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That the result of the preliminary round of the Champions League affects its future, De Ligt did not want to say it. "It is a press conference on Sturm Graz, not on the future of Matthijs de Ligt," says the captain
"Strong, strong, stiff"
Ten Hag describes the l & # 39; Sturm Graz's opponent as a "strong, strong, rigid team that plays passionately in football". The previous two meetings with Austrian teams – Red Bull Salzburg in 2014 and Rapid Wien in 2015 – have been bad for the Amsterdam team. Still, the coach of Ajax has some courage.
"We prepared ourselves as well as we could, but with a lot of changes," says Ten Hag. "We have to face the circumstances."
Knights
Ten Hag and his trainer Heiko Vogel are acquaintances of each other. They had already worked together at the Bayern Munich Youth Academy
"I will definitely talk to him tomorrow." Heiko is a good colleague, we had a lot of substantive discussions at the time, "says Ten Hag.Sturm Graz passes through, then a third preliminary round, in which Standard Luik is the opponent. this obstacle is crossed, the team of Amsterdam can finally access the main tournament via the playoffs.
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