Series A
Giroud: ‘Happier for Pulisic goal on Milan debut’

Olivier Giroud insists he’s happier for Christian Pulisic than his personal aim after Milan disposed of Bologna with a reunion of the previous Chelsea strikers. ‘We’ve got rapport on the pitch.’
It was the best begin to the Serie A season for the Diavolo, who emerged with three factors and a 2-0 victory from the Stadio Dall’Ara.
Giroud opened the scoring with a really uncommon right-foot end, arrange for him by Christian Pulisic and Tijjani Reijnders, earlier than Pulisic discovered the online on his Serie A debut with a ferocious strike.
Either side rattled the body of the aim with Charalampos Lykogiannis, Dan Ndoye and Rafael Leao.
“We’re definitely very proud of our efficiency. We began the sport nicely, we have been environment friendly in entrance of aim, so at 2-0 we may management the match. It wasn’t simple, so we’re more than happy and I’m even happier for Christian, who scored on his debut,” Giroud advised DAZN.
“I dedicate this aim to my household and all of the Milan followers.”
It’s hardly a brand new mixture between Giroud and Pulisic, as a result of that they had already performed collectively at Chelsea and picked up proper the place they left off in Italy.
“I do know Christian very nicely, we performed collectively, now we have rapport on the pitch. We’re additionally very proud of the opposite new arrivals, as they built-in in a short time.”
This was the concluding recreation of the opening spherical, so after Napoli, Inter and Juventus all secured victories, the stress was on Milan to comply with go well with, because the Scudetto race might be tighter than ever.
“We all know how essential it’s to begin the season nicely, so it is a good response, however the marketing campaign will probably be very lengthy. We knew the others had received and needed to point out that Milan are nearly prepared too,” smiled Giroud.