In the last round of the Champions League Ajax played away against Liverpool and lost 0:2, thus aggravating their standings in the quartet. Before the reporting fight, the disposition in the group was as follows. At the top is Liverpool, which has 12 points already and regardless of the result of its match with Midtjylland, the British go to the playoffs from the first place. The second is Atalanta. They have eight points on their balance sheet. But the third place is occupied by Ajax, which has seven points. The quartet closes “Midtjylland” with just one point. So far, Ajax has restocked its luggage where it should have been. The club from Amsterdam won both matches against the Danes. On the road they beat Midtjylland with a score of 2:1 and at home won a more confident victory with a score of 4:1. The Dutch made a good trip to Italy, where they earned one point in the match with Atalanta (2:2). Only the duel with Liverpool turned out to be unsuccessful for Eric ten Hagen’s charges. Both ended in defeats: at home with a score of 0:1 and away with a score of 0:2. In general, Ajax plays in the home arena with varying success in the Champions League. In the last seven matches at home the team achieved four victories and lost three matches. Moreover, all three defeats were with the same score 0:1. There are only three losses in Ajax. Mohammed Qudus is injured. Nussair Mazraui and David Neres are damaged.
Sevilla are also not very impressive in their national championship. The team of Yulen Lopetegui is still only sixth in the table. However, the Nervets are just four points behind the Champions League zone, so they have not yet dropped out of the struggle for a place in the Champions League. In the last round, Sevilla lost 0:1 to Real Madrid, ending a streak of three consecutive victories in the championship. Having lost 0:4 to Chelsea in the last round, Sevilla lost the chance to bypass Chelsea in the group, but the Nervians got a ticket to the playoffs of the tournament.
