Monza prepares for Serie A with a rich calendar of challenges. The 2026-2027 season starts on August 22 with the match against Inter, while the second round begins on January 17 with Atalanta-Roma. The Derby della Madonnina returns on Valentine's Day at the 24th, while the season will close on January 10 with Inter-Juventus and Roma-Milan. The calendar is asymmetric, with the first Champions League match at Napoli-Como on the second round. The post-world season opens with many uncertainties, but Serie A President Ezio Simonelli said: "Italian football is not doing well, but Serie A is not in such bad shape: we have had over 30,000 spectators per game for three years and a +14% audience; there is a problem at the international level because we no longer have the big champions who make an appeal and also grow young players". Waiting to understand if it will be a season with fewer controversies on the refereeing front, De Siervo asks to whistle less, hoping for "fewer interruptions, more space for