sentences:  While Milan didn't do impressively in the first half of the season, with Gattuso they went on a 10-match unbeaten run from Matchday 19 to Matchday 29 in the league, winning seven times and drawing three.Thanks to Gattuso's management, Milan managed a 6th-place finish and were runners-up in the Coppa Italia, as well as reaching the Round of 16 in the Europa League (where they lost 5–1 on aggregate against Arsenal).Milan qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League group stage as the sixth-placed team of the 2017–18 Serie A, but were originally banned by UEFA from European competition due to violations of Financial Fair Play regulations for failure to break-even.