Ajax will face a key attack from the sixth round with Atalanta, who will progress again in the 16-way attack with a point in Amsterdam.
Ajax and Atalanta advance to join Group D winner Liverpool in the last 16 matches when they face off in Amsterdam in the final round of matches, and only one win will be enough for the Dutch team.
Both groups also had their ranking destination in the sixth round of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League; however, when Ajax withdrew after a home defeat, an impressive home win led Atalanta to the playoff stage. The Italians have the credit this season with 8 problems in Group D, one more than Ajax; If Atalanta avoids defeat in Johan Cruijff ArenA, he will finish the moment in the section, with Ajax third. Positions will be reversed if Ajax win.
Ajax had been on three issues in Bergamo at the time of day thanks to goals from Duan Tadio, a penalty and Lacina Traoré in the first half, but the look of the house was defended after halftime, with two plays through Duvon Zapata’s draw.
Form guide
Ajax lost 1-0 at home and away to Liverpool and picked up six of their seven problems against debutant Midtjylland, winning 2-1 in Denmark and 3-1 in the Netherlands.
The Amsterdam club peaked at number 16 in the organizing phase, equalling PSV Eindhoven’s Dutch record. This is his third consecutive UEFA Champions LeagueArray and the first time automatic qualifying has been secured since 2014/15.
Ajax were The Netherlands champions 34th time in 2018/19, their first league name since 2014, and lifted the Dutch Cup to win their eighth national double, and the first since 2002. No championship names were awarded last season.
• Ajax have qualified for their UEFA Champions League team once in their last seven appearances in the competition.
After making their way to the circular qualifying moment of the semi-finals in 2018/19, the first Dutch team to succeed in the quarter-finals since PSV in 2004/05, Ajax crossed two qualifying circulars to succeed in the 2019/20 organization. stage, but did not progress extra after completing 3rd in their Valencia and Chelsea segment. Erik Ten Hag’s team won their first two matches and amassed ten issues (W3 D1 L2) but a 1-0 home defeat to the Spanish national team in the sixth round proved costly.
Ajax’s next crusade in the UEFA Europa League also lasted little; lost to Getafe in the circular of 16 (0-2 a, 2-1 h).
The Amsterdammers have six of their 12 European matches in 2019/20 (D3 L3).
Ten Hag’s team has lost three of their last five European matches in Amsterdam (W2), all 0-1. Midtjylland’s fourth-day defeat was only his time winning in his last six home games in the UEFA Champions League himself, with defeats in the other four.
Ajax are seeking their first win in 10 matches over Serie A visitors. The last time he beat an Italian team in Amsterdam in December 2002, a 2–1 victory over Rome at the current level of UEFA Champions League organization.
The Dutch club last received Italian in the quarter-finals of the 2018/19 UEFA Champions League, tying home against Juventus 1-1 (2-1 as a visitor). This tie in Amsterdam prolonged Ajax’s unbeathed streak against Serie A groups. six matches (1 draw and 5 wins) since the 2–1 loss to the same front parties in the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League circular of 16 (2-3 overall).
Ajax have been undefeated in eight matches with Italian clubs (2 wins and 6 draws) since the 2010 defeat to Juve in Amsterdam.
Atalanta
Atalanta won 4-0 in Midtjylland, his biggest victory in the UEFA Champions League, before going back to tie at home against Ajax. He then suffered a 5-0 home defeat to Liverpool, his toughest defeat in Europe; They overthrew the roles with a remarkable 2-0 win at Anfield in the opposing game, then continued to lose the house last time, tying 1-1 against the Danish newcomers.
Starting in 2019/20, this is Atalanta’s consecutive moment in the UEFA Champions League after finishing third in Serie A last season.
At first, it seemed that the first look at the Bergamo club festival was to be brief, with Atalanta wasting their first three UEFA Champions League matches, against Dinamo Zagreb (0-four a), Shakhtar Donetsk (1-2pm) and Manchester City (1-5 a). However, a home point against City in the fourth round (1-1) was the catalyst for a remarkable recovery, with the Italian team beating Dinamo 2-0 at home and Shakhtar 3-0 away to take the position of moment in the City organization.
Even better in the 16-way circular, Atalanta beat Valencia 4-1 at home and 4-3 home with Josip Ili-i, the first player to score 4 times in a UEFA Champions League playoff match in that last match.
Atalanta seemed ready to continue his magical career thanks to the purpose of Mario Pa’ali’s first half in his quarter-final against Paris Saint-Germain, but the French aspect struck twice in the final moments to finish his adventure, and that of the club recorded in four matches in European victory.
This is the Atalanta’s 50th European setting and its eighth continental festival campaign. He reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1987/88 and the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup three years later.
Atalanta has won their last 4 European away matches, scoring thirteen goals and fitting 3 and seven of the last 11 (D1 L3).
The Italian club has lost six of its last 28 European matches (S13 D9).
The tie with Ajax at the time of Atalanta’s first attack on a Dutch club.
