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The fans of Ajax are already used to it, but on Tuesday evening the Champions League hymn will once again shine through the Johan Cruijff Arena. Ajax is going again for the winter in the European champions ball and will therefore do everything it can to immediately book a victory at the expense of the French Lille.
Ajax:
Liverpool did win the Cup with the Big Ears last season, but for many football fans Ajax was the team that made the most claim to winning the Champions League. The team from Amsterdam beat excellent clubs such as Real Madrid and Juventus with excellent football, and missed out on Tottenham Hotspur after a final place.
This season Ajax is once again a big bet, because in a pool with Valencia, Chelsea and Lille, overwintering in the European champions ball is once again possible. With Matthijs de Ligt and Frenkie de Jong, the red and white lost two star players, but with Hakim Ziyech, Daley Blind and Dusan Tadic among others, there is still plenty of quality in the Johan Cruijff Arena. The biggest challenge for trainer Erik ten Hag is to keep everyone sharp, and to ensure that his players keep both feet firmly on the ground. After all, what you often see happen after a successful season is that suddenly they think they are more successful. A striking example is of course the Netherlands, which at the 1990 World Cup after the European Championship win of 1988 made no sense at all. For the time being this does not seem to bother Ajax from that ailment, although last weekend played a very poor first half in the home match against SC Heerenveen (4-1). “After an interland break we always have to come into our game again,” said captain Tadic. ‘In addition, we were already thinking a bit about Lille and PSV. The most important thing is that we have won. ”
Lille:
Lille is again in the group stage of the Champions League for the first time since the 2012-2013 season. The French hope to do better in this edition than seven years ago, when they ended in a group with Bayern Munich, Valencia and BATE Borisov with just three points stiffly below.
With nine points from five rounds in the Ligue 1, Lille has a mixed season start, although Angers won 2-1 last weekend. A slight relapse was probably included, since Les Dogues saw star player Nicolas Pepe leave for Arsenal this summer. The red-blue ones did not leave themselves untouched on the transfer market, and managed to lure former wonderkids like Renato Sanches and Timothy Weah to northern France. In addition, the Ajax defense will have its hands full with the Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen, who already has five league hits behind his name this early season.