AC Milan threw away their place in the UEFA Champions League after a crushing final-day failure in Serie A. The Rossoneri needed a victory to guarantee a top-four finish, but collapsed under pressure when the stakes were at their highest.

Instead, it was Como who benefited from Milan’s costly slip-up, securing a historic route into Europe’s elite competition. For the San Siro giants, the result felt nothing short of catastrophic.

2025-26, Italy - Serie A

AC Milan - Cagliari 1:2 (1:1)
Goals: Saelemaekers, 2 (1:0); Borrelli, 20 (1:1); Rodríguez J., 57 (1:2)

AC Milan: Maignan; Tomori (Athekame, 61); Pavlović S.; Bartesaghi; Fofana Y. (Rafael Leão, 68); Rabiot; Nkunku (Fuellkrug, 61); Jashari A. (Modric, 62); Gabbia; Saelemaekers; Gimenez S. (Pulisic, 46)
Substitution: Pulisic (from 46); Athekame (from 61); Fuellkrug (from 61); Modric (from 62); Rafael Leão (from 68)
Bench: Terracciano; Estupiñán; De Winter K.; Odogu; Ricci S.; Loftus-Cheek; Mul-Balentien
Yellow Cards: Pavlović S. 57; Maignan 58

Cagliari: Caprile; Rodríguez J. (Dossena A., 62); Mina; Zappa; Pedro Ze (Palestra, 63); Obert; Adopo; Gaetano G.; Deiola (Sulemana I., 74); Borrelli (Mendy P., 74); Esposito Se. (Felici, 90)
Substitution: Dossena A. (from 62); Palestra (from 63); Sulemana I. (from 74); Mendy P. (from 74); Felici (from 90)
Bench: Sherri; Ciocci; Mazzitelli; Belotti; Trepy
Yellow Cards: Pedro Ze 2; Sulemana I. 90