Milan, Christian Pulisic sets the'target. And he doesn’t hold back on Leao
Christian Pulisic gave a lengthy interview to Gazzetta dello Sport in which he set the goal of Massimiliano Allegri’s new Milan. “In my opinion, he has started in the right way – he began on the Rossoneri’s new coach -He is a coach who has coached many champions, he knows how to talk to the players, how to create the right feeling with the team, and he is focusing on giving Milan an important defensive compactness, an indispensable feature to be able to then create scoring chances”.
L’ex-Juve immediately called for improvement in the defensive phase: “He is right because if we want to improve we cannot concede as many goals as we did last season. It is something we have to be careful and work on. Not only the defenders, but the whole team because we all defend together”.
“Here at AC Milan I have been given freedom from the beginning and I feel the trust in me from everyone: from teammates to the coach, from managers to fans– continued the American outside forward -. By buying me, the club has given me a great opportunity and I have a duty to improve every year, to work hard to always take a step forward as a performance. If things go well, it is not a surprise to me given what I do both during the year and in the preseason to be 100 percent and give everything I can”.
Next season the Diavolo will not play the Champions League: “Yes, I will miss it because it is where we would like to be. Our goal is to qualify next year. Champions is the most fascinating European competition and Milan deserves to play it”.
So he did not hold back on Rafael Leao, already in great form in the friendly against Liverpool: “I do not know why people keep doubting his potential. We know them well and to see him score like he did on Saturday against the Reds, after a great acceleration, does not surprise us. For me he is a top, top, top talent. Like the whole team he just has to find continuity of performance and then he will be more and more decisive”.
With Allegri Pulisic is playing in the left outside role: “I love playing in all positions, including this one. I have played there before, in a similar form, and starting on the left is certainly not a problem”.
“There are many strong teams in Serie A. I do not expect a head-to-head between Napoli and Inter throughout the season because they will find several competitive opponents. We will try to win as many competitions as possible and finish as high as we can” concluded Pulisic.
