I think that for this we need to look at the top 8 and think which teams can lose their place, it could be Brest and Lille, because the others are strong enough to hold on to the result. But there are also many contenders besides Milan who would like to rise to the coveted top 8. So I think that Milan will continue their path in this Champions League from the 1/16 finals, not the best option, because these are additional matches and a burden for the players, but I initially did not assume that Milan would be able to do this, but if Bayern and Real are outside the top 8, this is a surprise for me.
That's because people don't look at the matches the team has to play!
Milan started poorly but they played against Crvena and they have matches against Girona and Zagreb, normally an easy job to get 6 points from those!
Same as Bayern who everyone thought no, they were out of the league, they have a match against Feyenoord and 3 easy points against Bratislava!
On the opposite side, Brest was in the top places, but they met Barcelona, and now they will face also Madrid, so most likely it is bye bye the top 8.
Milan will face Girona in San Siro in January. Then Girona can be a more dangerous team with the transfers. They should never underestimate the Spanish team in the fight they will have against them. Milan managed to get 3 points from Real Madrid by doing the hard work. I think they should get 6 points in their remaining matches and be in the top 8 teams.