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AC Milan's Olivier Giroud (R, bottom) celebrates his second goal with teammate Fikayo Tomori during a UEFA Champions League Group E football match between ...

(Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) AC Milan's Rafael Leao (L) vies with Salzburg's Amar Dedic during a UEFA Champions League Group E football match in Milan, Italy, on Nov. AC Milan's Theo Hernandez (R) vies with Salzburg's Amar Dedic during a UEFA Champions League Group E football match in Milan, Italy, on Nov.

Olivier Giroud scored twice and assisted two others as Milan sealed their place in the Champions League knockout stages with a comfortable 4-0 victory over ...

Giroud added another in the 57th minute, smashing home after the ball rebounded kindly to him in the box. Krunic made it 2-0 just after half-time with an excellent header after Giroud deftly nodded Ante Rebic's delivery back across goal to set him up. The host took the lead after 14 minutes, Giroud powerfully nodding Sandro Tonali's corner into the back of the net with the help of sloppy Salzburg marking.

The Rossoneri cruise past FC Salzburg 4-0 to book their place in the Round of 16.

Changes were made but they made no difference to the game and the second part of the half saw Pioli’s side manage and see the game out with ease. The Rossoneri controlled the tempo and possession, with the Austrians struggling to muster up anything and counter back. FC Salzburg fell to pieces and the home side got their third after 57 minutes: a mazy run across the edge of the box by Leão ended with him putting in a cross from the right; the visitors’ defence failed to clear the ball and Giroud was there on hand to smash home past Köhn to grab his second. AC Milan started strongly and had their first chance of the game inside three minutes: Rebić played through Theo who controlled and lined up a shot from the edge of the area, but his strike hit the outside of the post. The away side were aggressive and took advantage of an error by Kjær after ten minutes: Okafor picked up the ball, played in Kjærgaard, whose sweet left-footed strike was superbly blocked by a flinging Tomori. They ended a lively and fast-paced first half in the lead, before steamrolling the Austrians after the break with three second-half goals, as well as hitting the woodwork twice.

The line-up for Monday's UEFA Champions League round of 16 draw is complete after Milan and Leipzig booked their places in some style, while Benfica struck ...

Substitute Nuno Mendes made an instant impact with Paris's 69th-minute winner, his first goal in the competition. The visitors threatened a shock when Rafa Mir powered in a header but Josep Guardiola's men looked a different prospect after the break and equalised via 17-year-old Rico Lewis' thumping drive. Leverkusen (GER) The Bundesliga outfit are through to the knockout stages for the third time in four seasons after swatting aside a Shakhtar team that began the evening with their own designs on a top-two spot. The hosts went up a gear after the interval, Marco Asensio making it 3-0 with a superb first-time finish on the half-volley before Vinícius Júnior turned in from close range and Federico Valverde stroked into the corner. Veteran Olivier Giroud starred as Milan eased past Salzburg to reach the last 16 for the first time since 2014. Chelsea became the sixth club to record 100 Champions League wins as they came from behind to beat Dinamo. Leipzig (GER) Frankfurt (GER) Dortmund (GER) Bayern (GER) The drama went right to the last, though, as João Mário's last-gasp strike saw Benfica pip Paris to top spot in Group H, ensuring the Portuguese side will be seeded for

AC Milan reached the Champions League knock-out stage for the first time in nine years on Wednesday with a 4-0 victory over Salzburg, while RB Leipzig also ...

"I'm really proud of the team. "It doesn't matter, we qualified... Giroud added his second before the hour mark, allowing the home fans the opportunity to celebrate for the remainder of the match and Junior Messias added further gloss to the scoreline in added time. We're ambitious now, so let's see what happens next." "We wanted to show we improved compared to last season in the Champions League. Paris Saint-Germain will be the team group winners want to avoid in Monday's last-16 draw after missing out on top spot in Group H despite a 2-1 win at Juventus, as Benfica hammered Maccabi Haifa 6-1 to snatch first place on total away goals.

AC Milan sealed their passage into the knockout stages of the Champions League in convincing fashion with a commanding 4-0 victory against Red Bull Salzburg ...

The final action of the game was the fourth goal and it came from Junior Messias. Shortly after, Tonali provided a nice turn and shot on the half-volley from the edge of the 18-yard box but it was straight at Koln. Giroud just could not be kept out of the game as he doubled his tally for the night in the 57th minute. He took the opportunity with a calm finish from close range, but the offside flag rightly ruled it out. If Giroud had blocked the previous attempt, he was the hero moments later as he headed Milan into the lead. The full-back broke free on the left and shot fiercely but the ball cannoned off the post and away.

Olivier Giroud shot AC Milan back into European football's elite on Wednesday with his brace in a 4-0 win over Salzburg which granted his team passage to ...

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Paris Saint-Germain's quest for a first Champions League title got potentially tougher because it is now unseeded in the round of 16 draw Monday despite ...

The national team is taking a black kit option to Qatar as a symbol of “mourning” for construction workers who died. Those teams will be unseeded and playing the first leg at home on Feb. Group winners are seeded and will host the second legs played from March 7-15. Still, Ronaldo's sustained brilliance in his 30s has taken him to a Champions League record 140 career goals. The nine-year gap included some Europa League campaigns, failures to qualify at all, and a one-season ban for breaking UEFA financial rules. PSG had six, Benfica got nine including Joao Mario's on Wednesday in the second minute of stoppage time.

AC Milan reached the Champions League knock-out stage for the first time in nine years on Wednesday with a 4-0 victory over Salzburg, while RB Leipzig also ...

"It doesn't matter, we qualified ... "I'm really proud of the team. We're ambitious now, so let's see what happens next." /CFP [京ICP备16065310号](http://beian.miit.gov.cn)

After scoring twice, the Frenchman is voted as the best player on a special night.

The centre-forward was voted the best player on the field by Rossoneri supporters through the It wasn't only his goals, as the number nine managed to get in-between the Austrian defence. He broke the deadlock inside the opening quarter of an hour with a perfectly-placed header, before smashing home with his deadly left foot to seal victory after the break.

AC Milan are the Champions League's second most successful team - and back in the knockout stages for first time in eight years.

For now, it’s just great that the Champions League’s second most successful team is back in the business end of the competition. We have got to be there,” he said of the knockout stages. It was entirely consistent with the theme of Milan’s Champions League campaign. Pioli continues to squeeze something out of existing players while extracting precious little, for now, from the players signed this summer. As a performance, it bore resemblance to last season’s run-in when Milan played better as the stakes got higher. As was the case a year ago, first-choice goalkeeper Mike Maignan, a key figure in the title-winning campaign, missed the majority of the group stage through injury. Milan finished bottom and fell out of Europe altogether, enabling them to focus on the league. But in the end, none of that mattered. The decision went against the better judgment of his consigliere Adriano Galliani, whose influence was challenged for the first time in a quarter of a century. [Diego Costa](https://theathletic.com/football/player/diego-costa-7Ftu50jpcEBhFqnY/) announced himself on the world stage, scoring three goals in a 5-1 aggregate win as Milan bowed out in the round of 16. Still, for a club that built its legend on winning the European Cup/Champions League seven times, the context often gets lost. On that occasion, they were eliminated by another former player and contemporary of Seedorf’s who was about to make a real name for himself in coaching — Diego Simeone and his incipient Atletico Madrid.