football<\/a> following its 2021 takeover by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, to be a force in European football in the years to come, but it won't be this season .<\/p>\n\u201cWe are absolutely devastated not to qualify,\u201d Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said.<\/p>\n
“I couldn't be more proud of what they gave me, physically and mentally. I think we left everything on the pitch and we can't have any regrets. Of course we will learn from it and try to absorb everything we have that we need to integrate into the Premier League.”<\/p>\n
With PSG drawing 1-1 against Borussia Dortmund, a victory for Newcastle would have qualified the English team for the round of 16.<\/p>\n
And that was the case when Joelinton put the hosts ahead with a rasping strike in the 33rd minute.<\/p>\n
Pulisic equalized after Olivier Giroud's brilliant pass at the edge of the penalty area.<\/p>\n
After Rafael Le\u00e3o hit a shot against the post, Chukwueze \u2013 subbing for just 68 seconds \u2013 scored the winner on the break with a curling finish.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are disappointed to have ended our Champions League run,\u201d Milan coach Stefan Pioli said. “We knew the group was difficult, but I think we deserved better. We should have tried our luck in the other matches.”<\/p>\n
Milan are seven-time European champions and also won the now-defunct European Cup Winners' Cup in 1968 and 1973. The club has never won the Europa League or its predecessor, the UEFA Cup.<\/p>\n
Newcastle will rue the moment Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan threw himself to his left and tipped a Bruno Guimar\u00e3es shot on target onto the crossbar when the score was 1-1.<\/p>\n
The hosts began to run out of ideas and energy, with Howe selecting the same defense and midfield for the sixth consecutive game in all competitions, amid an injury crisis.<\/p>\n
“The value of team above all else is what exposed us – the fact that we didn't have the ability to use the team that we created,” said Howe, who led a team during a Champions League campaign for the first time. \u201cWe went into the matches with very limited limits in what we could do and that didn\u2019t help us.\u201d<\/p>\n
With just two Premier League teams \u2013 Manchester City and Arsenal \u2013 qualifying for Monday's draw, it is the weakest round of 16 challenge in 11 years for a country widely considered to have the weakest elite strength of European football.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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