UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - 2018/19 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS (First leg: 1-1) Juventus Stadium - Turin Tuesday 16 April 2019 Juventus 21.00CET (21.00 local time) AFC Ajax Quarter-finals, Second leg Last updated 14/04/2019 23:18CET UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE OFFICIAL SPONSORS Match background 2 Legend 6 1 Juventus - AFC Ajax Tuesday 16 April 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Juventus Stadium, Turin Match background Juventus and Ajax reconvene for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final with the tie finely poised after a 1-1 draw in Amsterdam. • Cristiano Ronaldo made it eight goals in six matches against Ajax to put the visitors in front in the 45th minute at the Johan Cruijff ArenA on 10 April, but a David Neres goal 11 seconds into the second period ensured the teams would head to Turin all square. • Both teams produced memorable second-leg comebacks in the round of 16. Ajax overturned a 2-1 home defeat by Real Madrid to oust the holders with a remarkable 4-1 success at the Santiago Bernabéu and reach their first quarter- final since 2002/03; Juve, meanwhile, were in trouble after a 2-0 first-leg loss at Atlético Madrid but recovered with a 3-0 victory back in Turin thanks to Ronaldo's hat-trick. • While Juve are looking to reach a third semi-final in five seasons, Ajax have not made it to the last four since 1996/97, when their campaign was ended by Juve – the team who had also beaten them in the previous season's final. Previous meetings • Ajax have won only two of their 13 European fixtures against Juventus, and none since 1974. Juve are unbeaten in their last ten games against the Dutch club, winning five of the last seven. • The teams have met in two European Cup finals; Ajax beat Juve 1-0 in Belgrade in 1973 thanks to Johnny Rep's early goal, but Juve turned the tables in Rome 23 years later. Fabrizio Ravanelli gave Juve an early lead but Jari Litmanen levelled before the break for Ajax, who were bidding to become the first team to retain the UEFA Champions League having beaten AC Milan in the final 12 months earlier; instead Juve were 4-2 winners on penalties. • Juve have won all four of the teams' two-legged contests, most recently prevailing 2-1 in the Amsterdam first leg of their 2009/10 UEFA Europa League round of 32 tie and progressing after a goalless draw in Turin. • The Bianconeri are unbeaten against Ajax in Turin (W3 D2), although they have scored only one goal in total in the last two fixtures, keeping clean sheets in both. Form guide Juventus • This is Juve's 19th European Cup quarter-final; their record is W12 L6: 2017/18 Real Madrid L 3-4 (0-3 h, 3-1 a) 2016/17 Barcelona W 3-0 (3-0 h, 0-0 a) 2014/15 Monaco W 1-0 (1-0 h, 0-0 a) 2012/13 Bayern München L 0-4 (0-2 a, 0-2 h) 2005/06 Arsenal L 0-2 (0-2 a, 0-0 h) 2004/05 Liverpool L 1-2 (1-2 a, 0-0 h) 2002/03 Barcelona W 3-2 (1-1 h, 2-1 a aet) 1998/99 Olympiacos W 3-2 (2-1 h, 1-1 a) 1997/98 Dynamo Kyiv W 5-2 (1-1 h, 4-1 a) 1996/97 Rosenborg W 3-1 (1-1 a, 2-0 h) 1995/96 Real Madrid W 2-1 (0-1 a, 2-0 h) 1985/86 Barcelona L 1-2 (0-1 a, 1-1 h) 1984/85 Sparta Praha W 3-1 (3-0 h, 0-1 a) 1982/83 Aston Villa W 5-2 (2-1 a, 3-1 h) 1977/78 Ajax W 3-0 penalties (1-1 a, 1-1 h) 1972/73 Újpest W 2-2 away goals (0-0 h, 2-2 a) 1967/68 Eintracht Braunschweig W 1-0 replay (2-3 a, 1-0 h) 1961/62 Real Madrid L 1-3 replay (0-1 h, 1-0 a) • Twelve months ago Juve's hopes looked to have been ended by a 3-0 home defeat against Real Madrid in the first leg, but a remarkable fightback in Spain levelled the tie on aggregate – only for Ronaldo's penalty, deep into added time, to finally end their challenge. • Juve's record in two-legged ties against Dutch clubs is W4 L1. • Juventus have won three of their four home games in this season's UEFA Champions League, beating Young Boys (3-0) and Valencia (1-0) at home in this season's group stage, either side of a 2-1 defeat by Manchester United on matchday four before the 3-0 defeat of Atlético in the last 16 second leg. • Before losing to Madrid last season, Juve were unbeaten in 27 home matches in UEFA competition (W16 D11), 2 Juventus - AFC Ajax Tuesday 16 April 2019 - 21.