Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the Champions League quarter final, second leg between Juventus and Ajax in Turin. The tie is finely poised following the 1-1 draw in the first leg in Amsterdam. The Dutch side dominated for long spells but fell behind to a superb Cristiano Ronaldo header on the stroke of half time. However, Ajax deservedly levelled straight after the restart through David Neres. Who will claim that much-coveted semi final berth and a clash with Manchester City or Tottenham? We’ll soon find out - kick off 20:00 BST.
Champions League / Quarter-final
Juventus Stadium / 16.04.2019
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- Cristiano Ronaldo(28')
- D. van de Beek(34')
- M. de Ligt(67')
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Updated 16/04/2019 at 21:54 GMT+1
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Onana gets lucky as his casual clearance is blocked by Can. It could go anywhere, but flies behind for a goal kick.
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STAT: Juventus are unbeaten in their past 10 meetings with Ajax. It's the joint longest run for a European encounter, along with Bayern Munich v Benfica.
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Joël Veltman goes up for an early aerial challenge and inadvertently catches Ronaldo in the face. The Portuguese looks unimpressed but will quickly shrug it off and get on with it.
1st Half
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KICK OFF! Juventus get this second leg up and running.
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As we get set for kick off, let's have a quick look at the teams.
Juventus make three changes from the first leg with Mattia De Sciglio, Emre Can and Paulo Dybala all starting.
Noussair Mazraoui replaces the suspended Nicolas Tagliafico for Ajax while the inspirational Frenkie De Jong has been passed fit despite coming off with a hamstring problem in Saturday's 6-2 win over Excelsior.
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TERRIFIC TADIC: Dusan Tadic has had a big hand in 53 per cent of Ajax's 17 Champions League goals this term. That's six goals and three assists to be exact.
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Erik ten Hag: "I'm confident because of the way we are playing and training. We are stronger and we are showing it game by game. "Juventus are the favourites, especially after the Amsterdam result. If we play well, we can overcome any limit."
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More from Allegri - the Juve boss wants the same intensity his team showed in beating Atletico Madrid at home in the last round when they face Ajax tonight.
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Massimiliano Allegri: "Cristiano has extraordinary quality. In certain moments he becomes an unstoppable player and you can see it on his face."
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CONFIRMED TEAMS – JUVENTUS: Szczesny, De Sciglio, Bonucci, Rugani, Alex Sandro, Pjanic, Matuidi, Emre Can, Bernardeschi, Dybala, Ronaldo... Subs: Pinsoglio, Cancelo, Barzagli, Spinazzola, Bentancur, Khedira, Kean. /// AJAX: Onana, Veltman, De Ligt, Van de Beek, Mazraoui, Blind, Schone, De Jong, Ziyech, Tadic, Neres... Subs: Varela, Sinkgraven, Huntelaar, Magallan, Dolberg, De Wit, Ekkelenkamp.