AC Milan

Second place in the standings and playoff quarter-finals almost secured.

The objective of the team and coach is to continue to grow, and making the tricolour dream come true. Coach Lantignotti, on the other hand, guided the U17 team to the semi-final, which they then lost to Bologna. The team was good at closing the match at the right time, and I congratulate the boys because they gave everything and got a great result, perhaps not playing as well as other times".

London: Italian giants AC Milan progressed to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2011-2012 after a 0-0 draw with 10-man ...

The Rossoneri became the first Serie A side to progress into the Champions League quarterfinals this season, while Napoli and Inter Milan have their second-leg ties next week. London: Italian giants AC Milan progressed to the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals for the first time since 2011-2012 after a 0-0 draw with 10-man Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday, eliminating the Premier League side 1-0 on aggregate. The game culminated in stoppage time as Kane’s header forced a stunning save out of Maignan, while on the resulting counter, Divock Origi struck the upright.

While Milan can celebrate reaching the Champions League quarters for the first time since 2012, Tottenham are lamenting another lacklustre year.

[Premier League](/football/league/_/name/ENG.1) standings, they'll aim to stave off Liverpool and [Newcastle United](/football/team?id=361) for the final Champions League spot for next season. [Serie A](/football/league/_/name/ITA.1) title in 11 years. What matters for a coach is trying to work and raise the bar. Conte, on his future with the club: "I continue to work, I have a contract with Tottenham. This year we are struggling to raise the bar." [Liverpool](/football/team?id=364) -- but this is a club at a crossroads. There are wider issues which predate Conte, specifically a charge levelled by many at owners ENIC and chairman Daniel Levy that they have not invested sufficiently in the team to compete with their rivals. [following gallbladder surgery that kept him](/football/tottenham-hotspur-engtottenham/story/4895060/tottenhams-antonio-conte-to-return-on-touchline-after-doctors-blocked-quicker-comeback) in Italy for most of February. That League Cup victory in 2008 is a distant memory for so many Spurs supporters, who know their team plays in one of the world's best stadiums and trains at one of the finest centres around yet remains incapable of winning any silverware to show for it. president, Lehman Brothers hadn't gone bust and the first iPhone had been on sale for less than a year. Spurs have often been passive in their matches before rousing themselves in the second half and while there was a modicum of improvement here, the collective lack of urgency throughout was nothing short of staggering given the stakes in play. Spurs needed to overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit but lost by that score on aggregate after an insipid display at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in which they mustered just two shots on target.

A goalless draw against 10-man Tottenham on Wednesday was enough to secure a 1-0 aggregate win in the round of 16, with Brahim Diaz' first-leg strike ...

Tottenham is now left to battle for a place in the Premier League top four, which would provide a route back into the Champions League. “We felt a bit of pressure. “For sure in our mind it was to put pressure on with intensity but in the first half we found it difficult offensively," Conte said. We can do much better.” “I think we can do much better offensively. A goalless draw against 10-man Tottenham on Wednesday was enough to secure a 1-0 aggregate win in the round of 16, with Brahim Diaz' first-leg strike decisive.

AC Milan's players celebrate at the end of the Champions League round of 16 second leg match against Tottenham Hotspur, in London | AP.

Tottenham are now left to battle for a place in the Premier League top four, which would provide a route back into the Champions League. Conte had let his own frustrations boil over when receiving a yellow card for remonstrating a booking for Clement Lenglet in the first half, shortly after Romero had received his first caution. Few expect Stefano Pioli's team to break its drought in the competition this season, but it heads into the last eight after a defensively resolute performance subdued a Tottenham attack that was short of ideas.

Football News: Antonio Conte said Tottenham still need time to become a European force after bowing out in the last 16 of the Champions League 1-0 on ...

I understand the fans don't have patience as for a long time Tottenham is not winning." "The situation is really clear. I'm happy to work in Tottenham but at the end we'll make a decision." "Now we have to finish the season. "We need time and patience because we don't have a solid foundation to be competitive to win in my opinion. Conte's contract expires at the end of the season and he did little to quash speculation that he will leave at the end of the campaign.