Lecce, Italy- August 29: AC Milan’s Reubenloftasteak celebrates with teammate Strahinja Pavlovic after scoring the team’s opening goal during a match between Serie A Lecce and AC Milan at Stadio on August 29, 2025 in Italy via Delmer. (Photo: Maurizio Lagana/Getty Images)
Reuben Loftus Cheek and substitute Christian Purisic gave Rexe the first point of the season in a 2-0 victory after two other goals were allowed.
Rossonelli had a disastrous start to the Serie A campaign, serving the family defeat to Cremonese. To make matters worse, Rafael Leo was joined by Ardon Jashali and Christian Purisic was not a perfect fit, but Alex Zimenez was left out waiting for his move to Bournemouth. Salentini drew 0-0 in Genoa, but signed Nicola Schlick this week, with Francesco Camalda facing his parent club. Balthazar Pieret, Hamza Raffia, Philip Martinwinsky and Gabby Jean had not taken action.
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Matteo Gabbia had the ball in the net just five minutes after a free header from Luka Modric Corner, but was banned following a VAR review by pushing Lassana Coulibaly.
Pervis Estupinan made a series of early mistakes, putting the penalty at risk when dumping the ball and making up for it with Pierrotti, but Rubenloftasteak was rejected twice with a long ball.
The Mohamed Hippo swelled up on the bar from just inside the area, but Santiago Guimenez wasted a great opportunity when firing wide open as he spewed offside traps.
On the halftime stroke, the stretch stretched Strehinjapablovich secondary volleys and Falcone collapsed on a leg stretched out at a nearby post.
Stulic took part in the Serie debut, and soon the hippo fired the ball with finishing touches on Mike Meignan’s arm.
Gimenez again scored the ball into the net in 60 minutes, when he gathered from the Saelemaekers through Ball to become Kialonda Gaspar and scored from 12 yards, but this was also not allowed in his offside position. Despite this, Gimenez celebrated with a hug of his teammate Jashari’s jersey.
After a while, Saelemaekers was defeated by Gaspar for a yellow card and intercepted Tiago Gabriel Pass to Sprint Forward.
On the resulting Modric free kick, Milano finally took the lead with a counted goal, finding a loftasteak with a backward header flicked into the top corner far from six yards.
Loftasteak rises to its highest and puts it in front of the house with Milan forward against Rex! 🔴⚫🔴⚫️💥
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– Dazn Football (@daznfootball) August 29, 2025
Falcone flew from Youssouf Fofana’s distance for a tricky one-handed save on Youssouf Fofana’s strike.
Stulic ran on a pass disguised as Tete Morente, testing Mainyan from a tight angle at a nearby post, and Samuere Rich did the same on Falcone on the other side. Stulic also fails to make the most of the opportunity, not ready for the whimsical N’Dri effort to land at his feet.
Just 20 seconds later, Milan attacked with a lucky break. Gaspard and Danilo Beiga were unable to deal with the long Maignan kick, which bouncing off the Purisic path and thanked the gift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ntfxez_vu
Lecce 0-2 Milan
Loftus-Cheek 66 (M), Pulisic 86 (M)
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