Giant-slayers Ajax can go all the way, say Dutch press
Ajax's Daley Blind and Matthijs de Ligt applaud fans after the match against Tottenham Hotspur. — Reuters pic
“The road to the Champions League final lies open for Ajax,” the paper said, adding coach “Erik ten Hag’s eleven in the first half gave a masterclass performance.” “Ajax can is smell a Champions League final. In the time of oil dollars and extreme broadcast fees this is nothing short of a miracle,” it said., top Dutch football journalist Willem Vissers said “thanks to a first half-hour of magic Ajax is now close to the Valhalla of club football: the Champions League final on June 1 in Madrid.”
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