December 23 – Plans to stage a Serie A fixture in Australia have been shelved, with Italy’s top flight confirming that AC Milan’s scheduled match against Como will no longer be played in Perth following regulatory complications involving the Asian Football Confederation.
The match, due to take place in Western Australia in February, would have marked the first time a European domestic league game was staged outside its home continent, after La Liga’s plans to host a fixture between Villarreal and Barcelona in Miami also came undone.