Ajax and Real Madrid meet in the 8th round of the UEFA Champions League final. The match will be played on Wednesday, at 20:00, on the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam.
The two bands have met 8 times to date, each time in the UEFA Champions League. The first two duels were won by “lancets”, 1-0 home and 2-0 away, both parties being played in the group stage in 1995. Since then, the Real has won 6 victories in front of Ajax, the last being won in 2012, Santiago Bernabeu 4-1.
In UEFA Champions League E, the band prepared by Erik Ten Hag had excellent evolutions, especially on his own, where he scored two victories (3-0 with AEK Athens and 1-0 with Benfica) and a three- 3 with Bayern Munich). Ajax is also unbeaten on its own in the current season (Eredivise, Dutch Cup and Champions League), with a record of 15 wins and 3 draws.
In this match, the Eredivise team is presented after a failure in the move from Heracles, score 0-1, the game in which had no less than 22 goals and 64% possession.
For the duel with Real Madrid, the hosts will not have Carel Eiting, who is injured, while Frenkie de Jong is uncertain.
Even if they were qualified without emotion in the 8th finals, the “galactics” did not have a perfect run in group G, where they won four victories, but two defeats, both against CSKA Moscow, 0 -1 in Russia and 0-3 in Spain.
Before this confrontation, Santiago Solari’s students crossed an excellent form, with 6 wins in the last 7 games played in all competitions, as well as a draw on Camp Nou in Barcelona, score 1-1.
In the championship, they were in second place, 6 points behind Barcelona, and in the previous weekend they managed to beat their rival from the city, Atletico Madrid, on the field, with a score of 3-1. For Real have scored Casemiro (16 ‘), Sergio Ramos (42’) and Gareth Bale (74 ‘), while Antoine Griezmann scored for the hosts (25’).
The Argentine technician has no notable absences for the Amsterdam movement, the only uncertain presence being Isco’s.
Probable teams:
Ajax: Onana – Mazraoui, Ligt, Blind, Tagliafico – Beek, Jong, Schone – Ziyech, Dolberg, Tadic;
Real Madrid: Courtois – Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Reguillon – Modric, Casemiro, Kroos – Vazquez, Benzema, Vinicius Jr;
The two bands are not recognized for the number of corners made in the match and it is expected that in a match with such a stake, we will not witness an offensive show and obviously a low number of corners. The Real is the most valuable team and the team that goes through a much better moment and should leave the unbeaten race on the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam.
PREDICTION: Real Madrid to win @ 1,87
