskiesque player. A complete CF who is just an absolute machine
Last but not least I hope we sign a RW, we need a player that can both attack and defend at a high level and Chelsea signed Gusto who is immaculate we need another player like this and I will say it to the high heavens. We need to start scouting south american players. If we get a good RWB type player from Brazil. Give them one season if so much and watch how the pocket Dimarco every single time. We need to reach out to Cafu and Kaka and our legendary players for scouting.
Great Breakdown Kush
That ball was going to be headed off the line by that defender. If the roles were reversed I’d say the same thing. Good goal to whoever scores it.
I agree completely about T Reijnders. He is very much underrated. He is our best midfielder by a mile. I still don't get why RLC should be playing ahead of him in the advanced position which has only worked once or twice.
About Adli; Bordeaux built around him and the excelled to an extent that he (Adli) got noticed so what are we expecting from a player who the coach asked to leave and look for a new club?
Adli is an attacker just like Baldanzi of Roma but Pioli made him play defense cause of the whole Krunic thing. He’s doing what Pioli asks him to do and not what he’s signed for. Moncada discovered him but Pioli in all wants to destroy the boy. Leave all your judgements against him till a new coach comes
What about all the simple passes Rafa doesn’t make near goal to teammates that would have been tap ins, but instead takes it himself and doesn’t score. Think these things will even it out pretty well
Spot on with the CBS sports take. Useless pundits trying to create a story out of nothing
At least Reijnders finally got one of those ill advised, outside the box shots on target, and crazy enough it went in!
Pulisic did not steal that goal. He busted his butt to get to that position to get there to flick it in the goal. It may have been saved by the keeper and really as he’s sliding and just trying to be in the right position is he really going to think or even have time to think, “I’m going to intentionally take this goal selfishly from him and take this goal from myself.” No, he was actually being a hardworking teammate ensuring that his team would win. And then after he scored he immediately goes and congratulated his teammate. He doesn’t celebrate his own touch into the goal. Stop saying he stole it. They both had a magic moment in creating that goal.
I dont think in my 40yrs as a milan fan, ive ever watched us win a match and felt so depressed, we have no leader on or off the field... Did you see giroud face after the game, even tijjani face showed it...that Disappointed look... its clear we are winning on individual plays not on team tactics....
Pulisic needs to bring a wallet for all the red cards hes giving out
Give Adli a break... he's natural position is attacking midfielder, but this coach asked him to play as defensive midfielder... so Adli is doing the best he can based on what this coach told him to do and he doesn't complaint about it.. we have to give credits for that.. if the result is not as expected, blame the coach...
One thing that I agree is that this coach should be replaced for next season... he has no clear tactics... the tactic is go play 1 on 1 from Leao, Theo, and Pulisic and hope for the best...
No faith at Pioli after these wins.. exactly because of what you mentioned... If we lost to a better team or an equal team, the blame might not have been this big. We got two lucky wins in my opinion when the opponents were man/men down... These were just banter era games all over again... If Pioli is not fighting for his seat now, why bother??? I have no faith at all on the away game..
I thought there would be an at least callout for Gabbia as well, although his ineffectiveness has been mentioned... His mistakes also granted Slavia Praha two more goals in the first half...
4:16 Just when Rijnders got the ball I said out loud "He can't hit a thing.", then he shut me right up with that wonderful shot. I always liked him for his buildup plays, but in all fairness his finishes have been lackluster.
I just think that Pioli is reverting to the system he had used last year and trying to make that double pivot work while still being expansive in the attacking phase rather than moving the ball down the left. I believe it isn't working and it clearly shows that in the performances, Milan might win games but they don't have any control over the game. They need replacements for the guys that left which isn't Pioli's fault, but the Pioli still hasn't shown that he can be more tactically superior to other European teams. So there are faults on the manager and management. I just think that the amount spent in the last summer put Pioli in the line of fire and the bullet was already shot by the 2-3 game of the season. It happened to Maldini and it was going to happen to Pioli if he didn't deliver.
Lets go!!
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Pulisic score, Leao assist. Leao assist, Pulisic scores, WHO CARES WE WON.
I watched Aldi play that game. My neck hurts from going side to side. No progression
I mean if we have to play 4-2-3-1 we basically had the 2 perfect defensive midfielders in Tonali and Kessie/bennacer, sure Tonali now have some gambling issues but boy do i miss him.
This season is over man I wish it could be done tomorrow this team needs a major reshape in the offseason.
thats the reason i thought it was a bad idea to sell tonali he's a great cdm and a cm he's quick got good defensive ablities he can attack finish and can do ewerything he kinda remind me of gattuso i hope we bring him back
It was a sin to sell Tonali. That guy loved and respected our Jersey too, which I don't see in any of our current players other than Calabria
I just KNOW Pulisic and Leao are laughing about the “we don’t like each other” rumors.
