The AC Milan forward, Christian Pulisic, currently involved in the World Cup with the USMNT, has granted an interview to ESPN.
The player's ailment caused him to miss the team's second group stage match against Australia and limited him to a 32-minute stint against Türkiye.
"I felt great in the game, the last game against Türkiye. "So feeling good this week and yeah, I'm definitely ready to go for [Wednesday]."
On the possibility of penalties:
"It's an extremely hard thing to do for sure ... so the people that go up and shoot takes a lot of courage and it's not easy. Goalkeepers get better and better every single year. Yeah, I think everyone has their individual style and you just go with what you feel most confident."
Not every player wants to take a penalty in a shootout, but Pulisic said that finding players to step up won't be a problem for the USMNT.
"The guys who feel the most confident to go up and shoot will want to go shoot. I think that's normal. There'll be some players that maybe don't want to as much and don't feel as good. I don't think it's necessarily a big problem. Yeah, I'm not sure. I mean, we haven't been in many shootouts with these guys, but I feel it's a pretty brave courageous team. I feel like guys will give it a go."
Pulisic added that with 13 of the players on the current roster having also been on the squad at the 2022 World Cup, the team's level of experience should provide a boost to the USMNT, writes ESPN.
"We're ready for this moment. I think we've had some good performances this World Cup, and having that experience last time definitely can allow us to go into this just a little bit of a clear mind, and just more prepared for sure."
