{"id":281378,"date":"2025-11-09T14:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/281378\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T14:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T14:14:13","slug":"ac-milan-threw-away-2-points-we-fell-asleep-and-fumbled-advantage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/281378\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;AC Milan threw away 2 points, we fell asleep&#8217; and fumbled advantage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Max-Allegri-shout-Parma-Milan.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-925413\" alt=\"PARMA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 08: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, reacts during the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and AC Milan at Stadio Ennio Tardini on November 08, 2025 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/889;max-width:1024px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>PARMA, ITALY &#8211; NOVEMBER 08: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, reacts during the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and AC Milan at Stadio Ennio Tardini on November 08, 2025 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Max Allegri admits Milan \u2018threw away two points\u2019 in <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/serie-a-parma-2-2-ac-milan-fumble-advantage\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">their 2-2 draw with Parma<\/a>, as they \u2018were asleep\u2019 after half-time, but stood up for Pervis Estupinan.<\/p>\n<p>It really was a game of two halves at the Stadio Tardini, as the Rossoneri looked perhaps too comfortable when surging into an early 2-0 lead through Alexis Saelemaekers and the Rafael Leao penalty.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian Bernab\u00e9 gave Parma hope with a sensational curler just before half-time, and that set up a comeback to equalise with Enrico Delprato\u2019s glancing header.<\/p>\n<p>Both teams had the opportunities to win it in a chaotic match that ended 2-2, but it will feel like another wasted chance for the Diavolo, who have now dropped points against Cremonese, Pisa and Parma.<\/p>\n<p>Allegri cannot hide AC Milan disappointment<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Max-Allegri-Parma-Milan-under.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-925374 size-medium\" alt=\"PARMA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 08: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, looks on prior to the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and AC Milan at Stadio Ennio Tardini on November 08, 2025 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/800;max-width:1200px\"\/>PARMA, ITALY \u2013 NOVEMBER 08: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, looks on prior to the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and AC Milan at Stadio Ennio Tardini on November 08, 2025 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe threw away two points, I don\u2019t know how it might\u2019ve ended if we had gone into the break at 2-0, but we should\u2019ve done better,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milannews.it\/news\/allegri-a-sky-due-punti-buttati-nella-ripresa-siamo-rientrati-in-campo-imbambolati-596620\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Allegri told Sky Sport Italia.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven apart from the goal, we came out for the second half so clumsy, we allowed two or three big chances before the equaliser from throw-ins and corners, we were basically half-asleep.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce we started playing again, there were three scoring opportunities that we didn\u2019t take. It\u2019s a psychological thing, the game seemed to be on the right track, but the fear set in when they scored. Parma made the most of that mental advantage and regained confidence, so we should\u2019ve kept playing our game at that moment. Instead, we were losing all the battles inside the penalty area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Estupinan had his first game since September 28 and made some costly errors, so did Allegri expect more from the former Brighton and Hove Albion player?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, he was coming back after a long injury, plus I think he managed to avoid conceding one goal with an important block. It is not one player responsible, we all should\u2019ve stepped up and been ready for battle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Max-Allegri-standing-Parma-Milan.jpg\" class=\"lazyload lazyload wp-image-925409 size-medium\" alt=\"PARMA, ITALY - NOVEMBER 08: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, watches the players from the touchline during the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and AC Milan at Stadio Ennio Tardini on November 08, 2025 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)\"  data- style=\"aspect-ratio:1200\/892;max-width:1200px\"\/>PARMA, ITALY \u2013 NOVEMBER 08: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, watches the players from the touchline during the Serie A match between Parma Calcio 1913 and AC Milan at Stadio Ennio Tardini on November 08, 2025 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Alessandro Sabattini\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Christian Pulisic also <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/allegri-confirms-pulisic-return-milan-parma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">made his comeback<\/a> as a late substitute, forming a partnership with Rafael Leao, but missed a big chance to win it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPulisic and Leao had done well in pre-season as a pairing too. We should have Adrien Rabiot back after the break for international duty,\u201d assured Allegri.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can play in a few different ways, but the fact remains we did create many scoring opportunities today. We need more patience and not the urge to shoot after every three passes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were a bit dumb today, as we dropped some precious points and the fact remains we left six points behind against Cremonese, Pisa and Parma this season.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The last time Milan fumbled a two-goal lead in Serie A was their 3-3 draw with Salernitana in May 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were not solid enough when leading 2-1, we just started giving it away far too cheaply. You can have a moment of being under pressure, but if you can\u2019t play good football in those moments, you should at least battle for every ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Milan went into this weekend hoping they could take advantage of the fixture list to climb into top spot, instead they risk being left behind by the others crowded up there.<\/p>\n<p>                                &#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tPost navigation&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PARMA, ITALY &#8211; NOVEMBER 08: Massimiliano Allegri, Head Coach of AC Milan, reacts during the Serie A match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281379,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-281378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}