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#2 Ajax's young squad continue strutting their stuff on the big stage
Having a young squad with an average age of 24 can backfire due to the lack of experience but Ajax more than make up for it by playing some of the best football that fans and analysts of the game have witnessed in a while.
Their brand of expansive football has managed to break one of the best defenses in Juventus at Turin and also managed to annihilate Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu and have now added Tottenham at the new White Hart Lane to their growing list.
The effort showed by experienced players such as Daley Blind and Dusan Tadic along with the guile showed by youngsters such as Frenkie De Jong and Hakim Ziyech guided Ajax to gain an advantage in the first leg. After some slick passing near Tottenham's box, Donny van de Beek was sent through on goal and had the composure to slot it past a helpless Hugo Lloris calmly.
The composure shown by their young stars along with the grit and determination to press high and chase after every ball is what has taken Ajax this far into the tournament and what might guide them to the finals.
Their inverted pyramid formation might backfire against a more clinical side such as Barcelona but has produced some of the best football the club has played since Louis Van Gaal's 'Total Football' era which revolutionized the game at that point.
