AC Milan's #5 Koni Di Winter (C) and SCC Napoli's #37 Leonardo Spinazzola (R) fight for the ball during the Italian Super Cup semi-final match between SCC Napoli and AC Milan at King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh. AFP
The Italian league and local organizers released a joint statement on Monday saying the game was off.
Serie A president Ezio Simonelli said the Asian Football Confederation recently issued an “escalation for further and unacceptable requests” that made arranging the game impossible.
Milan was looking for an alternative site to play the game when its San Siro stadium is unavailable because of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics opening ceremony.
It would have been the first domestic game from one of Europe’s top five leagues played outside the continent.
Milan and Como are less than an hour apart.
The Feb. 8 game has yet to relocated.
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