Season at Milan helped Musah, Pulisic ‘join’

United States and AC Milan attacker Yunus Musa revealed the connection he established with teammate Christian Pulisic on and off the field all the design by the A league season would possibly perhaps perhaps lend a hand them successfully because the team heads into a busy summer season highlighted by the Copa América.

“I’ve gotten to glue with Christian a lot over the previous 365 days, spending rather a spread of time with him this season on and off the field,” Musah talked about at the U.S. team’s availability on Monday. “Or now not it has been colossal to glue, as a result of I didn’t ranking the probability to attain it essential this day at camp, so it has been nice to attain that the total 365 days.”

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Each Pulisic and Musah joined AC Milan final summer season earlier than the 2023-24 campaign, playing integral substances within the team’s success at completely different components in a season that seen them make a miles-off 2d in Serie A within the motivate of runaway champions Inter Milan.

The midfielder initially kicked off stable, earlier than suffering an inconvenience in December that forced him to be sidelined earlier than gradually returning to the squad.

“My season went actually successfully within the starting attach till December when I obtained a diminutive inconvenience,” Musah talked about. “I performed rather a spread of games within the league and Champions League so that was actually colossal, so that’s if you request issues will glide like that for the total season. Nonetheless issues happen and moreover it’s essential alter.

“Against the pause of the season I started being fervent about some crucial games all all over again, Europa League and the derby. Or now not it has been a steady season, I used to be consistently there pushing and staying all the design by the team. Or now not it has been a steady first season.”

Within the meantime, Pulisic had a stellar first season with the Italian facet, scoring 12 targets to fracture Kaka’s 18-365 days-passe chronicle of most targets scored by a midfielder — now not alongside with penalties.

“On the field, he’s grown so essential playing on the steady-soar,” Musah added. “Being so effective this season in scoring targets and assists, he’s been the very best attacker on our team. The supervisor has given him self assurance and had religion in him, it was a mutual element, and the boldness the supervisor gave him was reflected on the field.”

The 2 will now near together because the U.S. prepares to face Colombia and Brazil in friendlies earlier than the 2024 Copa América. The American facet is in Team C alongside Bolivia, Uruguay and Panama.

“Colombia is a elaborate rival. Every sport they play with rather a spread of intensity,” Musah talked about. “They’re very bodily, especially their protection. I judge they’ve rather a spread of expertise within the assault furthermore, like Luis Diazso this sport would possibly perhaps perhaps lend a hand us a lot within the preparations. We are going by a terribly steady opponent and they’re going to ranking the very best model of us.

“Discovering out ourselves in opposition to the very best is one thing that’s generally crucial for us as a result of we are very best going to ranking better when playing in opposition to the very best. Forward of Copa América it’s colossal to test ourselves and test what now we must work on. And furthermore try to ranking these games and ranking momentum.”

The international tournament kicks off on June 23 for the American team, starting with the match in opposition to Bolivia at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.