Marco Guidi's words on Christian Pulisic

In the night between Tuesday and Wednesday, Christian Pulisic watched from thousands of kilometres away the United States' 90‑minute victory over Chile in a friendly (90’ on the bench for the other red‑and‑black player under coach Mauricio Pochettino, Yunus Musah). A very rare event, given that Captain America is not accustomed to skipping his national team matches. However, the moment is special. Pulisic had said goodbye to the States after the knockout at the World Cup against Belgium on 7 July, compounded by the serious injury that then prevented him from carrying out pre‑season training with Milan. Chris returned to work with the squad only in the week Serie A started, going straight onto the bench in Turin on 23 August. For his debut, however, he had to wait until 12 September, when Ruben Amorim threw him into the fray at halftime to try to overturn Lazio. At the Olimpico Pulisic contributed to the comeback from 0‑2 to 2‑2 with an assist, then the following week he broke his long drought by scoring against Lecce his first 2026 goal in red‑black colours. In agreement with Milan and the Stars and Stripes federation, the American nevertheless decided to decline his national team call‑up to stay working at Milanello. The goal is shared by all parties: Chris must forget the first eight months of 2026 and return as the Captain America seen every year in Milan.