Lecce

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    • 17th in Italian Serie A

      Christian Pulisic back in XI as Milan win, keep Inter in sight

      United States forward Christian Pulisic returned to the AC Milan side today, who beat relegation-threatened Lecce 1-0. Niclas Füllkrug scored his first goal in nearly a year to give his team what could be a crucial win. Milan cut the gap to Serie A leader Inter Milan back to three points. Inter, which had also struggled against Lecce midweek, won 1-0 at Udinese on Saturday. Füllkrug joined Milan on loan from West Ham on the opening day of the winter transfer window in Italy. The 32-year-old Germany forward hadn't scored since April 5, against Bournemouth in the Premier League. He ended that drought in the 76th minute, less than three minutes after being substituted on for Pulisic. Alexis Saelemaekers ran onto a long pass from Matteo Gabbia down the right and then put in a cross for Füllkrug to head into the bottom far corner. Pulisic had had two of Milan's best chances before coming off but the US international was denied by two great saves from Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone, who also pulled off a number of other fine stops. Lecce slipped into the relegation zone, below Fiorentina on goal difference.
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      AC Milan players celebrate after scoring a goal against Lecce in Serie A.
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        2025-26 Serie A Standings

        TeamGPWDLGDP
        Internazionale262114+4164
        AC Milan251591+2254
        Napoli251555+1350
        AS Roma251528+1547
        Juventus261376+1846
        Como261295+2245
        Atalanta251195+1342
        Sassuolo2610511-335
        Lazio268108+134
        Bologna259610+233
        Udinese259511-1032
        Parma257810-1329
        Cagliari267811-729
        Torino257612-1927
        Cremonese255911-1224
        Genoa255911-824
        Lecce266614-1624
        Fiorentina254912-1021
        Pisa2511212-2215
        Hellas Verona262915-2715

        2025-26 Team Leaders

        Italian Serie A

        19

        Lameck BandaM #19

        3
        Matches20
        Assists2
        9

        Nikola StulicF #9

        2
        Matches24
        Assists0
        29

        Lassana CoulibalyM #29

        2
        Matches22
        Assists1

        Rankings

        Italian Serie A

        Goal Difference
        -16
        17th
        Goals Scored
        17
        20th
        Assists
        11
        18th
        Goals Conceded
        33
        Tied-11th

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