Dutch club Ajax on Wednesday night, April 10, played out a 1-1 draw with Italian champions Juventus in the first leg of their 2018/19 Champions League quarterfinal.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored the first goal for Juventus in the 45th minute, and it was David Neres who restored parity for Ajax in the 46th minute as the match ended 1-1.
Ajax and Juventus players are currently warming up for this tough Champions League encounter, and very soon, the referee will blow the whistle for the match to start.
The center referee kicks off the Champions League match with Juventus taking the first pass in this encounter
Juventus have tried a couple of big diagonals from right to left already with the duo of Cristiano Ronaldo and Matuidi, but they were unable to get something out of it.
Juventus go close there as Ronaldo puts his left foot right through a shot on the run from just beyond the defender in which his effort went off the bar.
Good attack there for Ajax as Ziyech tries to find Neres in the box, but it skips through to Szczesny who went down after catching the ball.
Ronaldo plays a beautiful one-two and launches himself into a left-footed effort from the right side of the area, but his strike goes just wide and into the side-netting.
Ajax have a period of possession with a series of beautiful flicks and tricks, pulling Juventus most especially in the midfield with Frenkie de Jong having a good game
Bernardeschi storms into the Ajax box from the left in a rare Juventus attack, but just as he pulls his foot back to shoot, De Ligt swoops in from nowhere and produces a challenge to keep his side from danger
Pjanic does brilliantly to get out of a rapid movement from a couple of Ajax midfielders, and fees Matuidi, but the Frenchman’s long pass looking for Bernardeschi on the right is misdirected