Links and anecdotes – Played in Holland:
Hans Hateboer (Groningen 2013-17)
Roon Marten (Feynoord Youth 1999-2006, Sparta Rotterdam 2006-12, Heerenveen 2012-15)
Robin Gosens (Speed 2012-15, Dordrecht 2014-2015, Heracles Almelo 2015-17)
Sam Lammers (PSV Eindhoven loan 2010-2020, Heerenveen 2018/19)
Playing in Italy:
Maarten Stekelenburg (Rome 2011-13)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Milan 2009/10)
Ten Hag’s assistants Michael Reiziger (Milan 1996/97) and Christian Poulsen (Juventus 2008–10) played in Serie A.
Played together:
Sean Klaiber and Robin Gosens (Dordrecht 2014/15)
Quincy Promes and Mario Pa’alio (Spartak Moskva 2017/18)
International teammates:
Daley Blind, Quincy Promes, Davy Klaassen and Perr Schuurs
Nicols Tagliafico and Alejandro Gomez (Argentina)
Daley Blind and Hans Hateboer were on the side of the Netherlands who drew 1-1 with Italy at Atalanta’s Stadio di Bergamo in the UEFA Nations League on October 14.
Ajax – Ajax had won six matches in a row in all competitions, and seven of the eight (D1), before losing to Liverpool in the fifth round. He scored 23 goals on this six-game winning streak, giving four. *
• A 5-0 win at Emmen on 28 November meant ajax had scored 42 goals in their first Eredivisie matches this season, a new club record, 3 more than the 39 in the same stadium in 1980/81. Twenty-seven out of ten appearances also tied for the start of the season in the league, matching the 2006/07 total. *
Ajax’s last 8 goals were scored through 8 other players. *
Ajax have won nine of their 10 league games this season, with the exception of a 1-0 defeat at Groningen on 4 October. It is his fourth party of the new Eredivisie campaign; in 2019/20, they were undefeated until their 16th game. *
On 24 October, Ajax claimed a record victory in the Eredivisie, with thirteen-0 in the VVV-Venlo. He was the first team to score thirteen goals in a top-notch Dutch match, beating Vitesse 12-1 in May. 1972, and the first Dutch club to triumph in double digits in an Eredivisie match since PSV Eindhoven beat Feyenoord 10-0 on 24 October 2010, precisely ten years earlier.
Lassina Traoré scored five goals for VVV, the first Ajax player to do so in an Eredivisie match since Marco van Basten struck out six in 1985. Traoré also provided 3 assists; Frenkie de Jong, the last Ajax player to do so in a league match in 2017.
Traoré last scored for Ajax in February; prior to the VVV match, his 15 Eredivisie appearances had scored two goals and he has scored in ajax’s last two league games. *
After wasting four of his last six fites in all competitions in 2019/20 (W2), Ajax has suffered seven losses in his last 21 games, and Atalanta’s attack on the day of the moment was the tie of that sequence. *
Traoré scored two goals in Burkina Faso’s 3–1 victory over Malawi in the CAF African Cup of Nations qualifiers on 12 November.
Despite the Serbian city’s ability to score a 5-4 draw with Scotland in the last UEFA EURO 2020 play-off after a 1–1 draw in Belgrade on 12 November.
Daley Blind injured his ham ham tendon as opposed to Midtjylland on day 4 and has still played. *
Summer signing Mohammed Kudus had to be replaced early at Liverpool the first day after injuring his right knee and is expected to play again this year after the operation. *
David Neres returned as a substitute on the opening day of the Eredivisie season, a 1-0 win at Sparta Rotterdam on 13 September, without having played since a knee injury on matchday four of the UEFA Champions League season. last year, a 4-4 draw against Chelsea on November 5, 2019 and scored in a five-to-zero victory over Heracles Almelo on November 22, their first goal since November 1, 2019, and also on target opposite Midtjylland.
Atalanta – Bergamo’s club has won one of its last six matches in all competitions (D3L2), Liverpool’s good luck in circular 4. *
Atalanta faced 0-0 in Spezia on 21 November, finishing a goal streak in Serie A away matches, their longest streak in the Italian elite.
Defenseman Mattia Caldara will probably be offside until the New Year after undergoing knee surgery in early October. *
Goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini made his first appearance this season in Spezia after recovering from a knee injury, but lied halfway at the time of the 2-0 home defeat to Verona on 28 November with a challenge and has not played since. *
Fabio Depaoli (thigh) and Mario Pa’ali (pubic bone) have been absent since Spezia’s match, the first being an unused replacement in the last two games. *
Ruslan Malinovskyi (illness) is offside. *
• Goalkeeper Marco Carnesecchi kept the blade blank in the 4-0 win over Luxembourg on 15 November, which secured Italy’s position at the European Under-21 Championships. UEFA 2021.
Remo Freuler scored in Switzerland’s 1–1 draw with Spain on 14 November.
Matteo Pessina made his Italian debut in the 4-0 friendly against Estonia in November.
“Paaali scored in Croatia’s 3-3 draw with Turkey that day.
Josip Ili-i penalty in overtime when Slovenia beat Kosovo 2–1 in the UEFA Nations League on 15 November.
Alejandro Gómez has been on the squad for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League season.
Atalanta coach Gian Piero Gasperini finished fifth in the UEFA Coach of the Year rankings.
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