Serie A 2022/23 | Milan seals top-four finish with 1-0 win at Juventus
The Hindu
AC Milan secured a place in the Champions League next season with a 1-0 victory at Juventus as a goal from Olivier Giroud ensured a top-four finish in Serie A on May 28, 2023.
AC Milan secured a place in the Champions League next season with a 1-0 victory at Juventus as a goal from Olivier Giroud ensured a top-four finish in Serie A on Sunday.
Fourth-placed Milan on 67 points holds a six-point advantage over fifth-placed Atalanta heading into the final round of matches, while Juventus sit seventh with 59.
Milan joins rivals Inter Milan and Lazio in guaranteeing their places in next season's Champions League as top-four finishers along with Serie A champions Napoli.
There is still a possibility for five Italian teams to participate in next season's competition if AS Roma beat Sevilla in the Europa League final on Wednesday.
Milan manager Stefano Pioli expressed his relief that his team had finally confirmed their participation in Europe's elite club competition.
"Clearly, the Champions League gave us much more than we expected and then we felt sad to go out in the semi-final against Inter, but our journey there was more than anyone saw coming," Pioli told DAZN.
"At the same time, we did not do as well as expected in Serie A, but we are in the Champions League for the third season running, I don’t know how many years it had been since that happened."