AC Milan lose to promoted Cremonese as talks of reinforcements begin

AC Milan opened the 2025-26 Serie A season with a shock 2-1 home loss to newly promoted Cremonese at San Siro on Saturday, a result that intensified scrutiny on coach Massimiliano Allegri and prompted immediate talks at the club about reinforcements. Cremonese took the lead through Federico Baschirotto in the 28th minute, Strahinja Pavlović levelled early in the second half, and Federico Bonazzoli struck the decisive goal in the 61st minute to stun the Rossoneri before roughly 75,000 fans.

The game underlined Milan’s attacking fragility. Santiago Giménez had an early effort ruled out for offside and later missed a last-minute header that would have salvaged a draw, leaving Allegri to lament collective shortcomings rather than single out the striker. Speaking to DAZN Italy after the match, Allegri said Giménez was behind on fitness because of limited preseason minutes and recent international duty, but defended his will to work hard and called on the entire squad to take responsibility for defensive lapses.

The defeat came with context. Milan finished eighth in Serie A last season and are without European football, a position Allegri repeatedly said he aims to rectify. In a...