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Serie A champions show fresh tricks in opening win but Milan suffer at hands of Schwarzenegger-inspired defender
The new Serie A season was 17 minutes old and already it had started to look like the previous one: Matteo Politano crossing and Scott McTominay scoring, just as they did in Napoli?s title-sealing victory over Cagliari three months ago. Even their positions were practically identical, the Italian cutting in from the right as the Scotsman attacked the six-yard box.
McTominay?s finish was less dramatic this time around, a header instead of a scissor-kick, but he dispatched it with equal conviction. Serie A?s Most Valuable Player in 2024-25, scoring the league?s first goal of 2025-26. ?Winning the Scudetto changes nothing,? he had said in one interview earlier this month. ?We need to recapture and maintain that mentality we found last year.?
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The new Serie A season was 17 minutes old and already it had started to look like the previous one: Matteo Politano crossing and Scott McTominay scoring, just as they did in Napoli?s title-sealing victory over Cagliari three months ago. Even their positions were practically identical, the Italian cutting in from the right as the Scotsman attacked the six-yard box.
McTominay?s finish was less dramatic this time around, a header instead of a scissor-kick, but he dispatched it with equal conviction. Serie A?s Most Valuable Player in 2024-25, scoring the league?s first goal of 2025-26. ?Winning the Scudetto changes nothing,? he had said in one interview earlier this month. ?We need to recapture and maintain that mentality we found last year.?
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