Mariano Troilo scored an 80th-minute winner as Parma stunned AC Milan with a smash-and-grab 1-0 Serie A victory at the San Siro on Sunday, all but ending their hosts’ title chances and leaving leaders Inter Milan celebrating.
The defeat, a first in 25 games in Serie A, leaves second-placed Milan on 54 points from 26 games, 10 points behind city rivals Inter with 12 rounds remaining. Parma are in 12th with 32 points.Milan had the better of the chances in a game that lacked clear-cut opportunities and struck the post through Rafael Leao.
Parma had frustrated them all game and then took a rare opportunity from a set-piece, something that has been a trademark of their season to date.
“We are not happy. Parma played an excellent game as we expected, but the ball didn’t want to go in,” Milan assistant coach Marco Landucci, standing in for the suspended Massimiliano Allegri, told Sky Sports.
“If you don’t score and don’t get a result, it all (the tactics) seems wrong. But the attitude was right. And Parma were very good, they fought with determination for every ball. We were also unlucky, but that’s football.”
The home side dominated possession but created little in the way of clear-cut chances in the first half. The best fell to Christian Pulisic, but he scuffed his shot wide of the left-hand post.
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