AC Milan will see the C1 next season. The club indeed secured its place in the Top 4 of Serie A on Sunday by beating Juventus (1-0) in Turin, thanks to a header from Olivier Giroud. He will therefore accompany champion Naples, Lazio and Inter Milan in the Champions League. Juve (7th), weighed down by its ten-point penalty for accounting fraud, will miss the most prestigious of European cups for the first time in twelve years (2011/12).
Olivier Giroud put the Rossoneri in orbit during this poster of the 37th and penultimate day by opening the scoring with a perfect recovery from the head (40th). With this 17th achievement in all competitions, the 36-year-old French team goal record holder signs his most prolific season since 2015/16 with Arsenal.
Although dangerous, Juve do not score
Before this goal, Juve had so far been the most dangerous. But she was unable to convert the good opportunities of Juan Cuadrado (13th), Angel Di Maria (24th) and Moise Kean (32nd). In the second half, Milan managed without shaking, not far from breaking on a counter led by Giroud that Alexis Saelemaekers failed to conclude in front of Wojciech Szczesny (71st) then on a breakthrough by Rafael Leao (78th).
If they could not fight with Naples to defend the scudetto obtained in 2022, the Milanese ensure their minimum objective with this qualification for the C1, competition of which they played the semi-finals this season.
Juve will fight on the last day, next weekend, with Atalanta Bergamo (5th) and AS Roma (6th) for the allocation of places in the Europa League or in the Europa League Conference. Note that Roma can still join the four other Italian qualifiers in C1 if they succeed in the Europa League final on Wednesday against Sevilla.