In the sixth round of Group F of the 23 24 Champions League, Joelinton broke the deadlock with a burst of effort to open the scoring for Newcastle United. However, Milan's Christian Pulisic equalised to put the game in a stalemate. In the final moments, Chukwueze came off the bench and scored a goal that made Newcastle lose 2-1 to Milan.
In this Champions League "Group of Death" matchup, the most expensive and lowest-value team on the pitch successfully qualified. Despite Milan's 2-1 win away at Newcastle United, they failed to qualify for the Europa League knockout rounds due to the lack of key players such as Tonali.
This is the second time that AC Milan have missed out on qualifying for the Champions League group since the 2021 22 season, and it is also the second time since the 2020 21 season that they have reached the knockout stage of the Europa League. Milan have played in the UEFA Cup and Europa League in their history, with their best results being the last four in 1971 72 and 2001 02, and the furthest in the last four appearances have been to reach the round of 16. For the team, whether they can make a breakthrough this year will depend on luck. It is worth noting that the Europa League knockout round has strong opponents such as Liverpool, Bayer Leverkusen, and Roma, and the road to winning the championship is destined to be difficult.
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