Ajax Stun Ronaldo's Juventus and Messi Breaks His Jinx! What a NIGHT!

Ajax! Ajax!! Ajax!!! All of Europe is singing Ajax right now. The Dutch “Underdogs” have pulled off another great Champions League upset, knocking out Juventus in Turin.

And it was a night of 3 goals too. Although the goals were distributed differently.

Elsewhere in Spain, Messi and his Barcelona teammates put Ole Gunner Solskjaer’s men to the sword with a devastating 3-0 win at the Nou Camp stadium.

Let’s talk about Ajax first. The resilient Dutch side had fallen behind to yet another Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal, a strong header in the 28^th minute. However, it too just six minutes for them to find an equalizer through Van de Beek and silence the home crowd. From then on, it was an all Ajax affair. This side showed the experienced Juventus side that age does actually matter, and age was on their side. They played and pushed till they scored what proved to be the winning goal. Here are some things we learnt from Turin:

Juventus actually prepared well to deal with Ajax earl pace and got the reward with the first goal.
Ajax still fear no team. They were resilient, dogged and determined. Of course they could have let the fear of Ronaldo get to them, but they rose at the end to get the win.
Ajax are no longer underdogs. With this win, and after previously knocking out Real Madrid, No one can refer to this Ajax team as Underdogs anymore. I dare you to call them underdogs. Just say it.

Now to Messi’s Brilliance. Much had been said about Lionel Messi’s inability to find the back of the net as this stage of the competition over the last few years. Well, if there is anything Messi can do, it’s proving his doubters wrong. The Argentine wizard flew into this match firing on all cylinders. He got two quick-fire goal for himself and could have had a hat-trick on several occasions. But with Phillipe Coutinho on hand to put in the finishing touches to what the highest UCL goalscorer this season had started, there was no way out for Manchester United. Ole Gunner Solskjaer’s men were beaten, outplayed and shown the door home and out of this year’s UCL.

This night proved to be a really exciting night of Champions League football. Let’s hope tomorrow’s games can live up to tonight’s.

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