Yahoo Sports Longo: Pulisic shown ‘a clear lack of respect’ during ‘unacceptable’ penalty debacle
A report has stated that Christian Pulisic deserved more respect after the penalty debacle that took place during last night’s defeat against Fiorentina.
As Daniele Longo writes for Calciomercato.com, Paulo Fonseca is ‘not a coach who likes to hide in front of cameras and journalists’ and he was ‘since, frank and direct since his first day at Milan’. Last night, after the defeat, he stated: “I’m p*ssed off, the taker is Pulisic. It must never happen again.”
The message that lingers, Longo states, is ‘that of a squad that does not listen to its coach, or even better, of a coach who does not have control of the dressing room’ The cooling break at the Stadio Olimpico with Theo Hernández and Rafael Leão hinted at it, and last night reinforced it.
What Tammy Abraham did is ‘absolutely unacceptable’ as he ‘got the ball from Tomori, he pushed Pulisic who was the designated penalty taker away in a bad way and then shot badly, putting his personal success before that of the team’.
Pulisic has five goals and two assists in seven games. He is ‘probably the only Milan player who never makes a mistake in his attitude and preparation for the match’, and sometimes he ‘may even play less well, but he always manages to be useful for the team’.
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The USA international ‘is an introverted man who likes to work hard and talk little’. He doesn’t have the personality of Mike Maignan or the boldness of Theo and Florenzi but ‘he is a leader and as such he must be respected’.
What happened yesterday ‘was a clear lack of respect’, the journalist adds, before concluding: “For his part, Pulisic can and must take on more responsibility to become the leader of a group that must come together quickly.”
