Too bad for Les Bleus, who are starting to make a habit of it there. Their last two visits, against Italy in 2024 and in the 2021 Nations League final against Spain, ended in success.
The site bears two names. San Siro first. Giuseppe Meazza next, since 1980, in tribute to a former player of both Milan clubs from before the war, a name mainly taken up by Inter supporters.
The Milan ground, with more than a century of existence behind it, must then make way for a new stadium. Its days are numbered.
Too dilapidated and insufficiently equipped with spaces for distinguished guests, it no longer meets UEFA standards. Italy must nevertheless host Euro 2032 matches there.
A renovation is deemed impossible by specialists: too costly, in the eyes of AC Milan and Inter.
The two clubs prefer to devote 127 million euros to demolition, after buying the stadium back from the city for 197 million euros.
Since 1947, Milan and Inter have shared the ground and each play there every other weekend. With 75,817 seats, it is the largest stadium in Italy.
These particularities have not been enough to save the stadium.
At the closure, scheduled for 2031, they will be able to leave with a seat from the ground.
The temple of world football where they will appear in 2026 will therefore, after a century of existence, soon be razed.