Ajax stun Juventus to advance to Champions League semi-finals

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Ajax 1-1 Juventus: Managers satisfied after quarter-final draw

Ajax followed up their elimination of Real Madrid by producing a spell-binding display of inventive, passing football to win 2-1 away to Juventus on Tuesday and end the Serie A team's dreams of winning the Champions League.

Ajax's 19-year-old captain Matthijs de Ligt headed the winner from the corner in the 67th minute of the quarter-final second leg as the Dutch side came from behind to clinch a 3-2 aggregate win and reach the last four for the first time since 1996/97.

Cristiano Ronaldo, aiming for a fourth successive Champions League title after winning the last three with Real Madrid, put Juventus ahead in the 28th minute with a typically emphatic header, his sixth goal of the competition.

But Donny van de Beek levelled six minutes later before the visitors swept Juventus aside in the second half with wave after wave of attacks as they earned a semi-final against Manchester City or Tottenham Hotspur.

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[16 April 2019 19:05 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Team News - JUVENTUS vs Ajax

Emre Can starts in midfield and Mattia De Sciglio at right-back for Juventus, with Joao Cancelo and Rodrigo Bentancur dropping to the bench.

Paulo Dybala starts up front.

[16 April 2019 19:06 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

[16 April 2019 19:16 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Plenty of pace in the Manchester United team, then. You suspect Barcelona will dominate possession, and in Anthony Martial, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford they'll have to wary of the counter-attack, presuming they lose the ball, which seemingly didn't happen in the last 15 minutes of the first leg. 

Sir Alex Ferguson has been pacing out the pitch. He thinks they've made it wider. They haven't, apparently. Still, wonderful to see him in fine health and ready, along with a number of great United faces past and present, for a massive game of football. 

(That's the back of Gary Neville's head, by the way. Probably best not to take tips from him on how to win at the Nou Camp.)

[16 April 2019 19:19 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

BREAKING NEWS

[16 April 2019 19:23 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Ominous.

[16 April 2019 19:26 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

A bold prediction from Miguel Delaney, settling in at the Camp Nou and welcoming all your angry tweets in response...

[16 April 2019 19:31 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

If you fancy channelling your rage at Miguel's prediction into something meaningful, vote in this most consequential of Twitter polls. No-one will even know if you're wrong! 

Who do you think will progress this evening? 

[16 April 2019 19:33 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

It could be a busy night for this man, but there are few better equipped to combat Lionel Messi and co than David De Gea. Mind you, Jan Oblak was quite astonishing between the sticks for Atletico the weekend before last and still came out on the losing side...

[16 April 2019 19:36 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

Real Madrid may have exited the tournament earlier than anticipated, but Cristiano Ronaldo is seeking a fourth consecutive Champions League and will be keen to vanquish his old side's conquerors. 

It could be a remodelled Ajax back four with Nicolas Tagliafico suspended. Can Ronaldo capitalise? 

[16 April 2019 19:41 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

It really is a massive night of football.

Four of Europe's biggest clubs going hammer and tongs with semi-final berths on the line.

What more could you want?

Kick-off is 20 minutes away...