Cremonese defeated AC Milan 2-1 in the opening Serie A matchday of the 2025–2026 campaign. This game was full of disappointments. For his comeback to the Serie A touchline, Massimiliano Allegri chose a flexible 3-5-2 system, with Christian Pulisic and Santiago Gimenez at the top of the line. Luka Modric, a new midfielder, also made his debut. However, the game did not get off to a great start. After almost half an hour, Federico Baschirotto's header really put the Rossoneri behind. After 15 minutes of genuinely failing to respond, they finally succeeded just before halftime.
A cross was placed into the unmarked Strahinja Pavlovic, who put the ball in the net after some good effort on the left-hand side. However, Cremonese's amazing lead through Federico Bonazzoli's beautiful acrobatic effort meant that the momentum from that goal would not be carried through. Even though the goal was excellent, the Rossoneri were unable to handle another cross.