AC Milan lost at home when hosting Parma in an Italian Serie A match at the San Siro Stadium, Milan, Monday, February 23, 2026 WIB. The 1-0 defeat against Parma makes it difficult for Milan to catch up with the city rival who leads the standings, Inter Milan.
The Italian League is likely to end sooner and Inter will win the Scudetto for the second time in the last three seasons. Milan, who are predicted to compete with Inter closely, are finally in a mess. Likewise, Napoli, who are the defending champions, are increasingly abandoned by Inter, who are alone at the top of the standings.
Milan lost crucial points after being held by Como 1907 with a score of 1-1 in the midweek match. The postponed match actually gave Milan the opportunity to reduce the points gap with Inter. However, they lost two points and coach Massimiliano Allegri got a red card.
As a result, Allegri could not accompany Milan when they hosted Parma. However, the Rossoneri hope to get three points because they are playing at home. Again, Milan failed after losing the match.
The bad results in the home match make Milan, who still ranks second, have 54 points. They are 10 points behind Inter. The gap is far enough to make it difficult for Luka Modric et al. to hunt down the city rival. Even Inter is closer to the Scudetto after defeating Lecce 2-0 even though the competition still has 13 matches left.
The second duel between the two teams presented in the Derby della Madonnina on March 9, 2026, could be the determinant for Milan and Inter. If Inter can win, the team coached by Cristian Chivu is almost certain to win the Italian League. On the other hand, if Milan manages to get three points, they are likely to just slow down Inter's pace.
"The team is really disappointed with this result. We tried to beat them. We shouldn't even think about other teams. How do we have to stay focused on ourselves and try to get as many points as possible," said Milan assistant coach Marco Landucci as quoted by Football Italia.
The defeat made Landucci more hopeful that the team would focus on the next target, namely securing a ticket to the Champions League. This is because Milan is already difficult to compete with Inter.
"Our target is none other than to return to the Champions League. It must be admitted that the Serie A competition is the most difficult in the world. This is because all teams have balanced strength and every match always invites danger. There are always matches that make you unable to play as expected," he said again.
In that match, Milan started well even though there was no Allegri. Winger Christian Pulisic was able to return to play and Adrien Rabiot was also a starter to strengthen the midfield.
However, when the match entered the 11th minute, an incident occurred that made Milan midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek have to leave the field. The player who was called back to the England national team collided with Parma goalkeeper Edoardo Corvi while trying to greet Alexis Saelemaekers' cross.
The incident caused Loftus-Cheek to suffer an injury to the neck so he had to be rushed to the hospital. The latest development, he suffered a neck fracture injury so he had to undergo surgery. Loftus-Cheek's position was then replaced by Ardon Jashari.
When the match resumed, Milan was able to create a number of opportunities. However, the weakness of the final solution made them unable to break the Corvi goal, who replaced Japan national team goalkeeper Zion Suzuki who had not recovered from an injury.
Milan got a chance through Rafael Leao who greeted the ball from Saelemaekers but could be thwarted by Corvi. As a result, the ball rebounded which was about to be hit by Pulisic into an empty net. But defender Mariano Troilo managed to tackle Pulisic so that no goal was created.
There was no goal in the first half which made Milan try to increase the pressure. It's just that their efforts still didn't bear fruit.
Result. Leao actually almost broke the Parma goal in the 64th minute. But his volley shot still hit the goalpost.
Furthermore, Milan got a good chance through Strahinja Pavlovic who came in to replace Pervis Estupinan. But Pavlovic's free kick was still wide.
When under pressure, Parma was able to take advantage of the gap to break Mike Maignan's goal. In the 80th minute, Troilo jumped over Davide Bartesaghi when greeting the corner kick. His header successfully penetrated Milan's goal. The referee briefly reviewed the goal via VAR because there was a possibility of a foul.
After watching the replay for quite some time, the referee declared the goal to be valid. Parma took a 1-0 lead and this became the only goal in the match.
The victory helped Parma consolidate its position in the middle of the table. Parma, who had been in the relegation zone, is now in 12th place with 32 points. The same as Udinese, but Parma is still behind on goal difference.
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