Promoted Parma serves up a shock for AC Milan
Promoted Parma pulled off a shock 2-1 home victory over AC Milan in Serie A to extend Paulo Fonseca's wait for a first win as coach of the Rossoneri.
It was Milan's first defeat against Parma in the top-flight since 2014.
The hosts stunned Milan with an early opener through Dennis Man, who struck with his first touch after 84 seconds, having also netted on the opening weekend of the season.
Man is the first Parma player to score in the first two matchdays of a Serie A season since Alberto Paloschi in 2009-2010.
Christian Pulisic equalised for Milan in the 66th minute after Rafael Leao fed a low pass into the path of the American winger, who finished from close range.
But, after being set up by fellow substitute Pontus Almqvist, it was Matteo Cancellieri that restored Parma's lead with 13 minutes left, and Parma held on to seal a famous victory.
Milan, which scored two last-gasp goals to secure a 2-2 draw in its season opener against Torino last weekend, remains on one point in the standings ahead of a key trip to play Lazio next week.
With Alvaro Morata out through injury, Milan lacked a cutting edge.
It managed 17 shots, but found the target with just five of them, scoring just once from an expected goals (xG) total of 2.01. Leao was among the main culprits, failing to trouble the goalkeeper from four attempts.
Parma managed the same amount of attempts on target as Milan (five) from just nine total shots, and Cancellieri has developed a reputation as a super sub.
Five of his six goals in Serie A have come as a substitute and four of those have come from the 70th minute of play onwards.
Fonseca was left disappointed with Milan's lack of defensive responsibility.
"I'm disappointed. It's difficult to explain our defensive attitude. It's clear that we have a defensive problem," he said after the match.
"For Parma it was too easy when they attacked. I'm not just talking to the defenders, I'm talking about the whole team, how they defend collectively and individually.
"I take responsibility for what the team does, but we have to recognise these defensive problems."
Of the 90 duels between the two sides, Parma had a success rate of 54.4 per cent compared to Milan's 45.6 per cent, with Fonseca left bemused by his sides underwhelming display.
"The team works well during the week, I think I see improvement in view of the match. Then today we arrive here and in the first situation we concede a goal," he added.
"We behaved badly defensively in all moments of the match. [There's] a problem to solve, of attitude. We need to work as a team.
"We lose the ball too easily. This allows a team that defends deep to create chances. We have made mistakes in preventive marking, defensive recoveries that we do not do together."
