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 Table

        TeamGPWDLGDP
        Internazionale292225+4268
        AC Milan291793+2360
        Napoli291856+1559
        Como291595+2654
        Juventus291586+2353
        AS Roma2916310+1651
        Atalanta2912116+1347
        Bologna2912611+442
        Lazio2910109+140
        Sassuolo2911513-438
        Udinese2910613-936
        Parma2981011-1534
        Genoa298912-433
        Torino299614-1833
        Cagliari297913-1030
        Fiorentina2961013-928
        Lecce297616-1827
        Cremonese295915-2124
        Pisa2921215-2618
        Hellas Verona293917-2918

        2025-26 Team Leaders

        Italian Serie A

        9

        Nikola StulicF #9

        3
        Matches27
        Assists0
        29

        Lassana CoulibalyM #29

        3
        Matches25
        Assists1
        19

        Lameck BandaM #19

        3
        Matches23
        Assists3

        Rankings

        Italian Serie A

        Goal Difference
        -18
        Tied-16th
        Goals Scored
        21
        Tied-19th
        Assists
        14
        17th
        Goals Conceded
        39
        Tied-11th
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