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Juventus Stadium, Turin dating back to a 2-0 reverse against Bayern München in April 2013. They have still lost only three of their 37 European matches at the Juventus Stadium (W22 D12). • Juve are unbeaten in seven matches against Eredivisie clubs (W4 D3), since a 2-0 loss at Feyenoord in the 1997/98 UEFA Champions League group stage. • Winners in 1985 and 1996, Juventus have played in nine European Cup finals – losing a record seven, including all of their last five. • Juve's penalty shoot-out win against Ajax in the 1977/78 European Cup quarter-finals is one of 14 UEFA competition ties in which they drew away in the first leg; the Italian club won 12 of those contests on aggregate. Ten of those first legs, including the last five, finished 1-1; Juve won eight of those ten contests overall, including the last, against Romania's Ceahlăul in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup third round (0-0 home). More famously, Juve's last defeat after an away first-leg draw came at the hands of Manchester United in the 1998/99 UEFA Champions League semi-finals (1-1 away, 2-3 home). • Juventus's record in six UEFA penalty shoot-outs is W3 L3: 2-3 v AC Milan, 2002/03 UEFA Champions League final 4-2 v Ajax, 1995/96 UEFA Champions League final 1-3 v Real Madrid, 1986/87 European Champion Clubs' Cup second round 4-2 v Argentinos Juniors, 1985 European/South American Cup final 1-4 v Widzew Łódź, 1980/81 UEFA Cup second round 3-0 v Ajax, 1977/78 European Champion Clubs' Cup quarter-final Ajax • Ajax's record in 12 European Cup quarter-finals is W8 L4: 2002/03 AC Milan L 2-3 (0-0 h, 2-3 a) 1996/97 Atlético Madrid W 4-3 (1-1 h, 3-2 a aet) 1995/96 Borussia Dortmund W 3-0 (2-0 a, 1-0 h) 1994/95 Hajduk Split W 3-0 (0-0 a, 3-0 h) 1979/80 Strasbourg W 4-0 (0-0 a, 4-0 h) 1977/78 Juventus L 0-3 pens (1-1 h, 1-1 a) 1972/73 Bayern München W 5-2 (4-0 h, 1-2 a) 1971/72 Arsenal W 3-1 (2-1 h, 1-0 a) 1970/71 Celtic W 3-1 (3-0 h, 0-1 a) 1968/69 Benfica W 3-0 replay (1-3 h, 3-1 a) 1966/67 Dukla Praha L 2-3 (1-1 h, 1-2 a) 1957/58 Vasus L 2-6 (2-2 h, 0-4 a) • The 2003 defeat at AC Milan ended Ajax's five-match unbeaten away run in European Cup quarter-finals (W2 D3). • The Dutch club were without a win in seven UEFA Champions League knockout phase fixtures (D2 L5), since a 3-2 victory at Atlético Madrid in the 1996/97 quarter-final second leg that completed a 4-3 aggregate success, before their win at Real Madrid in the last round. • Ajax had lost their last three UEFA Champions League away games in the knockout phase – all to Italian opponents – before winning at Real Madrid; before that sequence started, they had won the previous three and were unbeaten in five (D2). • The Amsterdammers have lost only one of their 15 European matches in 2018/19 (W8 D6) – the first-leg defeat against Madrid. They won their first away game at Sturm Graz in the second qualifying round (3-1), drawing the next four – including at Bayern München and Benfica in Group E, both 1-1 – before a 2-0 success at AEK Athens on matchday five and the 4-1 victory at Real Madrid. • Ajax are the sole side still involved who came through qualifying. The other 15 teams who reached the knockout rounds all entered the competition at the group stage. • Before the first leg, the Dutch club had not played Italian opposition since drawing home (1-1) and away (0-0) against AC Milan in the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League group stage – they have now extended their unbeaten run against Serie A sides to six matches (W1 D5) since that 2010 loss to Juventus. • Ajax are unbeaten in their last four matches away to Serie A sides (W2 D2), keeping clean sheets in all of them. • Ajax's record in two-legged ties against Italian clubs is W5 L7; they have lost three of the last four.