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Ajax will be part of the draw this afternoon from 5 p.m. to see who the three opponents will be in the group stage of the Champions League. Former Ajax coach Aad de Mos late in conversation with The Telegraph know who can and should not draw the team of trainer Erik ten Hag. “A group with Bayern Munich, Atalanta and Club Brugge would be a horror draw,” he says.
Ajax is in Pot 2 and therefore avoids Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Manchester City, Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk. De Mos thinks that Ajax can draw the best Zenit St. Petersburg from Pot 1. “This is by far the weakest club in Pot 1. Zenit is a bit on the same level as Dynamo Kyiv. I have seen them against AZ and AA Gent and Ajax likes that game. You can play football through that and dominate against it. Bring it on, I would say. ”
According to De Mos, Ajax will hope that Bayern will be avoided. “Without a doubt the best team in the world at the moment, which can also vary very easily. Suddenly there were four or five other players in the Supercup against Dortmund, but they ‘just’ won. Bayern has an incredibly strong selection of 22 men. And when it comes to prices, they are always there. It is not without reason that they won five main prizes in 106 days. ” In addition to the German national title, Bayern also won the DFB Pokal, Champions League, European Supercup and German Supercup.
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As far as De Mos is concerned, Olympiacos is an ideal opponent for Ajax from Pot 3. “The team wants to play football just like Ajax, but Ajax can simply do better. And in general Ajax is doing well against Greek opoonenten ”, said De Mos, who expects Atalanta to be a tough opponent for Ajax. “I think that’s really my old club KV Mechelen 2.0. In the 1980s, no one ever took us into account, but we did eliminate everyone. I now have that feeling at Atalanta. Everyone thought it was a one-day fly, but now they are back at the top of the Serie A. This week they won ‘just’ with 1-4 at Lazio. This team and trainer Gasperini really do not want to encounter Ajax. ”
From Pot 4, the Hungarian Ferencváros is the dream opponent for Ajax, according to De Mos. “I’ve seen fragments of Ferencváros – Molde. After the 3-3 in Norway, it now remained 0-0. Ajax will really win from this. ” Club Brugge is according to De Mos the toughest opponent for Ajax from this group. “That club knows way too much about Ajax and has the experience in the Champions League. Last year they did twice well against Real Madrid. Partly because of the system, Club is simply a difficult opponent. They have – as Vitesse also played – three on the back and a lot of speed in the front. In addition, Ruudje Vormer has the perfect booster. Don’t do Club Brugge, rather something different. ”