Ajax wasted last week with a blank defeat against Riga FC (1-0) to qualify directly for the eighth finals. “Of course that was painful,” Faroli acknowledged a press conference in the Johan Cruijff Arena. “But we left that behind us. If we play that match again in that way, we win 97 or 98 out of 100 times. They shot our goal for the first time in the 77th minute.”
Ajax misses the suspended Branco van den Boomen and injured Owen Wijndal. Davy Klaassen and Youri Regeer are not entitled to play.
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Galatasaray came to Amsterdam with attackers such as Victor Osimhen, Michy Batshuayi and Dries Mertens. Mauro Icardi is injured and Hakim Ziyech is missing because he is standing for a departure to Al Duhail from Qatar. Davinson Sánchez, also a former player of Ajax, can be used.
The club is at the top of the Turkish league, with a 6 -point lead over Fenerbahçe. Galatasaray can still qualify directly for the eighth finals.