USMNT star Pulisic has excelled in Italy and the Champions League this season but won't play again until 2025.
Christian Pulisic was one of the players of the season for AC Milan in Serie A in Italy, although the USMNT star will end 2024 in disappointment by missing the Rossoneri's final game of the year at home to Roma on Sunday (December 29). .
Christian Pulisic has a new injury
The former Borussia Dortmund and Chelsea striker has missed Milan's last three matches after suffering a calf tear in the first half of the defeat to league leaders Atalanta on December 6. There was hope that Pulisic would play before New Year, but the American suffered a new injury in the run-up to the Roma match.
“I expected Pulisic,” Milan coach Paulo Fonseca revealed at his pre-match press conference on Saturday. “He is doing well, he has recovered from his calf problem, but the last two days he has been bothering his ankle. It arose during the recovery process and he is not ready to play tomorrow, even for the bench”.
Why doesn't Yunus Musah play for Milan against Roma?
Disappointingly for USMNT fans, compatriot Yunus Musah is also unavailable due to an unspecified muscle problem that has kept him out of the last two matches. Also sidelined for Milan are winger Rafael Leão and midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, as well as long-term absentees Alessandro Florenzi, Luka Jovic and Ismael Bennacer. Striker Álvaro Morata is doubtful due to illness.
Pulisic has been a bright spot in what has been a disappointing season for Milan so far. The American has scored five goals and assisted another five in 14 Serie A appearances, as well as finding the net three times in five Champions League games.
However, the seven-time European champions sit eighth in the Italian top flight, 15 points behind joint leaders Atalanta and Napoli.
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