AC Milan could set a club record if they were to lose their next game against Napoli after the international break, as La Gazzetta dello Sport have reported.
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The newspaper (via MilanNews.it) notes that Milan have never lost eight of their first 13 games to begin a season, and with the team currently sat on seven losses through the opening 12 rounds, a defeat against former manager Carlo Ancelotti would do it.
It has been nothing short of a nightmare season for Milan thus far with head coach Marco Giampaolo being sacked after 111 days in charge and Stefano Pioli – his replacement – losing three of his first five games.
However, they will meet a Napoli side in disarray too as the squad mutinied against a training retreat which was issued by club president Aurelio De Laurentiis, leading to widespread reports of a fire sale in January and the possibility of Ancelotti even losing his job.
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