Christian is a phenomenon, comes in and with a brace turns Torino around: from 2-1 to 2-3. Leao stops: adductor knocked out, the Super Cup is at risk
And now Chris also has his “flu game”, the super game with the flu. On the eve of the game, Pulisic was weakened by a fever, rather than in serious doubt for the away match in Turin. Then the good news from yesterday morning, with the temperature dropping and the unexpected recovery at least for the bench. So far, we are more or less normal. The rest is decidedly Captain America: Milan at the mercy of Toro, the entrance onto the pitch with 24′ to go, the brace that overturns everything and brings the Devil back to the top with Napoli. “Until two days ago I was really dead – says the former Chelsea player -. I’m happy for the goals, but the important thing was to win the match”. Superhero stuff, indeed. For a Pulisic show, however, there is another Leao stop. Rafa touches his groin and leaves the pitch in the 31st minute. Right adductor problem, tests today to which to entrust the faint hope of seeing him in Arabia for the Super Cup. By feel, almost impossible. But after Pulisic’s miracle…
invisible duo
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Christian has only started on one occasion in the last eight championship matches. Yet, with yesterday’s two goals he has reached seven Lautaro at the top of the Serie A top scorers. At the top in cohabitation with a rival, as in the other ranking, the one that matters most. Milan are up there, but the doubt about what they could have done even better by always deploying their striker is strong. And the question mark becomes gigantic if the discussion is extended to Leao. There’s no way we can see those two together. When one is well and scores, the other gets hurt and vice versa. Pulisic-Leao, who Max Allegri has designated as a permanent pair in his Milan team since the summer, were seen together from the 1st minute in just one matchday out of 14, in the derby against Inter. Practically never.
fundamental
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Of course, Chris and Rafa alternate which is a pleasure in the role of leading actors from week to week. And as long as at least one of the two leads the team, the problems disappear. Yesterday in Turin it was Pulisic’s turn: he scored with the first ball he touched, 35 seconds after entering the pitch. In the fray, as a center forward who is not, or perhaps it would be better to say he would not be, given the numbers this season. So in America they will now be able to compare him – in his own small way, okay – to a gentleman called Michael Jordan. The “flu game” will always remain Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals between Jazz and Bulls: 38 points from MJ, like the degrees on the thermometer until the morning of the match. In football you can’t go that high, but a brace can be a worthy comparison. And the points are only three, but they weigh like a boulder for Milan.
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