Teamwork is critical to being a champion. To me, that's reflected in great part in the passing and assists. Agree with kush on the CP "stolen" goal. As true professionals, Leao & CP assists more than most and make their teammates better. Who cares as long as they win. As a fan, it's my opinion that it's counter productive when you compare them.
The last few games have proven to me what you have been saying all season, Pioli isn't the coach for the long-term at this club. The last 3 games he has either been completely outcoached or the midfield just doesn't have the qualities he "needs." Either way, a change in leadership is likely needed.
Giroud saw that Pulisic tap in and got a tear in his eye it was a true poachers goal
That was a horrible game by Milan. Despite being one player up, once again it felt like they were face a full squad. Also, I didn’t see what other fans saw. When the goal was scored, the team (including Leao) congratulated Pulisic. There was a chance a defender was going to clear it where I didn’t care how the goal was scored so long as it happened. As an American and one that has supported AC Milan since I was around 12 years old, I’m embraced by the commentary and comments by other (not all) Americans trying to spin a Pulisic versus Leao narrative.
Love Leao!
I am feeling really sorry for yacine adli man such a great talent at Bordeaux 😢 I hope he finds his magical touch back
As an American I agree that they would be mad if Rafa “stole the goal” but no one who supports AC Milan should be mad at a player guaranteeing a result. Result> Individual stats. If Rafa “steals” all of Pulisic’s goals the rest of the year I wouldn’t even care. Assists also show up on the stat sheet so I don’t see the issue anyway.
Whoever talks about Pulisic stealing the goal probably has never been a fan long enough to know what stealing really is: Tomasson stealing the winning goal at 91' from Inzaghi against Ajax in the Champions League quarter final. The statistics says Tomasson, for all the Ac Milan fan that goal has been scored by our Pippo. That year we won the Champions therefore let's hope that this stealing goal will bring the same luck!
Great analysis, as always. I felt that at 3-1, this game will be easily 5-1. Pioli has got to go, the attack is dead, and we are just hoofing balls up the field all the time. I have always loved Calabria, but he can't be a starter. I hope we get De Zerbi
De Zerbi is overrated
Your doing a great job of balancing the bias us Americans have as a rabid fanbase of Pulisic with fair expectations and criticism of him when he doesn't perform. Don't let the amount of us Americans subscribing to your channel change your opinion and takes. Keep us honest. I will say, imagine if Pulisic didnt tap that in to allow Leao to score but that opposing player on the line was able to clear it away. It would have been terrible. He couldn't take that chance.
The two goals we let in where from a corner and a free kick. They had close to nothing besides that, very lucky to get two goals from that. Sure we need to defend better at set pieces, but we controlled the game from start to finish, think people are a bit to hard on this performance. I doubt there would much complaining of it ended 4-0, which easily could have happened.
McKennnie had a goal “stolen” by Vlahović (no defenders on the line for that one btw) and there wasn’t an out roar. The out roar comes from protecting Pulisic from criticism, when other players wouldn’t get the same criticism. It’s probably from the Chelsea days tbf.
Actually, the McKennie 'stolen' goal did create quite the uproar.
Bro rainders should play as our nmb 10 n bring down loftus cheek to the midfield with bennecer
Is pioli last season🎉
We are playing without determination and vision, hopefully some tactical changes can bring life to the team, Forza Milan.
I don’t think neither Leao nor Pulisic have a fuck who scored. Pretty sure they only cared about having a two goal cushion going into to the return leg
It's undeniable that Leao is statistically a great player and Milan's most talented player, however it is also undeniable that this season he is extremely frustrating to watch... He spends 99% of every game doing nothing, contributing nothing and giving zero effort, which is why even when he eventually assists or scores you still end up with a negative feeling towards the guy
No beacouse if leao stay there someone tell him to stay there and we already know who tell him...pioli yesterday let leao on left on the sideline but then push the team for play the ball on the right side, tell me how leao can be involved if pioli tell him to stay just there and the team go on the other side, also watch leao during the games, he do at least 10/20 good cuts every single game but no one that give him a long ball, if he have a player that give him this passes he arrive easely at 20 goal per season becouse need just to stop the ball and defenders can't catch him anymore he is already 1 vs 1 with goalkeeper, in fact when bennacer came on they done 3 high passes on leao's cuts and we have been instantly dangerous, the fact is that on leao they don't serve him long passes but on pulisic they do, so I don't know what is going on with pioli and the team but they need to start to serve him more, yesterday in the last 20 minuts leao was visibly a bit frustrated and every time he do a good cut but teammates don't pass him the ball he visibly jump like "fuck why don't you give me the ball??????" But he is a nice guy and never tell this things in public so look like everything is ok but is clearly not there is something going on, leao and the team are all pioli's victims, pioli is definetly the one in fault not the team or leao
I reckon your argument about Adli is slightly flawed for a reason. Yes, if we take into account stats we might say hes being quite crappy often, but it's hard to actually do anything playmaking style when the team is in shambles. There is no midfield and no movement in front. Games like yesterday where leao and theo get blocked, Adli had very little to move the ball forward to. In short, Adli can't show his quality when the team is not moving the way it should.
