JAKARTA - AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri did not call his team the seed in winning the Scudetto in the Italian Serie A competition for the 2025/2026 season. Allegri has won the defending champion Napoli as the favorite champion.
Napoli are still the seed, aka occupying the top level in the Italian League champion market. Recruiting players like best midfielder Kevin de Bruyne made the Napoli squad even more complete.
Moreover, Napoli are still being handled by top coach Antonio Conte who achieved success when dealing with Juventus, Inter Milan and Chelsea. In addition, Napoli are the defending champions so they deserve to be superior.
"Napoli favorit memenangi Scudetto karena mereka berstatus juara bertahan," kata Allegri seperti dikutip Football Italia.
"Selanjutnya Inter yang menjadi persaingan utama. Mereka tim yang kuat dan performa benar ekelen selama beberapa musim terakhir," ujarnya.
Allegri said that a number of top clubs such as Juve that he had handled, Atalanta and AS Roma, would enliven the competition. Even Fiorentina and Lazio still have to be reckoned with.
"Juve, Atalanta, Rome, Fiorentina and Lazio also have opportunities. Many teams are competing for positions in the top four," said Allegri, who did not say Milan had a chance to win.
According to him Milan benefited slightly because they did not compete in Europe. Because the Rossoneri only occupied eight remembers in the standings last season. However, this is also a loss because Milan are supposed to play in the Champions League.
"We did not appear in European competitions so we could train all week long. But what is disappointing, Milan should play in the Champions League to test our ability to face big European teams and experience competition in Europe," he said.
Currently, Milan is on a pre-season tour in Asia. They face Premier League England, Arsenal and Liverpool teams in Singapore and Hong Kong.
Milan lost 1-0 against Arsenal but won 4-2 over Liverpool. Furthermore, Milan tried to fight Australian club Perth Glory.
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Veteran midfielder Luka Modric, who Milan have recruited for free, has not been able to join. Modric and Santiago Gimenez got additional holidays because they still have to strengthen the national team and appear in the 2025 Club World Cup.
"They immediately joined the team. We also still have 15 days to prepare for their debut in the Coppa Italia against Bari," said Allegri.
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