CM: What Dortmund and PSG’s progress reveals about Milan’s UCL group | OneFootball

AC Milan’s Champions League exit in the group stage is looking like less of a failure as time goes by with Borussia Dortmund and Paris Saint-Germain now in the semi-finals.

As has been highlighted by Calciomercato.com, the fact that the two teams who finished ahead of Milan in Group F earlier this season are now one tie away from the Champions League final suggests that the group was much tougher than it originally looked.

Milan were placed with PSG, Dortmund and Newcastle and ended up finishing third, hence their involvement in the Europa League. It was already clear that it was a tough group, but it looks even worse now.

Dortmund beat Atletico Madrid over two legs on Tuesday night to progress, whilst PSG got the better of Barcelona with a comeback at Montjuic.

It does not excuse the fact that Milan missed some great opportunities to get more of a grip on the group in the early stages. Milan drew at home to Newcastle when they had multiple chances to win the game, and then drew away at Dortmund in a game that could easily have ended in victory.

After losing in Paris, it was clear that Milan would struggle to qualify.