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Serie A | Bologna 0-2 Milan: Pulisic enjoys perfect debut

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Christian Pulisic had the right Serie A debut for Milan, serving to to create Olivier Giroud’s objective earlier than discovering the online with a rocket, however Bologna had been unfortunate to hit the woodwork twice.

The Rossoneri had been remodeled with 9 new signings this summer season and began three of them with a change of techniques to 4-3-3, however Yunus Musah was suspended because of a ban carried over from Valencia, with Ismael Bennacer injured. Thiago Motta needed to do with out Musa Barrow and Adama Soumaoro, whereas Riccardo Orsolini was not 100 per cent match. This was their first match since promoting Marko Arnautovic to Inter.

Charalampos Lykogiannis nearly gave Bologna the lead after 20 seconds with a scorcher that smacked in opposition to the highest of the crossbar.

They survived that early scare and took the lead with two of the brand new buys combining, as Tijjani Reijnders knocked again a Christian Pulisic cross-field move from the by-line for Olivier Giroud to fireplace in on the different put up. Extremely, it was the primary objective the Frenchman scored together with his proper foot for the Rossoneri.

Lewis Ferguson hit the side-netting from a tough angle, however Milan doubled their benefit in type. Pulisic accomplished a give-and-go with Giroud earlier than unleashing a scorcher with the within of the precise boot from the sting of the world.

Outdated Chelsea duo Christian Pulisic and Olivier Giroud mix for the American’s first Serie A objective with Milan pic.twitter.com/VMHV96r429

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Giroud nearly had a 3rd with a volley denied by the flying Lukasz Skorupski save, whereas Mike Maignan parried a Ferguson effort on the close to put up.

Skorupski needed to come tearing out for a determined sliding deal with on Theo Hernandez, who had been despatched clear by Rafael Leao, however then Leao ran a giant danger when he introduced Ferguson down simply outdoors the world and Stefan Posch nodded vast.

Riccardo Orsolini got here off the bench and had penalty appeals waved away for a coming along with Fikayo Tomori, whereas Dan Ndoye went for objective moderately than pull again for Orsolini and clipped the skin of the close to put up from an inconceivable angle.

Michel Aebischer compelled a tough save from Maignan, who used his shoulder to push the end over the bar. With the Rossoneri visibly tiring, Pioli made a quadruple substitution, together with the debuts of Noah Okafor and Samuel Chukwueze.

Rafael Leao nearly added a 3rd in his trademark type, turning Beukema for an angled drive that bounced off the within of the far put up.

Bologna 0-2 Milan

Giroud 11 (M), Pulisic 21 (M)