MN: Pulisic continues positive start – Captain America shows off at San Siro | OneFootball

The signing of Christian Pulisic was met with a mixture of intrigue and excitement, but few predicted that he would start life in Italy as well as he has.

MilanNews write that Pulisic has had a dream start to being a Milan player with a stunning goal against Bologna in the first game and the opener against Torino last night.

Milan bet on the USA international, who arrived having been reserve for Chelsea and he cost €20m. So far he has showcased all the talent that he had made the Blues fall in love with him when he was just 18 years old and sign him for €60m.

Thanks to his technical and tactical characteristics, Pulisic has fit right in. His ability to move across the entire frontline is also an added bonus, given that in preseason we saw him play on the left and the right.

Now Pioli deploys him as a right winger in the 4-3-3 formation, but perhaps due to his flexibility and perhaps at the request of Pioli, he ends up taking up a very central position.

The goal in Bologna came from an exchange with Giroud in a central area, and he made a run deep into the box to make it 1-0 last night too.

It seems there is a nice complimentary relationship forming between Pulisic and Rafael Leao too. The Portuguese winger is unstoppable when he accelerates down the left, while the American is also a good ball carrier but perhaps has other more technical attributes.

Two game situations that allowed the team to open up spaces and always find themselves in numerical superiority, thus helping the midfielders to free themselves and enter more easily. And then the one with Giroud who has already been around since his Chelsea days: the two communicate without speaking, they know each other’s movements by heart and this makes it easier for the team to become dangerous in the box.

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