Max Allegri sits out a touchline ban, so his AC Milan assistant supervisor Marco Landucci explains Christian Pulisic’s situation and the way they’re going through Torino tonight.
It kicks off on the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino at 19.45 GMT.
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The strain is on the Rossoneri, who know solely a victory right here would suffice to remain joint high of the desk with Napoli following different outcomes over the weekend.
They’re contemporary off their first aggressive defeat because the opening weekend, crashing out of the Coppa Italia because of a 1-0 defeat at Lazio on Thursday.
Allegri won’t be on the AC Milan bench
Massimiliano Allegri and his assistant Marco Landucci on the primary day of Milan 2025-26 pre-season. (by way of AC Milan YouTube)
“Our boss isn’t right here, I’m clearly loads happier when he’s with us,”
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“The entire employees will attempt to fill in as finest we will, we’ll see the way it goes. This can be a very troublesome match, I got here right here many instances they usually have at all times been robust slogs, so we anticipate the identical this night.”
Milan have an unusually poor report on this fixture, as because the 7-0 victory in Might 2021, they managed just one draw and three consecutive defeats away to Torino.
ITALY – SEPTEMBER 23: Christian Pulisic of AC Milan throughout the Coppa Italia Frecciarossa Spherical of 16 match between AC Milan and US Lecce at Giuseppe Meazza Stadium on September 23, 2025 in Italy. (Picture by Jonathan Moscrop/Getty Photos)
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Pulisic was affected by flu signs, however made the journey to Turin this afternoon and is on the bench for a possible emergency.
“If he’s on the bench, it means he’s obtainable,” famous the assistant supervisor.
In the meantime, Christopher Nkunku will get a uncommon begin upfront with Rafael Leao.
“He’s a participant we’ve got a number of religion in, he did very nicely towards Lazio in Serie A, and I’m positive he’ll do very nicely this night too.”
Contemplating the previous that Allegri and his assistant had at Juventus, is going through Torino like a derby?
“No, it’s a Milan match. All of us wish to get factors, all of it relies on the perspective we’ve got on the sector,” concluded Landucci.