The reason why Christian Pulisic was subbed off in the first half of Milan vs Juventus

AC Milan failed to place as expected at home against Juventus. One of the great attractions of this duel was the meeting between American soccer players. Christian Pulisic and Musah for AC Milan and Timothy Weah and McKennie for Juventus. However, the match ended up being decided thanks to a goal from Locatelli, who had the help of a deflection. Milan fell and lost the lead in Italy.

AC Milan came into this match as leaders and with a positive streak of results. However, the club did not manage to position itself as expected in its field, and everything ended up breaking down, after the expulsion of Malick Thiaw, AC Milan's German defender in the first half. This caused Stefano Piolo to have to put in a defender to replace him, and the sacrifice was the American forward Christian Pulisic.

The 'Vecchia Signora' thus broke Milan's winning streak, which had not known defeat since 5-1 against Inter, and regained third place in a Serie A that was tighter than ever, with the top three classified in just two points. . The match had a special touch with a USMNT flavor, as Christian Pulisic and Yunus Musah faced off against Weston McKennie and Tim Weah, all 4 as starters.

Why was Pulisic the one sacrificed in Milan?

Evidently Stefano Pioli had to modify his tactical setup as soon as his squad was left with 10 men on the field of play and Christian Pulisic had to be the one sacrificed so that Pierre Kalulu could take his place. 'Captain America' could not influence the score after 43 minutes in which he saw action. AC Milan resisted as much as they could with 10 men, but in the 63rd minute Manuel Locatelli appeared to surprise with a powerful shot outside the area that ended up being deflected by Rade Krunić and was enough to embed itself in Mirante's goal.