Serie A is in talks to host a February 2026 league fixture, Milan vs Como, in Australia, reports The Athletic.
Milan vs Como, scheduled for the weekend of February 7-8, 2026, could be played in Australia.
On that weekend, the Stadio Meazza in San Siro will not be available, as it will host the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games.
Milan vs Como could be played in Australia
In an attempt to ease the fixture congestion at San Siro in February, Lega Serie A has already allowed Inter and Milan to play the opening 2025-26 league match at home.
However, there could be a further change, as The Athletic reports that the game between Milan and Como could be played in Australia.
Why Serie A allowed to play games abroad
“In what would be the first European league fixture to be played abroad, plans are being discussed for the fixture to be staged in the Western Australian city of Perth on the weekend of February 7-8, 2026,” The Athletic wrote.
Until not long ago, it was prohibited to play league matches abroad, but this past April, “Relevent Sports settled a six-year-long lawsuit with the U.S Soccer Federation to try, paving the way for European domestic games to be held abroad.”
Milan will start the 2025-26 campaign against newly promoted side Cremonese, who are also regional rivals from the Lombardy region.
Como will also begin the new Serie A season at home, hosting Maurizio Sarri’s Lazio.
This has nothing to do with the Winter Olympic5, and everything to do with $$ and appea5ing global pla5tic fanatics, who don’t 5upport the clubs from their own countrie5 of 0rigin 🤮
Como and Milan have no european commitments. 7ust need to 5chedule the game for Friday 6th or Monday 9th. It isn’t the fir5t time a game has needed to be re5cheduled for another day 🤦🏻♂️
Crazy
the game has never been so gone