United States standout Christian Pulisic started his AC Milan occupation in remarkable taste by means of scoring one objective and putting in place some other as Bologna used to be crushed 2-0 on Monday of their opening fit of Serie A.
Pulisic, who joined Milan closing year, had a hand in Olivier Giroud‘s opener and his former Chelsea teammate returned the partiality within the twenty first tiny.
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“It was a fantastic start for sure,” Pulisic mentioned. “I’m really excited to be a part of this team. The two early goals really helped us because it was a difficult game after that. And for me just a great start personally as well, nice to get a goal.”
Pulisic is one in all a number of untouched Rossoneri faces. Milan used to be the busiest Serie A membership within the offseason, bringing in six untouched avid gamers. Pulisic mentioned the presence of former teammates performed an element in his determination to connect the storied Italian membership.
“It was just speaking with those guys,” Pulisic mentioned. “With Olivier we had some good experiences together, I played with Fikayo [Tomori], I played with Ruben [Loftus Cheek] and the connection is just there, as you can see tonight again.
“And it used to be splendid to get the help from Ollie once more. It simply felt like the very best step in my occupation and I believe truly, truly welcome.”
Pulisic’s U.S. teammate Yunus Musah was suspended for the season opener. But other new players Loftus-Cheek and Tijjani Reijnders were given starting debuts, and the latter also had a hand in the opener in the 11th minute.
Pulisic put in a precise crossfield pass to the back post where Reijnders cut it back for Giroud to slot in at the other side.
Pulisic did even better 10 minutes later when he played a one-two with Giroud before firing into the far side.
“We’re more than pleased with this primary fit and I’m even happier for Christian,” Giroud said. “I do know him rather well, we performed in combination and had a excellent dating at the ground.”
With a comfortable lead and the heat nearing 30 degrees — even at night — in Bologna, Milan’s intensity dropped.
Rafael Leão can have made it 3 within the ultimate tiny, however his aim got here off the interior of the a long way put up.
