To fault of a day for the end of the phase of groups of the Champions League, previous pass to the eighth of final, the Ajax depended on if same to happen to the following round. The Dutch group received home to Valencia and, adding an alone point, ensured his note to the eliminatory phases of the competition.
However, it gave the only combination of results that could leave was to the team of Erik have Hag of the League of Champions: on the one hand, Valencia defeated them in Ámsterdam with a solitary goal of Rodrigo; by the another, Chelsea achieved to defeat in Stamford Bridge to a Lille that no longer played at all.
In this way, it consummated at first the fall of a team that, the past season, remained only to some seconds to be able to contest the final of the Champions League. Everything by fault of this joyous goal of Lucas Moura in the last sigh. But, this time, the thump was premature and unexpected, since the ones of Ámsterdam arrived like leaders to the last day.
It seems that they weighed too much the changes that the Ajax made in the staff in summer, when it sold to Matthijs of Ligt (to the Juventus of Turín) and to Frenkie of Jong (to the FC Barcelona), remaining without two key players so much for the defensive solidity as for the circulation of balloon and creation of game in the medullary.
Coinciding with the hour of the party between Ajax and Valencia, contested in Milan the Inter-Barça, split in which Of Jong was acting. This yes, Ernesto Valverde decided to give him gone in in the second time and finally the culés obtained the victory. Everything went perfect in the night of the mediocentro Dutch, until the party finished.
After the meeting, Of Jong directed to the central circle and, from here, heaved the look to the vídeomarcadores to know at first hand the result of his ex team. When seeing the combination of results that left them was, the centrocampsita culé twisted the muzzle and regretted the sucedido. His reaction can not be more explanatory of how felt .