The strength of Ajax has amazed everyone. After eliminating Real Madrid, Erik ten Hag's team also took Massimiliano Allegri's Juventus out of the UEFA Champions League in the quarter finals. To speak on the matter was no other than José Mourinho in an interview with Russia Today.
In my opinion, Juventus are another team that let Ajax play to their strengths. Until this moment, nobody really respect them, and they let them play with the qualities they have. They have fantastic young players with a little bit of the experience they didn't have a couple of years ago when I played them in the Europa League final. We gave them the game that they didn't want to have. They complained after the game about the long build-up, they complained about Marouane Fellaini, about physicality, they complained because they couldn't cope. If you play against Ajax in the way they want to play, you have the risk that they are better than you. If I see, for example, Ajax play Barcelona or Liverpool in the final, if they reach the final, I think Barcelona and Liverpool can beat them playing their own strength, but when your quality is not, you have to go to the strategic point of view and give them what they don't want.
