Udinese – AC Milan: Pulisic Brace Ensures Milan Stroll Past Udinese (0-3)

AC Milan defeated Udinese 3-0 away at the Bluenergy Stadium. A brace from Christian Pulisic and a strike from Youssouf Fofana ensured Milan strolled to victory & kept a clean sheet against an Udinese side that failed to trouble the Milan defense. The win saw Milan move into 2nd place in the Serie A table after matchday 4.

Tactical analysis and match report by Gaurav Krishnan.

Milan have spent the past few seasons in the doldrums. For a club that has achieved so much at the grand European stage & in Italy, Milan have somewhat fallen off from the heights of their best over the past two or three seasons. After their Serie A title winning season three seasons ago in 2021/22, Milan have finished 4th, 2nd and 8th, with their 8th placed finish last season being the lowest since their title victory. However, the Milan rebuild has progressed slowly, but surely.

While Milan haven’t contested for the Serie A title in recent seasons, considering the sheer points difference between them and Inter in 2023/24 when they finished 2nd, this season brings cautious optimism.

The Milan midfield has been revitalised. The signing of Luka Modric, one of the great midfield conductors of his generation, has seen the Croatian midfielder breathe new life into Milan’s midfield, a tick of a pass at a time. In what is almost a second coming of sorts, Modric has turned back the clock to show that he can still hack it at the top level despite being 40 and his winning goal against Bologna in Milan’s last game further reiterated that. The . . .