JAKARTA - AC Milan for the first time in 11 years has qualified for the quarter-finals of the Champions League. Tickets to the top eight were won after a 0-0 draw against Tottenham Hotpsur in the second leg of the last 16 round at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Thursday morning WIB.
With that result, the Rossoneri have the right to move on to the next round with an aggregate advantage of 1-0. As is known, in the first leg which took place at home, Milan won with a narrow score of 1-0.
"We played well today. We asked the team to play with personality. We never give up and it's a worthy journey to qualify for the next round," AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli told Prime Video.
"We have to take one step at a time. It is important to get through the group, then the round of 16, and now we will wait for the draw (quarter-finals)."
"Dreaming is good; it helps you work better. It's great to play in the Champions League. So either we win it, which won't be easy, or try to qualify by finishing in the top four of Serie A," he said again.
Pioli, whose team is fifth in Serie A, thinks his team has a chance to win. The reason is, nothing is impossible, especially in the world of football.
"I like to think that nothing is impossible in sport. Obviously, only the best in Europe is left and every round will be more and more difficult," said Pioli.
"But I believe all the experiences in Europe, especially the negative ones, helped us to level up. Now we have to go to the quarter-finals with confidence," he concluded.
Line up
Tottenham (3-4-2-1): Fraser Forster; Cristian Romero, Clement Lenglet, Ben Davies; Emerson Royal (70' Richarlison), Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Ivan Perisic (53' Pedro Porro); Dejan Kulusevski (83' Davinson Sanchez), Son Heung-Min; Harry Kane
AC Milan (3-4-2-1): Mike Maignan; Pierre Kalulu, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori; Junior Messias (56' Alexis Saelemaekers), Rade Krunic, Sandro Tonali, Theo Hernandez; Brahim Diaz (81' Ismael Bennacer), Rafael Leao (89' Ante Rebic); Olivier Giroud (81' Divock Origi)
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