Goals by evergreen Italian veteran striker Filippo Inzaghi and former Dutch international midfielder Clarence Seedorf were enough to see them past the former champions, whose sole reply from Dusan Djokic came 10 minutes from time of the third preliminary round second leg clash.

Milan were only playing because they earned a reduced sentence from an appeal against their original punishment for match fixing, which included a 44-point deduction from last season that had seen them knocked out of European qualification.

However, they were eventually restored to a position sufficiently high to give them a place in the Champions League preliminary stages.

Evidently even that let-off - which did not please European football's governing body UEFA - has not assuaged coach Carlo Ancelotti's sense of injustice.

"I still think that we have been the victims of an injustice," said the former AC Milan and Italy midfielder.

"We should not have had to play this preliminary round match.

"Now having got this out of the way we will think about something else."

Inzaghi popped up in the 29th minute to nod home Gennaro Gattuso's pinpoint cross for the 37th goal in the Champions League from the 33-year-old, who also scored in the first leg.

Inzaghi's lively display contrasted sharply to that of his younger strike partner Antonio Gilardino, who was continually caught offside or whose first touch let him down making it all the more likely that Milan will pursue their interest in Real Madrid's Brazilian striker Ronaldo, even if the Spanish club say they do not want to sell him.

Inzaghi, though, stuck by his misfiring partner.

"Even if he did not score, he was really good because he worked hard for me, like the rest of the team."

Those with a superstitious penchant may take a bet on AC Milan winning the trophy as the last time they landed the title in 2003 they again started in the third preliminary round with Inzaghi scoring twice like he did in this tie.