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Champions League exit – What’s next for AC Milan

AC Milan went from last season’s Champions League semifinalist to casting out from the Group Stage this season.

The Champions League has now been a closed door for AC Milan even when the Serie A giants beat Newcastle in the last Group Stage game.

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Christian Pulisic and Chukwueze scored to help Rossoneri come from behind. They beat the English Premier League side 2-1 at St James’ Park. However, the winning was not enough to go through, but Europa League football is now open, with the playoff draw up next.

Champions League result: AC Milan came from behind to beat Newcastle.

Group F was dubbed as Group of Death, and it was cinematic!

A win would not save Stefano Poli’s side’s fate from a fallout in the most prominent European stage. Still, it would help them remain in the second-best choice – the UEFA Europa League.

Thanks to second-half goals from new boys Chukwueze and Pulisic, Milan turned around from Joelinton’s opener for the host and dominated the tough clash.

Milan did their best and hoped for the best, which never came, eventually!

Dortmund and PSG shook hands to join the Round of 16

The 1-1 draw between Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain – which saw both teams progress – made qualification to the Round of 16 impossible. The Rossoneri finished level on eight points with PSG but with a negative goal difference in the head-to-head. The Rossoneri finished third in a rock-hard group.

Teams who go into the Europa League knockout round playoffs after finishing third:

Galatasaray (Turkey), Lens (France), Braga (Portugal), Benfica (Portugal), Feyenoord (Netherlands), AC Milan (Italy), Young Boys (Switzerland), Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine).

Europa League playoff draw

Sitting three in Group F, Milan would wait until the Europa League Group Stage to enclose.

The draw for the playoff is scheduled for the following Monday.

The group winners are seeded, and the runners-up are unseeded. Seeded teams are drawn against unseeded teams.

Teams must avoid facing opponents they met during the group stage or play another club from the same national association.

AC Milan are back in action in the lunchtime kick-off on Sunday, 17 December, when they host Monza at San Siro in Serie A.