Article by Dragoș Petrescu – Published Sunday, December 28, 2025, 3:29 p.m. / Updated Sunday, December 28, 2025, 3:29 p.m.
AC Milan he imposed himself without emotions on his own ground in front of those from Hellas Veronascore 3-0, in a duel of the round with number #17 in Serie A. Thus, the “Rossoneri” temporarily climbed to the first position of the ranking in Italy.
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Niklas Fullkrug, the 32-year-old striker who has just signed with the group from San Siro, was also present in the stands at this match. He will be available to Max Allegri from 2026.
The complete program of stage #17 in Serie A
The situation at the top of Serie A continues to be extremely balanced, and the way things are going, there are very high chances that the future winner of the “Scudetto” will be decided at the end of the championship, as it happened, moreover, in the previous season.
Now, however, there are no less than 5 teams with a real chance of achieving this goal, and Allegri's Milan is one of them.
Pulisic's goal and Nkunku's “double” brought the Rossoneri back to first place in Italy!
Even if he did not impress in the match against Hellas, Milan prevailed with a no-show score in front of their own supporters.
Christian Pulisic opened the scoring at the San Siro just before half-time, in the first extra minute of the first half to be exact, when he took advantage of an inspired header from Rabiot to beat Montipo from yards out.
The other two goals were scored in the second act, both by the Frenchman Christopher Nkunku (48' – penalty, respectively 53'), who thus recorded his first two successes in the Milan jersey in the championship.
Following this result, the Rossoneri have accumulated 35 points and are currently back on the first step of the podium in Italy. Chivu's side dropped to 2, but if they win today in Bergamo with Atalanta, the Nerazzurri will end 2025 in first place.
On the other side, Alberto Bertolini's team remained in 18th, the first position below the red line, with only 12 points.
In the next round of Serie A, Milan will play against Cagliari, while Verona will visit Turin.
Serie A standings:
AC Milan – Hellas Verona » Starting teams:
AC MILAN (3-5-2): Maignan – Tomori, De Winter, Pavlovic – Saelemaekers, Loftus-Cheek, Modric, Rabiot, Bartesaghi – Pulisic, Nkunku
reserves: Terracciano, Torriani – Athekame, Castiello, Estupinian, Fofana, Jashari, Odogu, Ricci
Coach: Massimiliano Allegri
HELLAS VERONA (3-5-2): Montipo – Nunez, Nelsson, Bella-Kotchap – Oyegoke, Noasse, Al Musrati, Bernede, Bradaric – Giovane, Mosquera
reserves: Perilli, Toniolo – Ajayi, Cham, Ebosse, Gagliardini, Harroui, Kastanos, Orban, Santiago, Sarr, Serdar, Slotsager, Valentini
Coach: Alberto Bertolini
Stadium: San Siro (Milan)
Referee: Michael Fabbri
