AC Milan ended up finishing fourth this past season and thus just about clinched qualification for the 2023/24 edition of the Champions League. Something that Lazio president Claudio Lotito has highlighted.
Stefano Pioli’s men struggled a lot in the second half of the season. Eventually, they secured Champions League qualification with a 1-0 win away at Juventus, who were deducted ten points as a result of the capital gain trial.
Without the Bianconeri’s wrongdoing, in other words, Milan would have finished 5th and that would have been a disastrous outcome. Lazio president Claudio Lotito, with his men finishing in second, made sure to highlight this recently.
“It’s no coincidence that we finished second in Serie A. Second, I repeat. And not because of Juve’s penalty, we would have been second even if they had kept those ten points. They all said we would finish ninth, tenth…,” he told Gazzetta dello Sport as cited by SempreMilan.it.
Indeed, Milan were quite lucky to secure the UCL qualification and will need to do a lot better in the league this upcoming season. Hopefully, they can go far in the Champions League this time out as well (having reached the semis this past season).
