“You say people compare Messi with Christian Pulisic. I don’t want to be disrespectful to Messi or Pulisic or Pulisic with Messi, but I think in this country, Pulisic should be our Messi, because he’s an iconic player. If you ask a kid in the street [to name] one soccer player in this country, it’s Pulisic. Christian is a very nice guy, is very committed to the national team and he wants to help and of course is desperate to play in the World Cup and arrive in the best condition. All these conversations that we were taking with the players, I think that was the best decision to help him because every player is in different circumstances.”
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