Christian Pulisic's great concern prior to Milan's debut in the UEFA Champions League

AC Milan suffered one of the worst defeats in its history in the most recent match in the Italian league. Stefano Pioli's team fell to Inter Milan, their bitter rival, in a Derby della Madonninna that ended with a score of 5-1 in favor of the rivals. Now, the Italian team does not want any surprises for its debut in the 2023/24 UEFA Champions League next Tuesday. The Italian team hopes to place itself in an important way and the coach would make certain adjustments to his team.

Inter Milan destroyed their traditional adversary Milan 5 to 1 at home in a historic classic in Northern Italy. The Armenian Henrikh Mkhitaryan at 5 minutes of the first half and 24 minutes of the second, the Frenchman Marcus Thuram at 38 minutes of the initial stage, the Turkish Hakan Calhanoglu at 34 minutes of the complementary period and the Italian Davide Frattesi in the third minute of stoppage time. They gave Inter the victory. Portuguese Rafael Leão scored Milan's only goal.

One of the players who had a discreet game was precisely Christian Pulisic. The American player did not have a good time and had to be substituted in the first minutes of the second half. Now, AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli would make a drastic decision. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Pioli would line up Samuel Chukwueze as a starter in Christian Pulisic's place for the match against Newcastle United on matchday 1 of the UEFA Champions League.

Does Pulisic lose his starting position?

The American player has started as a starter in his matches with AC Milan this season. In fact, in Serie A he has 2 goals in 4 games played. However, for the UEFA Champions League match, Stefano Pioli does not want to repeat the lineup that was surpassed by Inter and one of those changes would be Pulisic for Chukwueze. The talented Nigerian attacker has not had as many minutes for the club in previous games, but it seems that Pioli wants to see him in action against Newcastle, banking on his speed.