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 22:04 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

In the end it was all rather routine at the Camp Nou, three goals, two sublime, one ridiculous as an error-prone Manchester United exited rather tamely.

Barcelona barely got out of third gear.

[16 April 2019 22:08 · Harry Latham-Coyle]

That's all from us here tonight. Ajax and Barcelona are through, but who will join them? We'll have LIVE coverage of Porto vs Liverpool and Manchester City vs Tottenham here tomorrow night.

I've been Harry Latham-Coyle for The Independent - thank you for joining me.