If they don’t beat Inter in the second leg of the Coppa Italia semifinal next Wednesday, and then fail to clinch the cup title, AC Milan will most likely miss out on European football next season. With five Serie A rounds remaining, the Rossoneri sit ninth, five points behind the final Conference League qualification spot. That gap could grow even further if Lazio and Fiorentina win their respective games, which should have been played on Monday night, but are postponed due to Pope Francis’ death.##NAJAVA_MECA_8867651##All signs suggest that after four seasons in the Champions League and five consecutive campaigns in European competitions, Milan are slowly slipping back into the dark times of about a decade ago, when they were far removed from European football. They finished 10th in Serie A in the 2014-15 season.3 – Atalanta have won both seasonal Serie A matches against AC Milan for only the third time in their history after in 2007/08 and in 1940/41. Happy. #MilanAtalanta pic.twitter.com/YvNwnbJUkp— OptaPaolo (@OptaPaolo) April 20, 2025 Last night’s defeat at San Siro against Atalanta (0-1) perfectly encapsulates their entire campaign. La Dea didn’t perform spectacularly, but even that was enough to take home all three points.Milan’s record this season against the league’s top teams is abysmal – more specifically, against sides with European ambitions. Of their 14 wins this season, 13 came against bottom-half teams: Udinese, Como, Verona, Lecce, and Empoli twice each, plus Parma, Monza, and Venezia once. Their only victory against a top-10 side came against city rivals Inter, thanks to a 90th-minute winner from Matteo Gabbia.In games against Fiorentina, Roma, Juventus, Lazio, Napoli, Atalanta, Bologna, and Inter (in the reverse fixture), Milan earned just 9 points out of a possible 39. That record clearly shows they’re not good enough for Europe.🚨 Sérgio Conceição’s chapter at AC Milan, still expected to be over at the end of the season.No changes expected for both Conceição and João Félix, both expected to be out of AC Milan in the summer.João Félix will return to Chelsea. 🔙🇵🇹 pic.twitter.com/JmPWWjF8h9— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) April 20, 2025 Changes in the dugout, formation tweaks, player rotations – none of it is making a difference. Milan simply can’t beat serious opposition in the league.Against Atalanta, Gian Piero Gasperini stuck with his standard 3-4-2-1 setup, patiently waiting for Milan to get nervous and lose focus. And that’s exactly what happened in the second half. A quick transition through Lookman, a cross to the back post, Retegui pulled Pavlovic away, and Atalanta isolated Theo Hernandez. Bellanova headed the ball perfectly back for Ederson, who charged in and buried the header.Que absurdo o gol coletivo da Atalanta contra o Milan marcado pelo brasileiro Ederson! 🇧🇷🔥 pic.twitter.com/dUOwjl8SUd— Curiosidades Europa (@CuriosidadesEU) April 20, 2025 Milan tried to respond through individual efforts, as Conceicao threw on five attacking players from the bench, creating chaos in the formation. Atalanta had all the space they needed to finish them off. Lookman had two great chances, Retegui missed a sitter, and in the end, Reijnders missed Milan’s only real opportunity to avoid defeat with a long-range effort.SERIE A – MATCHDAY 33SaturdayLecce – Como 0-1 (0-0)/Diao 53, 90+1, Goldaniga 84/Monza – Napoli 0-1 (0-0)/McTominay 72/Roma – Verona 1-0 (1-0)/Shomurodov 4/SundayEmpoli – Venezia 2-2 (0-0)/Fazzini 59, Anjorin 87 – Jeboah 67, Busio 85/Bologna – Inter 1-0 (0-0)/Orsolini 90+4/Milan – Atalanta 0-1 (0-0)/Ederson 62/MondayTorino – Udinese POSTPONEDCagliari – Fiorentina POSTPONEDGenoa – Lazio POSTPONEDParma – Juventus POSTPONED
