Real Madrid and Ajax meet in the 8th finals of the UEFA Champions League final. Confrontation will be played on Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday at 20:00.
In the tour of the double, Real managed to impose Johan Cruijff Arena with the score of 2-1, the 3 goals scored by Karim Benzema (60 ‘) and Marcos Asensio (87’) for the guests, respectively Hakim Ziyech (75 ‘) for the hosts).
So far, the two bands have met nine times, each time in the UEFA Champions League. The first two matches were won by the Dutch, 1-0 home and 2-0 away in 1995, while the next seven were adjudicated by the band in Madrid.
Santiago Solari’s band is facing this confrontation with an extremely low morale after having suffered two failures in a row on their own against the rivals in Barcelona. What cares for Madrileni is that these two defeats were suffered at zero, 0-3 in the Spanish Cup return and 0-1 in the championship.
Sergio Ramos received a yellow card in the 90th minute of the Amsterdam tour and is suspended for both the Madrid return and the first quarter of the quarterfinals.
After the failure of Real, Ajax returned to the championship, where they were unleashed. In the last two stages, the “kickers” scored ten goals and got one, while in the Dutch Cup they were forced to score on the Feyenoord field at a non-showdown (3-0). In Eredivise, Ajax is 5 points away from the first-ranked PSV Eindhoven, but with a less played match.
Probable teams:
Real Madrid: Courtois – Carvahal, Nacho, Varane, Reguilon – Kroos, Casemiro, Modric – Bale, Benzema, Vinicius;
Ajax: Onana – Mazraoui, De Light, Blind, Tagliafico – Schone, Van der Beek, De Jong – Ziyech, Tadic, Neres;
The hosts will be looking to retaliate in front of their own public after having suffered two failures in turn in front of Barcelona, but that does not mean they will have an easy match. In the current UEFA Champions Legue season, Ajax is unbeaten on the move with two draws and a victory. They were able to go unbeaten from Bayern Munich and Santiago Bernabeu is not surprised to surprise.
We are betting on a game where no more than 3 goals will be scored, with the stake returned if exactly 4 is scored, the hosts being at this point an offensive force. The fact that it is the return of a double in the UEFA Champions League will make the two bands pay more attention to the defensive phase, and under these circumstances, we could see a game with few changes to the table.
PREDICTION: Real Madrid to win @ 1,65
