Pulisic on the bench as Fonseca chooses Chukwueze for Milan-Juve

Christian Pulisic is not in the best form and will therefore start on the bench for AC Milan against Juventus, according to a report. Samuel Chukwueze thus replaces the American winger.

Pulisic returned from international duty a bit later than everyone else, as did Yunus Musah, and hasn’t been in the best of form over the past few days. Reports last night suggested he would be on the bench, but Paulo Fonseca Was hoping to give it one last chance today.

According to MilanNewsit now looks like Pulisic will be on the bench, with Samuel Chukwueze taking his place on the right. The Nigerian also started against Cagliari, but Loftus-Cheek always looked set to start for this clash and so the former replaces Pulisic tonight.

As for the rest of the XI, midfield is a given with Youssouf Fofana and Tijjani Reijnders, while Matteo Gabbia is back in defence. He will partner Malick Thiaw, not Fikayo Tomori, and Theo Hernandez will also look to have a better day on the left.

Predicted Milan XI (4-2-3-1): Maignan; Emerson, Thiaw, Gabbia, Theo Hernandez; Fofana, Reijnders; Chukwueze, Loftus-Cheek, Leao; Morata.

Predicted Juventus XI (4-2-4): Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Thuram; Conceicao, Koopmeiners, McKennie, Yildiz.