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Pioli storms out of press conference defending Pulisic


Milan coach Stefano Pioli stormed out of a press convention after he was repeatedly pressed to say Christian Pulisic engaged in ‘unsporting behaviour’ towards Lazio.
The sport ended 1-0 to the Rossoneri due to a Noah Okafor objective on the 88th minute, nevertheless it was overshadowed by the chaotic efficiency of referee Marco Di Bello, who fully misplaced management in stoppages.
He despatched off Adam Marusic for dissent and Matteo Guendouzi for a response foul, two choices that appeared extraordinarily harsh.
But the incident that appeared to attract probably the most focus was the primary pink card for Luca Pellegrini, who had already been booked when he acquired a second yellow card for pulling again Pulisic.
Pellegrini was making an attempt to shepherd the ball out of play, as Taty Castellanos was down clutching his face following an unintended collision with Ismael Bennacer.
Pulisic didn’t realise this, because it was behind him, so pounced on the free ball and was introduced down.
Lazio are right down to 10-men towards AC Milan as Luca Pellegrini sees pink for this problem… 😳 pic.twitter.com/XBZ8NBGZAq
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Pioli had already defended Pulisic in the course of the post-match interview with DAZN, however issues received heated within the press conference when a reporter repeatedly pressed the coach to sentence the American for “unsporting behaviour.”
“Pulisic is a good participant and he revered the foundations: till the referee blows the whistle, you retain taking part in. We may do nothing totally different.
“I don’t agree it was unsporting. Completely not. He revered the foundations.”
Pioli was then requested if he regretted not substituting Rafael Leao, replied “no” and walked away.
Davide Calabria additionally stood up for Pulisic, telling Sky Sport Italia “it was a misunderstanding, he didn’t realise they have been making an attempt to place the ball out.”
Lazio go right down to 10 males! 🟥
Luca Pellegrini takes down Christian Pulisic for his second yellow of the match 😬 pic.twitter.com/JX5xd1YoHD
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