UEFA may axe Milan Wednesday 26 July, 2006 <br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> <br>Milan may still be banned from competing in next season’s Champions League by UEFA, reports on Wednesday are suggesting.<br><br>Although the Rossoneri were last night re-instated into the competition following their Calciopoli appeal, UEFA could still decide to not accept their entry.<br><br>It’s understood that the European game’s footballing body will hold an emergency meeting on Thursday to discuss their options.<br><br>“The meeting has been set up to take a decision on Italy’s participants for European competition during next season,” a UEFA spokesman is quoted as saying on numerous Italian websites.<br><br>Last season’s League table suggested that Juventus, Milan, Inter and Fiorentina would take part in the 2006-07 European Cup competition.<br><br>However, as a result of the match-fixing verdicts, Inter and Roma will go directly into the competition, leaving Milan and Chievo to pre-qualify.<br><br>UEFA do have the power to decline a club entry into their competitions as William Gaillard, their head of communications, has previously outlined.<br><br>"Who plays in the European competitions will be up to the UEFA committee,” he underlined.<br><br>"In the past, the committee have made exceptions by preventing clubs from taking part in European competitions. Marseille were one case in 1993.'<br><br>The then Champions League holders, who beat Milan 1-0 in the 1993 Final, were thrown out of the competition after they were found guilty of match-fixing in the French League. <br> <br>