Milan have gone five consecutive Champions League games without scoring, setting a new negative record for Serie A clubs in the competition.
The Rossoneri didn’t score in the last two Champions League games in 2022-23 losing 3-0 on aggregate to city rivals Inter in the semi-finals and have started this season’s competition with no goals in three matches, collecting 0-0 draws against Newcastle and Borussia Dortmund and losing 3-0 to PSG on Wednesday night.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, this is the first time a Serie A club fail to score in five consecutive Champions League matches.
Olivier Giroud was the last Milan player to find the net in the competition at minute 43 of a quarter-final second leg against Napoli on April 18.
Nevertheless, the Rossoneri still have chances to qualify for the Champions League Round of 16 this season despite sitting rock bottom of Group F with only two points. PSG are the group leaders with six points, followed by Newcastle and Borussia Dortmund with four each.
No surprise.
Despite all the DNA nonsense we hear, not many Italian sides have dragged Serie A down in Europe since their heyday in 2007 than Milan. Overall, since then, they’ve been pretty woeful.