Italy's Serie A has described as "excessive" a European Union Commissioner's criticism of the decision to stage a regular season match between AC Milan and Como in Australia early next year.

The Italian football federation (FIGC) in June granted Serie A to stage the game in Perth next February while Milan's San Siro stadium is being used for the Winter Olympics, although UEFA and FIFA still need to give their approval.

With Spanish clubs Villareal and Barcelona also proposing to stage a regular season La Liga match in the American city of Miami in December, EU Sports Commissioner Glenn Micallef said the unprecedented moves were a "betrayal of the fans".

"I'm deeply disappointed by proposals to stage domestic league matches outside Europe," the Maltese official wrote in a thread on socia

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