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Juventus coach Mbadimiliano Allegri congratulated Ajax and Frenkie De Jong after watching his team fight for a 1-1 draw in the first leg of their league quarter-final. Champions in Amsterdam.
Cristiano Ronaldo came back from the injury and led Juve to the head just before the break but Ajax deserved full equalizer scored by David Neres early in the recovery and pushed hard for the winner.
De Jong (Barcelona) led the middle game in the park and Allegri admitted that he was not able to chase it.
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"De Jong is the real source of their game," Allegri told uefa.com. "We tried to control him with (Rodrigo) Bentancur at first, but when he understood that, he went further and the attackers had to work hard to control him." He played very well.
"The Ajax has great qualities.It holds the ball well even when there are no spaces.I think that was well defended even if it had to be best when we won the ball in the middle of the field.
"We suffered after their goal because we were a little shocked to concede immediately after the break, but we defended well and finished the match better."
Allegri also praised Ronaldo, who had missed the previous four matches because of a problem in the thigh resumed in the international game.
"Once again, Ronaldo has turned out to be at a different level," Allegri said. "His movements and sense of timing are simply different from others."
Erik Ten Hag, Ajax's boss, was hoping to have more, but he will gain confidence on the last lap, when his team lost the first leg against Real Madrid to stun its holders 4-1 at Bernabeu.
He said: "This is not the expected result that we hope but it is the result.The last time we lost 2-1 against Madrid at home, we are still We had very good opportunities. "
Ten Hag added Ronaldo's objective: "In the middle of the field, we were wrong for a moment, and then you see that they can move the game forward at lightning speed. can you afford it. "
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