2023 The 24 season of the Champions League entered the final round, for the Rossoneri AC Milan, last season was able to return to the Champions League semi-finals, so that fans vaguely saw the possibility of the team returning to the top, but this season AC Milan's state has fluctuated greatly, the Serie A has signs of falling out early, and the Champions League is also deep in the group of death, in the final round of the Champions League group stage, AC Milan challenged Newcastle away, Tomori cleared the goal in the first half, Joelinton burst the goal to open the scoring, in the second half, Giroud assisted Pulisic to equalize, Maignan contributed a miracle save, Leao did not score a single goal, Chukwueze came off the bench to complete the stunner, and finally AC Milan defeated Newcastle away and were eliminated。
Newcastle vs AC Milan, Eddie Howe sent 2The starting lineup of 800 million euros, Almiron, Wilson, Gordon in the front, Lewis, Guimaraes, Joelinton in the midfield, Kierpier, Ruscelles, Schal, Livramento form the defensive line, Dubravka in the door. For Milan, Stefano Pioli sent 3The starting lineup of 500 million euros, Giroud is in the forward position, Leao, Loftus-Cheek, Pulisic are in the midfield, Moussa and Reinders are in the back, Florenzi, Te'o, Tomori, Calabria form the defensive line, and Maignan is in the door.
In the 6th minute of the game, Newcastle got a free kick opportunity in front, and Kieran Trippier took the free kick directly into the goal and hit it slightly high. In the 20th minute, Newcastle's long pass from the back launched a counterattack, Joelinton burst into the box on the right and swept in front of the goal, Maignan did not intercept the attack, but Tomori cleared the ball outside the goal line before Almiron. In the 24th minute, Moussa broke through and sent a through ball, and Leao followed up with a shot from the left.
In the 33rd minute, Newcastle organized an attack in front, Lewis received the ball from his teammates and made the ball horizontally, and Joelinton at the top of the arc followed up with a direct blast to score, Newcastle broke the deadlock and led AC Milan 1-0. In the 39th minute, AC Milan counterattacked, Leao broke through on the left and wanted to use the speed to eat raw, but did not break through Newcastle's defense.
In the second half, the two teams changed sides and fought again, and in the 51st minute, Gordon hit a long-range shot high from the top of the arc. In the 59th minute, Leao broke through on the left side and crossed, Tomori in the penalty area did not kick the target in the first point, Giroud took the ball to make the ball, Pulisic easily pushed the goal and scored, AC Milan equalized and tied Newcastle 1-1. Seeing that the score was equalised, Eddie Howe immediately made substitution adjustments, with Isak, Dan Byrne, and Longstaff coming off the bench to strengthen the attack.
In the 67th minute, Newcastle counterattacked, Joelinton crossed diagonally from the middle, and Isak burst into the box on the left and shot slightly high. In the 69th minute, Guimaraes received Isak's return shot from the top of the arc, Maignan flew to pounce, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced, and Newcastle missed a good chance to score. In the 79th minute, AC Milan made a steal in front of the field and played a fast attack, Leao stepped forward on the left side to get a big one-on-one chance, but Leao's push on the penalty line hit the post, and Newcastle escaped.
In the 84th minute, substitute Okafor ran all the way to the front of the penalty area with the ball in the backfield and collided with his teammates to cooperate with the wall and then passed diagonally, Chukwueze followed up on the right side and scored a goal, AC Milan overtook the score. Then Newcastle fought back frantically, in stoppage time, the Newcastle goalkeeper abandoned the goal to participate in the attack, Milan counterattacked, Te'o faced the big empty goal and pushed the shot wide, and finally AC Milan won 2-1 away to Newcastle.
Looking at the post-match stats, Newcastle had 58% possession and 17 shots and 8 shots on target, while AC Milan had 42% possession and 2 shots on target from 12 attempts. After this game, AC Milan accumulated 8 points and tied Paris Saint-Germain in points, but due to the disadvantage of facing Paris Saint-Germain over two legs, they were only third in the group and will participate in the Europa League play-offs, with Newcastle at the bottom.