It looked like a play from the NFL.
Christian Pulisic tussled with his blocker and former team-mate, Yacine Adli, then ran a route from inside to out. He got open for Theo Hernandez’s looping ball to the far post, leapt and executed a magnificent volley back across goal in the style of AC Milan great Marco van Basten.
It was from an acute angle. Both feet were off the ground and Pulisic somehow contrived to beat a goalkeeper in David de Gea who, otherwise, seemed unbeatable in Florence.
يا عيني على الفخامة يا بوليسيتش 🔥#الدوري_الإيطالي pic.twitter.com/XEk5vjwnLb
— الدوري الايطالي (@SerieA_AR) October 7, 2024
The goal should have been the main story.
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