In the early morning of December 14, Beijing time, the final round of the Champions League group stage was contested. AC Milan are playing away from home against Newcastle United. The game was full of twists and turns, with AC Milan coming back from a goal down to win 2-1 over Newcastle United and qualify for the Europa League knockout play-offs as third in the group.
In the sixth minute of the first half, Newcastle United were awarded a free kick in a good position up front, and Kieran Trippier headed it just wide.
In the 26th minute, Newcastle crossed from the right, Almiron grabbed a header in the penalty area, and the ball was too angle for the goalkeeper to get.
The deadlock was broken in the 34th minute when Joelinton received a pass from a team-mate in the box and fired a powerful shot past AC Milan to give Newcastle a 1-0 lead.
Yibian fought again, and AC Milan equalized the score in the 59th minute of the game. Rafael Leao provided the assist and Christian Pulisic scrambled to score from the penalty area to make it 1-1 at the same level.
In the 69th minute, Guimaraes took a shot from inside the box, but the ball was saved by Maignan and bounced off the post, and Newcastle missed a good chance.
In the 79th minute, AC Milan launched a quick counter-attack, Leao won the ball and calmly pushed it, the ball hit the post and bounced, AC Milan also missed the opportunity.
In the 85th minute, Chukwueze, who had just come on as a substitute, fired a shot that hit the inside of the post and bounced into the net, giving AC Milan a 2-1 lead.
At the end of the 90 minutes, AC Milan came back from behind to win 2-1 away at Newcastle United. Due to a 1-1 draw between Borussia Dortmund and Paris in the other game in the same group, AC Milan ended up finishing third in the group and qualifying for the Europa League play-offs, while Newcastle finished bottom of the group.
AC Milan starting line-up: 16-Maignan, 42-Florenzi, 19-Te'o, 23-Tomori, 2-Calabria, 14-Reinders, 8-Loftus-Cheek, 80-Moussa, 10-Leao, 11-Pulisic, 9-Giroud
Newcastle United starting line-up: 1-Dubravka, 2-Kieran Trippier, 6-Lascelles, 5-Schal, 21-Livramento, 39-Guimaraes, 67-Lewis Milley, 7-Joelinton, 24-Almiron, 10-Anthony Gordon, 9-Wilson