AC Milan's Christian Pulisic spoke about his latest injury and road to recovery in a recent interview.
Here are his statements:
"Speaking with the people at Milan, but also when I was leaving the national team, we had good conversations," Pulisic said in an exclusive Paramount+ interview with CBS Sports' Kate Scott, conducted before his return to play. "I haven't come back and played yet, so I don't think it's right for me to fly over there and try to get my first games back with the national team when I just want to make sure I have the time now to fully care for myself and make sure that my hamstring is doing well and allow other guys to take the place. So I think it's just the best decision for everyone right now."
On missing the USMNT callup due to the injury, Pulisic commented:
"Right when it happens, it's so frustrating. You have all those thoughts, Why now? Things were going so well at the beginning of the season. It seems to happen that way but honestly I trust in God's timing. I trust in that it's the best thing for me and to be honest, it's not like it's not the worst thing ever. I was out a couple of weeks and now I'm already back, so I'm lucky that it wasn't as bad as it could have been, so I'm trying to see it from the positive perspective."
On being sidelined due to injuries, he said:
"As a footballer, the times when you're injured and you can't play on the weekends, it's the worst time for us," Pulisic said. "We work so hard to try to keep our bodies and keep, be available as much as we can and those moments can be really down because you really just want to get back out there, help your team. You have to watch from the sideline. It's really tough and also you're in there on the physio bed and you're watching your team train and it's just tough. It's a tough place to be, but I think that feeling is what pushes you to want to get back that much quicker. It was tough, but now I'm back fully with the team and I'm feeling much better."
