We are here! Tonight, at 21:00, at Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam, Juventus will meet Ajax in an exciting quarter-final clash.
Here are 10 statistics on the game:
THE NINTH TIME: Ajax and Juventus will face each other for the ninth time in the European Cup / Champions League, with this being the first time since November 2004. The Dutch team has not beaten the Bianconeri in the competition since the 1973 European Champion Clubs' Cup Final (1- 0).
BUMPERS FROM: Juventus are unbeaten in each of the last nine European matches against Ajax (5W, 4D), including a draw in the 1996 Champions League final, which came before Juventus lifted the trophy via a penalty shoot-out.
IN AMSTERDAM FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2004: Ajax will host Juventus in a Champions League match for the first time since September 2004, where they met in the group stage. That game ended in a 0-1 loss to the hosts, thanks to a goal by Pavel Nedvěd for the Bianconeri.
AJAX ON THE RAISE IN CHAMPIONS: Ajax eliminated the current champions, Real Madrid, in the last round of the competition. The last team that managed to pull off such a feet over the holders was Atletico Madrid (against Barcelona) in the quarter-finals of the 2015/16 edition, where they lost in the final against Real Madrid.
THREE CONSECUTIVE QUARTER-FINALS FOR JUVE: Juventus reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the third consecutive season, the best result in the competition since they succeeded in four successive seasons between 1996 and 1999.
