AC Milan secured a spot within the Champions League subsequent season with a 1-0 victory at Juventus as a purpose from Olivier Giroud ensured a top-four end in Serie A on Sunday.
Fourth-placed Milan on 67 factors holds a six-point benefit over fifth-placed Atalanta heading into the ultimate spherical of matches, whereas Juventus sit seventh with 59.
Milan joins rivals Inter Milan and Lazio in guaranteeing their locations in subsequent season’s Champions League as top-four finishers together with Serie A champions Napoli.
There remains to be a risk for 5 Italian groups to take part in subsequent season’s competitors if AS Roma beat Sevilla within the Europa League closing on Wednesday.
Milan supervisor Stefano Pioli expressed his reduction that his group had lastly confirmed their participation in Europe’s elite membership competitors.
“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 advised 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.”
Juve, who had been docked 10 factors on Monday by an Italian soccer courtroom in a case centred on their switch dealings, began the match aggressively, understanding that solely a win was adequate to keep up their slim hopes of securing a top-four end.
Juve coach Massimiliano Allegri made adjustments to his regular beginning group because the membership’s high scorer Dusan Vlahovic was sidelined with a thigh damage.
Angel Di Maria went near giving the hosts the lead halfway by means of the primary half when he obtained a move from Moise Kean close to the penalty spot however despatched his effort huge.
Milan took the lead 5 minutes earlier than the break when Giroud steered residence a header contained in the field.
In stoppage time, Danilo went near discovering an equaliser for the hosts, however his close-range volley was stopped on the goal-line by Milan’s Pierre Kalulu.
As a tired-looking Juventus aspect failed to search out an equaliser the match fizzled out accompanied by boos from the house followers.