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“We’ve missed Chukwueze’s services” — Florenzi admits after AC Milan lost to Udinese
By Monsurah Olatunji
AC Milan defender Alessandro Florenzi has admitted that the absence of Samuel Chukwueze played a role as Milan fell to a 1-0 defeat against Udinese at the Guiseppe Meazza Stadium on Saturday.
The defender believes the unpredictability of Chukwueze and Christian Pulisic could have made the difference.
These absences were felt as Milan lacked the cutting edge in the final third, registering 14 goal attempts but failing to convert any.
The duo missed the tie due to injuries as Stefano Pioli also missed Simon Kjaer, Pierre Kalulu, and Ismael Bennacer.
However, Florenzi asserted that the injuries in the squad affected them badly because there was no creativity in the team.
“Even last year, we had problems with closed teams. That’s not a mitigating factor, but the absence of Christian and Chukwueze and their unpredictability was missing,” Florenzi said per Milan Post.
“It was good to play with the two forwards, but when we couldn’t find the goal, we got nervous, and the defeat came.”
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