Milan Lose Star Pulisic for a Few Matches Due to Injury | OneFootball

Milan will have to cope without their most consistent attacker for at least a fortnight, as Pulisic has been diagnosed with a soleus strain in his right calf after subbing off early versus Atalanta. The USMNT staple will sit out the games against Red Star Belgrade, Genoa, and Hellas Verona. He’ll try to return against Roma on December 29th or in the Supercoppa a few days later, Sky reports.

The forward had yet to miss a game this campaign. He skipped two in the past one. He has recorded eight goals and five assists so far, pacing the Rossoneri in both stats, with a wide margin in the first case.

Pulisic has been starring as a no.10 in recent fixtures, with Yunus Musah as a tactical right winger, which worked out well before last Saturday. Ruben Loftus-Cheek is the most natural replacement, as it happened against La Dea. Though, Paulo Fonseca could go in a few different directions.

Alvaro Morata, who has hit the net twice in a row, could move a few meters back, with Tammy Abraham back in the XI as the no.9 as it happened in a previous stretch. The boss could also decide to move some pieces around and reintroduce Samuel Chukwueze or advance Tijjani Reijnders.

Our Take on Pulisic

They can’t really afford any more stumbles given the ground they have already lost, so any significant absence is a problem. Still, the upcoming matches aren’t too challenging. It helps that Morata and Rafael Leao’s scoring has picked up too. They can likely afford to go with two strikers together regularly.