Serie A | Torino 1-2 Milan: Rabiot revitalises Rossoneri

Adrien Rabiot made an incredible impact off the bench, assisting Alphadjo Cisse’s debut Serie A goal and scoring the second himself, as Milan won 2-1 away to Torino.

The Rossoneri had a mixed pre-season under new coach Ruben Amorim. Rafael Leao was out injured, Luka Modric and Adrien Rabiot delayed by the World Cup campaign, but Mike Maignan returned to the starting XI with new signings Goncalo Ramos and Mario Gila.

Toro coach Ignazio Abate had a long history with Milan, but made his debut squeezing past Carrarese 1-0 in the Coppa Italia last week. The pitch had emergency repairs after that match and was still patchy, with Eray Comert suspended, Duvan Zapata, Tino Anjorin, Pietro Pellegri and Franco Israel injured. New buys Pietro Comuzzo and Kian Fitz-Jim were thrown straight in.

Alphadjo Cisse almost scored within 75 seconds, but bundled onto the side-netting at the back post from a Ruben Loftus-Cheek roll across.

Samuel Chukwueze went on a mazy run from the right to force a save out of Diego Mascardi, then floated a cross to the back post for Cisse to again hit the side-netting.

Saul Coco flicked on a free kick to the back post, just beyond Giovanni Simeone, so Amorim threw on Modric and used Rabiot in a more advanced role to replace Loftus-Cheek.

Milan had strong penalty appeals on the hour mark when Cisse’s cross was charged down by a wide Nikola Vlasic arm, but VAR evaluated the incident and agreed with the referee that the arm did not move towards the ball. This season, the referees are trying to take movement and context more into account rather than just the placement of the arm.

The Rossoneri did find their breakthrough when Rabiot in a more advanced role than usual floated the cross to Cisse, who chested it down and curled on the bounce into the far bottom corner with the inside of the right boot. It was the first Serie A goal for the 19-year-old talent.

Moments later, Rabiot confirmed his remarkable impact by scoring another goal, ready at the back post for a cushioned volley on the Chukwueze cross.

Toro replied with Alieu Njie cutting inside past Gila to smash his strike onto the upright from a tricky angle, then Pietro Comuzzo volleyed off target from 12 yards after a splendid Fitz-Jim ball floated over the top to spring the offside trap.

The Granata wasted a golden opportunity late on when Njie floated the cross to the back post, only for Aboukhlal to incredibly volley wide from close range.

Torino did get one back in stoppages with an astonishing acrobatic finish from Che Adams, who hooked the free kick back over his head on the volley to loop it past Maignan’s fingertips into the far top corner.

Torino 1-2 Milan

Cisse 64 (M), Rabiot 66 (M), Adams 93 (T)

23-08-2026 19:45

MatchDay 1

Player statistic

2nd half

Match statistic

41 Possession % 59

8 Total shots 19

1 Shots on target 4

5 Shots off target 9

2 Blocked shots 6

2 Corners 4

2 Offsides 0

10 Fouls 9

Torino

Milan

Starting lineups

26 Diego Mascardi Goalkeeper

44 Ardian Ismajli Defender

16 Marcus Pedersen Defender 70'

15 Pietro Comuzzo Defender

23 Saúl Coco Defender

22 Cesare Casadei Midfielder 70'

66 Gvidas Gineitis Midfielder

28 Kian Fitz-Jim Midfielder

10 Nikola Vlasic Midfielder

77 Alessio Cacciamani Attacker 81'

18 Giovanni Simeone Attacker 70'

16 Mike Maignan Goalkeeper

5 Koni De Winter Defender

34 Mario Gila Defender 76'

2 Pervis Estupiñán Defender 66'

31 Strahinja Pavlovic Defender

30 Ardon Jashari Midfielder 56'

8 Ruben Loftus-Cheek Midfielder 56'

80 Yunus Musah Midfielder

70 Alphadjo Cissè Attacker

9 Gonçalo Ramos Attacker

21 Samuel Chukwueze Attacker 66'

Substitutes

3 Cristiano Biraghi Defender

91 Duván Zapata Attacker

1 Alberto Paleari Goalkeeper

17 Sandro Kulenovic Attacker

6 Emirhan Ilkhan Midfielder

21 Ali Dembélé Defender

11 Gaetano Oristanio Midfielder

76 Lapo Siviero Goalkeeper

25 Mattia Pellini Defender

79 Andrea Luongo Midfielder

19 Ché Adams Attacker 70'

92 Alieu Njie Attacker 70'

29 Niccolò Fortini Midfielder 70'

7 Zakaria Aboukhlal Midfielder 81'

4 Samuele Ricci Midfielder

42 Filippo Terracciano Midfielder

11 Christian Pulisic Attacker

22 Diego Moreira Attacker

73 Francesco Camarda Attacker

96 Lorenzo Torriani Goalkeeper

28 Christian Comotto Midfielder

13 Sankhoun Diawara Defender

41 Leo Paul Bouyer Goalkeeper

12 Adrien Rabiot Midfielder 56'

14 Luka Modric Midfielder 56'

56 Alexis Saelemaekers Midfielder 66'

33 Davide Bartesaghi Defender 66'

46 Matteo Gabbia Defender 76'