Pulisic to miss Milan's clash with Juventus
Sergio Conceicao has confirmed Christian Pulisic will miss AC Milan's huge Serie A showdown with Juventus this weekend through injury.
Pulisic is the Rossoneri's top scorer this season with 10 goals across all competitions, including a penalty in their Supercoppa Italiana victory over the Bianconeri earlier this month.
However, the United States international will not be available to face Juve in Serie A, after a knock forced him off at half-time during the midweek win over Como.
Nevertheless, Conceicao insisted it is more of a precaution to prevent the midfielder from aggravating his problem, having not long returned from a calf injury.
"Pulisic is out, I don't want to bluff," the Milan boss said.
"He still has some discomfort, I don't want to risk it. It's nothing serious, but if he plays 20 minutes, he risks making his situation worse, and I don't want that."
Seventh-place Milan, which is unbeaten in its past eight matches across all competitions, can leapfrog Juve into fifth place on the table with victory at San Siro.
"There is balance, they are two strong teams," Conceicao added. "Two teams that have very interesting players, but all the matches are different. Tomorrow, we have to face a team that played a good match against Atalanta [drawing 1-1 on Wednesday AEDT].
"We are working on small things that, for me, are big things. But we have little time, there are many matches – important ones. Up to the beginning of February, we play in the [UEFA] Champions League, the league and the Coppa Italia."
