UEFA ??? Inter Milan

14 April 2012

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During the second half of Tuesday night's second-leg match at San Siro, Inter fans threw flares and bottles onto the field, forcing the game to be cut short with AC Milan leading 1-0. One of the flares injured Milan goalkeeper Dida.

Milan, who won the first leg 2-0, has qualified for the semifinals. But UEFA had to determine whether Tuesday night's result should stand at 1-0 or whether to award the team a 3-0 victory - the standard for an abandoned match.

Milan will play PSV Eindhoven in the semi-finals.

Inter has a history of crowd trouble. UEFA ordered the club to play two games away from home in 2001 after a UEFA Cup match against Alaves was abandoned when Inter fans hurled seats and bottles onto the field.

No team has ever been thrown out of the Champions League, but there is a precedent for expulsion from European competition. Italian team Fiorentina was expelled from the 1998 UEFA Cup after a match official was injured by an explosive device thrown from the stands.

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