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AC Milan manager Paulo Fonseca may relegate Christian Pulisic to the bench upon his return from international duty.
The American star is currently with the USMNT as they are set to face Canada. The matchup between the two rivals is on Saturday in Kansas City. Pulisic and his team will travel east to Cincinnati to host New Zealand on September 10th.
Following the pair of friendlies, Pulisic will make the trip back to Italy to rejoin Milan.
The Serie A side will restart their 2024/25 domestic campaign with a matchup against Venezia on Saturday, September 14th. The winger will travel nearly 10,000 miles between Milan, Kansas City, Cincinnati, and Milan again in about ten days.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, this lengthy travel could force Fonseca to ease Pulisic back onto the pitch.
The upcoming Serie A matchup will start around 48 hours after Pulisic arrives in Italy from his native country. Venezia currently sits 19th out of 20 Italian top-flight teams at the moment. This comes after recently being promoted from Serie B.
Milan faces two tough teams directly after the Venezia fixture
The decision to potentially sit Pulisic for the Venezia match may also be influenced by a similar situation last season. Milan and the American attacker played rivals Inter Milan in their first game back from the September international break.
I Rossoneri fans felt Pulisic was still extremely sluggish when he arrived back in Italy at the time.
His performance in the match certainly seemed to support these claims. Milan ended up suffering a humiliating 5-1 defeat at the hands of their rivals on the night. Pulisic was certainly not the only player in the team to play poorly, but it was one of his worst performances of the entire season.
Along with being aware of the incident in 2023, Milan brass may also be looking ahead at their fixture list. The Italian giants will undoubtedly go into the Venezia matchup as overwhelming favourites….
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Author : Chris Moore
Publish date : 2024-09-07 14:54:14
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