Milan must work on their defense. Expecially Mike has to bring his magic back. Forza Milan ❤
I 100% back Pioli. I think that what he has done with the players he was given to work with was legendary.. that and all the injuries hes had to deal with and we are still 3rd in Serie A? I think hes overly criticised. If he had more quality players to use i think we would be doing amazing things.
This said i am not against a new coach arriving, but he needs to be backed by silverware and lots of it. If not we are going to remain the same or get even worse!
I do not see Milan winning anything with players like Adli, Musah, Bennacer, Chukuweze, Kalulu.. call them talented and still young etc thats fine but the truth is they are just not of the quality thats needed to compete in Italy let alone the Champions League.
It’s tough to look good when the defense sucks
Adli thinks he is prime Xabi Alonso, his passing is atrocious and Giroud flicks piss me off every game.
The Stolen goal narrative is goofy.
I agree it should be. Because when we win it’s not convincing. No one is afraid of us unlike our noisy neighbors. It almost seems like it’s individuals that win the games and not team performances. And that has to go down as bad performances by the coach. I’m not convinced that we’re going to advance in Europa. If they can score two goals, away, with ten men, then think about what they’ll do at home with 11.
Time will tell I guess
Theo wasnt great last night! He deserves a shoutout
Got to tell you you’re wrong about the Pulisic fans getting mad if late tapped in a Pulisic ball. Looks like you’re being biased man.
The probelm is we have a lot of midfielders but we dont have a specialist CAM or a specialist CDM. Its like jack of all trades, good for none. There was no need to buy musah and krunnic should have been sold in the summer and a proper CDM should have been bought to play alongside bennacer or adli or reijnders. Had we done that we would have conceded far less goals and we would have been playing in the UCL not UEFA LEAGUE and we would've given inter a run for their money in the Serie A
Agree, we desperately need a CDM. Al Musrati would have been perfect but he joined besiktas
Dude, you have to relax. There is games for every team and every manager were form goes or they don’t look energetic or have the will….it happens to man city with pep or arsenal with area, or Liverpool with judge , Bayern etc….relax
Using the words “stolen” or “robbed” imply that Pulisic did something wrong. I cannot be the only one who saw a defender trying to head the ball away. You never know whether he would have succeeded or not. Silly analysis.
It is pretty clear that Pulisic is fatigued at this point in the season. He needs REST. Why Pioli played him is beyond me as these are the games in the Cup when he should be a sub, or should have been pulled off at 55 minutes. I have tried not to critisize Pioli, but it is getting to be difficult.
Beats me, Pulisic is most certainly tired and Chukwueze is desperate for minutes, just bizarre decisions by Pioli.
Pioli should give Terracciano a chance please
Pretty soon with the hate, Pulisic is going to try La Liga
I think adli is Not Right used his stats Shows that he is able to do many things for us but maybe different but i m with you he is not showing on the pitch
There was a defender on the line getting ready to head the ball. Would he had got it? Who knows, but there is no guarantee that he wouldn't have headed the ball off the line as it was not a hard shot. The defender's reaction after the goal, pounding the ground suggests he thinks he would have got it. What we only know for sure is that Pulisic scored the goal. Please don't tell me what American fans would do. This narrative of 'stolen goal' in this case ignores the position of the defender.
do u think maignans form has dipped?
Yes
Wow that is harsh for Yacine. Let's just have a reality check. He's 23 years old. He's still developing. It's his first season playing in this position and the first time in this team for more than a few minutes here and there. Remember that this was not his position coming in. He is not a starter level at the moment but his iron mentality and his performances from a few matches ago (before the last 2) put him in the "promising" category. Right now the starters in midfield should be Tijjani, Ruben and Ismaël. Yacine is getting game time which is good for his development.
Last couple he has been lacking in quality but throughout the season, he has mostly been decent and improving. Sorry but that criticism of him is unfair.
So my critique for Yacine is present day, not future, which is why I said I am not saying for tomorrow, but today he will not be a key piece to a trophy and if you want to challenge in the Europa League to win, you need to play your best. For me, Yacine doesn't fall in that category.
@@footballkush yeah that is fair
I hipe pulisic steals every goal from now on lol
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Adli is not suited as a b2b CM or as CAM for a big team. (In the right club and maybe league he could become a club legend at CAM, but not a Milan level) That only leaves DM to be honest, either he makes that work or he needs to go.
How are you so right there was no urgency to win or to let them know we are ACM,bennacer was great balls over the top so our fast players can run like Rafa,it was so bad no play maker since kaka left why have we no play maker to link defence and attack it's been years same old problem
I am scared about the future of Milan without leao. If the rumors become reality.
Its going to be scary. He's unreplaceable