As things stand, AC Milan will not play in Europe next season, barring a heroic performance in the Coppa Italia. A bleak picture.
With the defeat to Atalanta on Sunday, Milan sit in ninth place, six points away from a European place, and that gap may only be widened with Lazio having a game in hand over sixth-placed Roma. An eight-point gap is in place between fifth-placed Juventus on 59 points, whilst the gap to Bologna stands at nine.
In other words, the Rossoneri being miles off of it on the pitch is being well and truly reflected in the standings, and it seems like the club are returning to the ‘dark days’, with Milan News looking back to the last season without Europe.