“Strange to hear that” – USA boss hits back at Thomas Tuchel over super star condition

  There is always going to be a lot of tension and debate whenever the international break comes around, especially when Christian Pulisic i...

 

There is always going to be a lot of tension and debate whenever the international break comes around, especially when Christian Pulisic is involved. He has seemingly become almost impossible to keep fit and in top condition for any sustained amount of time since joining Chelsea, being very injury-prone.

him available for as many Chelsea games as possible. Of course, he has recently returned to the Chelsea squad after yet another two months out with an injury he sustained whilst ironically, on international duty with the USA.

Pulisic was called up for the USA once again despite Tuchel warning them that he was still in pain and not back to full condition. And it seems USA boss Gregg Berhalter didn’t take too kindly to Tuchel telling him not to overwork Pulisic, as reported by Goal.

Berhalter said:
“It was kind of strange to hear that that come from Tuchel because we use common sense. “Christian was back training for three days before these games, before the game that he played the first time in Malmo and then it was a midweek game, and I think he got another maybe day of training before the next game against Burnley.

“So he’s been training for four days, and common sense is going to tell us you can’t start a guy in a game like this when he’s only been training for four days and has been out for so long.

“I understand Tuchel’s concern. Our idea wasn’t to play him 180 minutes in this trip anyway. He’s not going to start tomorrow. Hopefully he’ll get some playing time, we’ll put him on the field and he can make an impact and help us get the result that we want.”