Milan left to rue ´unlucky´ defeat to Parma as title hopes begin to fade - Soccer News

[ad_1] AC Milan assistant Marco Landucci believed a sequence of “unfortunate” occasions led to his staff’s shock 1-0 defeat to Parma at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on Sunday.

Landucci, who was within the dugout as a result of Massimiliano Allegri was suspended, watched on as Mariano Troilo’s Eightieth-minute aim sealed a 1-0 win for the guests.

The outcome noticed Milan style defeat in Serie A for the primary time since their opening-day loss in opposition to Cremonese, ending their 24-match unbeaten run within the prime flight (W15 D9).

Certainly, in addition they failed to attain for the second time within the league this season, whereas it was the primary time that they had failed to search out the again of the web at residence since April 2025.

However the match began with Ruben Loftus-Cheek being concerned in a nasty collision with Edoardo Corvi and being compelled to withdraw from the competition within the eleventh minute.

Rafael Leao then hit the publish earlier than Troilo headed past Mike Maignan, with the aim initially dominated out for a foul on the Milan goalkeeper earlier than the choice was overturned by referee Marco Piccinini following a VAR evaluation.

“I feel Serie A is probably the most troublesome league on the planet, as a result of it's so very balanced, and each sport has hidden risks,” Landucci informed Sky Sport Italia.

“There are video games that simply don’t go your method. At present, Gabbia obtained harm within the warm-up, and we had been compelled to make a change on the final minute.

“Then Loftus-Cheek obtained harm instantly and suffered a nasty knock. It was a little bit of an unfortunate night.”

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However, extra importantly, Milan’s defeat noticed them lose floor on rivals and Serie A leaders Inter, with the hole now 10 factors between first and second place.

The Opta supercomputer has now assigned the Rossoneri only a 3.1% probability of lifting the title, with Inter given a 96.1% win likelihood in its season simulations.

“The staff was dissatisfied, we tried to reassure them,” Landucci added.

“We mustn’t take into consideration the opposite sides, however our personal journey, getting as many factors as attainable. Our goal is to get again into the Champions League.”

Milan had their possibilities within the match, although, registering 25 efforts which tallied an anticipated targets (xG) complete of 1.33, however solely six of their photographs had been on course.

It was the primary time they’d had that many makes an attempt with out scoring since April 2022 after they managed 33 in opposition to Bologna, a lot to the annoyance of Landucci.