AC Milan vs Rome 1:0 – San Siro is a venue of the Top teams again

Here we go again... AC Milan! The seven-time Champions League winner from Milan has firmly established itself among the top teams in Serie A and won the big match against AS Roma on November 2, 2025, with 1-0 (1-0). Milan vs. Roma, the match of the week at event-breaks.com.

Milan versus AS Roma – The team from the Eternal City had the chance to take the lead in Italy’s top league for the first time in four years.

Roma’s successful coach Gian Piero Gasperini, who had led his team to six wins in the first nine league matches, put Paulo Dybala and Matias Soulé up front.
The Argentine world champion Dybala was to become the tragic figure at San Siro.

But step by step… Roma started aggressively; advancing defender Bryan Cristante missed giving the visitors the lead after just 43 seconds.

Milan’s coach Massimiliano “Max” Allegri started with the Bundesliga’s top scorer of 2023, Christopher Nkunku, and Rafael Leão.

AC Milan vs. AS Roma: A defender does it!

In Allegri’s five-man midfield: a player who always makes football trips to AC Milan worthwhile – Luka Modric, the 40-year-old exceptional Croatian footballer.

Former Frankfurt player Evan Ndicka missed the next chance for Roma with a header in the 10th minute. The cross came from Soulé.

Then Dybala (17’) wasted another big opportunity – the Argentine shot wide with his left foot and the outside of his boot from eight meters out.

Milan coldly countered Roma’s early offensive. In the 39th minute, Leão made a run down the left wing, cleverly passed the ball back to Strahinja Pavlovic, and the Serbian didn’t need to be asked twice – 1-0 for AC Milan against AS Roma. It was Pavlovic’s second goal of the season.

With this goal, Milan temporarily moved up to third place.

In the 44th minute, the “Rossoneri” launched another clean counterattack behind Roma’s defense, but Youssouf Fofana wasted the big chance from eleven meters out.

After the break, Nkunku – who didn’t strike the ball cleanly and only hit the post – could have sealed the match for the now dominant Milan side.
Leão (68’) missed from five meters, and Milan squandered chance after chance in the second half.

Penalty drama around world champion Dybala

Milan’s carelessness nearly backfired because in the 80th minute, the inevitable happened: a handball penalty for AS Roma.

Paulo Dybala, who had previously converted 18 penalties for Roma, missed against Mike Maignan.
The French international goalkeeper dove to his left, saved Dybala’s well-placed shot, and made the venerable Giuseppe Meazza Stadium, whose days are numbered, erupt with joy.

Especially bitter for Dybala: he had to be substituted due to an injury he sustained right after missing the penalty.

“Aside from the missed penalty, which obviously hurts, it was even worse that he seems to have picked up an injury in that play,” Gian Piero Gasperini explained afterwards. “That’s a real shame, because Paulo has shown in so many matches what a great player he is. We’re sad about the result, but penalties are missed — it happens.”

Disappointment for Roma in the end, but Serie A remains one of the most exciting top-five leagues in Europe.

Milan is now in third place, level on points with AS Roma and their city and archrival Inter FC. League leaders Napoli are just one point ahead.

Only four points separate first place from sixth, where Juventus currently sit.

When is the return match between AS Roma and AC Milan?

AS Roma and AC Milan will meet again in 2026 – on January 25, 2026, the return leg will take place at the Stadio Olimpico.