USMNT star Christian Pulisic revealed in his upcoming book that former Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel misled him about starting during the second leg of the 2020-21 Champions League semifinal.
The winger scored a critical goal against Real Madrid during the first leg, which he says came after ignoring Tuchel’s instructions. Pulisic described, per Pro Soccer Wire, the “untold story” behind that moment in his upcoming book “Christian Pulisic: My Journey So Far”, recalling how “when (Antonio) Rüdiger has the ball, I can see he’s looking to play it long over the top and I started my run to get in behind the Madrid backline.