MN: Pulisic hits double digits again – he can be Conceicao’s leading man too | OneFootball

Christian Pulisic brought up double figures in goals for the season with his equaliser against Inter in the Supercoppa Italiana, and he remains vital even with the coaching change.

As MilanNews write, Pulisic now has 10 goals in 22 matches in the 2024-25 season. It means he has reached double figures in goals in both seasons with Milan in all competitions (15 goals last season) while in his career he had previously only managed to do so in 2019-20 (11 goals with Chelsea_.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he doesn’t really like the nickname they gave him in his homeland – Captain America – but the former Dortmund man continues to contribute with big moments in the biggest games.

Against Inter he ran 12.146km over the 90 minutes, the most distance covered in the match, while against Juventus it was also him with 12,290km. All this was while not yet at 100% after the ankle problem at the end of December.

The goal that he netted in the final showed brilliant instinct. The run from the back edge of the box to near the penalty spot was intelligent, the touch and the finish even better. Then, he played a lovely line-splitting pass to Rafael Leao who set up the winner.

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If Leao and Theo are as exuberant off the pitch as they are on the pitch, Pulisic is the opposite. He does his work on the quiet, while in terms of quality and consistency of performance, he is certainly the top Milan player in recent months.

There is a lot of curiosity about how Conceiçao will decide to use him, given that he can play on the left or the right wing, plus also as an attacking midfielder. What matters for now though is that he keeps doing what he does best: scoring and creating goals.