The Rossoneri will host Antonio Conte's side on Sunday at San Siro


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The 2025-26 Serie A season kicked off in Italy as Napoli started the campaign to defend the 2024-25 title, after winning their fourth Scudetto ever on the last matchday of the season. Inter, Juventus and AC Milan will compete with the team coached by Antonio Conte to win the Serie A title, while other teams such as AS Roma, Atalanta, Lazio, Fiorentina, Bologna and Como are all in contention for a spot in next season's European tournaments.

Will Pulisic lead the Rossoneri to the success?
American star Christian Pulisic started off the 2025-26 season strongly. The AC Milan attacker already has five goals in all competitions over six matches played between Coppa Italia and Serie A. Despite a lingering ankle injury still hampering his game time under Massimiliano Allegri, Pulisic was able to make the most out of the minutes played and his new tactical role. In fact, since the 2025-26 season, Pulisic is playing as a striker in the 3-5-2 deployed by the former Juventus manager who made his comeback at AC Milan after coaching the Rossoneri from 2010 to 2014. Pulisic played alongside Rafael Leao in the opening match of the season in the Coppa Italia playoff against Bari on August 16, but since an injury to the Portuguese player he started alongside the other striker on the roster, Santiago Gimenez.

On Sunday, AC Milan will host Antonio Conte's Napoli, the 2024-25 Serie A champions. There are a lot of similarities between the current season of the Rossoneri and the one of Napoli last year. In fact, both teams are starting a new cycle under a new manager, who knows the league well and has already won the Serie A title multiple times before. On top of their previous experience, both Conte and Allegri had to start working with a team that was deeply affected by the negative results of the year before. Both Conte's Napoli last season and Allegri right now are only focusing on the league after the disappointment of last season, when AC Milan ended up in eight place and missed out on all the European tournaments.

It's a key season for Pulisic, ahead of the the 2026 World Cup in the United States with his national team, and this new tactical role is really helping the American star to boost his performances and show his full range of attacking qualities. Under Allegri, he enjoys the freedom to move into space on the left side of the attack, with the coach restoring him to his natural position in a way no other Milan manager did before. While everything seems to be working well at the moment, Allegri knows how decisive individual performances can be in the biggest matches, such as the one on Sunday against Napoli. That's why Pulisic is the ideal player for him right now. A leader capable of leading the team toward success and potentially guiding Milan back to winning trophies and championships.

How to watch AC Milan vs. Napoli, odds
o Date: Sunday, Sept. 28 | Time: 3 p.m. ET
o Location: San Siro -- Milan
o Live stream: Paramount+
o Odds: AC Milan +135; Draw +213; Napoli +209

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