Until yesterday he had been the most decisive Milanist with 4 goals and 2 assists. But Allegri has already forgiven him …
For superstition or to loosen the tension, Allegri prefers not to look: Max turns behind the joke of the penalty of Pulisic and senses the outcome to the outfit of the Juventus fans sitting behind the bench. Then he talks to Deputy Landucci and says, “He pulled on a plate? But how? I told him not to do it”. Christian shoots very high and covers his face with his hands: more disappointed or surprised? The bitterness is strong: it could have been the blow that unlocked the balance of the game. So much amazement: Pulisic had a sum of goals and seasonal assist higher than that of the races on the field: 8 decisive play (six, two decisive passages) in six total appearances before last night. The accounts must be updated and not as Pulisic would have liked: the presences increase, but the account of the goals does not grow. If anything, the total of the wrong penalties double: it is only the second mistake in Christian’s career, both at Milan. The first last season and in the same city: Turin does not bring very well from the spot. The first mistake against Milinkovic-Savic’s bull, then goalkeeper grenade, the second yesterday without the need for Di Gregorio’s intervention. Pulisic kicks high and badly. On Rigore Christian had made thirteen, like the goals scored between Dortmund, American national team and Milan. One also at Juve in Italian Super Cup.
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Max does not get upset and applauds Pulisic who tries to make up for it already in the following action. And that’s not enough, he embraces him at the time of the change. All the solidarity of the coach for the striker who, separately, had been infallible. There was not even a discussion on the possible joke: while in the Var room they saw Kelly’s foul on Gimenez, Christian had the ball under his branch. Since the beginning of 2024, Milan made seven of the 13 penalties kicked in A (54%) wrong: record in the top 5 European championships in the period. Five errors in the last 7 jokes in A. Can the last mistake lead Max and the team to review the hierarchy of rigorists? Very difficult, as reiterated by Allegri in the post-match. There are no other chosen beats: Modric marked 24 and wrong 6, Rabiot has never marked from the spot, Gimenez has made 15 and bankrupt 5. Christian remains at the top of the list, even if he leaves the stadium with empty hands, without statuettes of the best in the field and without victory.