AC Milan beats last-place Monza amid widespread protests over poor season

ROME (AP) — AC Milan beat last-placed Monza 2-0 in its final match in Serie A on Saturday amid widespread protests.

Matteo Gabbia scored with a second-half header at the San Siro then Joao Felix converted a free kick as Milan moved up to seventh place.

Earlier, thousands of fans protested outside the club headquarters over Milan failing to qualify for Europe and losing to Bologna in the Italian Cup final.

There were more protests inside the San Siro.

Fans on the upper level at one end positioned themselves to form the words, “Go home.” Then they walked out during the early stages of the first half.

There were also chants aimed at Milan’s American owner Gerry Cardinale.

“Cardinale, you have to sell. Get out,” the fans said.

Milan began the season as a potential title contender but ended up 19 points behind champion Napoli.

The seven-time European champion was eliminated by Feyenoord in the Champions League playoffs in February.

Meanwhile, city rival Inter Milan will play Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final next Saturday.

Genoa won at Bologna 3-1 with two goals from 18-year-old Lorenzo Venturino.

The defeat still didn’t prevent Bologna fans from celebrating another strong season, which included an Italian Cup trophy and a Europa League berth.

Bologna was left in ninth place while Genoa was 13th.

Vitinha put Genoa ahead early and Venturino made the most of his first start with two first-half goals, the first of which included some fancy dribbling past several defenders.

Riccardo Orsolini pulled one back for Bologna in the second half.

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The Bologna team celebrates with the Italian Cup won last week at the end of the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Genoa, at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan fans hold a protest in the square of the Portello area of Milan, Italy near the club's headquarters on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Stefano Porta/LaPresse via AP)

Milan's Joao Felix in action during during the Serie A soccer match between Milan and Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan, Italy, Saturday, May. 24, 2025. (Alberto Mariani/LaPresse via AP)

AC Milan fans hold a protest in the square of the Portello area of Milan, Italy near the club's headquarters on Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Stefano Porta/LaPresse via AP)

Genoa's Vitor Manuel Carvalho Oliveira "Vitinha", left, fights for the ball with Bologna's Tommaso Pobega during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Genoa, at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

Genoa's Lorenzo Venturino, right, fights for the ball with Bologna's Nicolo' Casale during the Serie A soccer match between Bologna and Genoa, at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium, in Bologna, Italy, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (Michele Nucci/LaPresse via AP)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)