TURIN, ITALY (AFP) - Ajax shocked Juventus to achieve the Champions League semi-finals for the first time back 1997 as Matthijs de Ligt's thumping second-half header secured a 2-1 second-leg victory in the last eight in Turin on Tuesday (April 16).Cristiano Ronaldo, bidding for his sixth Champions League title, scored a 28th-minute header to put Juve ahead after a 1-1 first-leg draw, but Donny van de Beek levelled for Ajax back half-time.Teenage centre-back De Ligt struck midway through the second period, though, to seal a 3-2 aggregate win and set up a last-four accomplishment as soon as either Manchester City or Tottenham. The young Dutch side had already eliminated three-time defending champions real Madrid en route to the quarters, overturning a 2-1 home overwhelm next to the Spanish side as soon as a memorable 4-1 victory at the Santiago Bernabeu.Juventus had been looking to achieve the Champions League semi-finals for the third time in the as soon as five seasons.But Ronaldo, who scored an away plan last week as soon as a diving header in Amsterdam, was Juve's abandoned weapon next to the fabulous Dutch side. The 34-year-old was signed for 100 million euros (S$153 million) last summer from real Madrid in a bid to win the European trophy for the first time back 1996, as soon as they prominence Ajax in the final.Massimiliano Allegri had been annoyed to reshuffle his side because of injuries, as soon as Paulo Dybala returning in place of the injured Mario Mandzukic, even if captain Giorgio Chiellini was as well as sidelined.Ajax's defence took a hit as soon as Noussair Mazraoui, who had replaced the suspended Nicolas Tagliafico, limped off on 11 minutes as soon as an ankle injury, as soon as Daley Sinkgraven coming on.Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana dived to save out a scorching Dybala half-volley in the 20th minute.Ronaldo leaves Onana no chance
But Ronaldo latched onto a Miralem Pjanic corner as soon as a downward header that left Onana without no chance.It was the Portugal star's 126th Champions League plan and sixth of this campaign, having now scored in his as soon as six European games next to Ajax, netting nine goals in total.But Van de Beek soon silenced the clapping of the home crowd as soon as he controlled a wayward Hakim Ziyech shot six minutes later, rolling the ball as soon as Szczesny to withdraw out Juventus' away plan and create it 2-2 on aggregate.Teenage striker Moise Kean replaced Dybala after the break, but it was the Dutch who turned on the style, as soon as abandoned Szczesny's reflexes keeping Juventus in the tie.The Polish keeper denied Ziyech from near range as soon as one hand, and minutes sophisticated tipped Van de Beek's curling effort more than the bar.The Juventus back-line struggled as soon as the pace of the Dutch team as soon as Pjanic proceed competently to deny Ziyech a tap-in.But Erik ten Hag's side's incessant pressure paid off as soon as 19-year-old skipper De Ligt towering above Alex Sandro and Daniele Rugani to head home Lasse Schone's corner on 67 minutes.Ziyech looked as if he had afire a third as soon as Szczesny, but his plan was ruled offside after a VAR check.And the Dutch visitors held on, as soon as Ronaldo unable to create a difference after his unbelievable hat-trick had pulled Juventus into the quarter-finals in the last-16 win more than Atletico Madrid.Four-time winners Ajax won their third consecutive title in 1973 at the expense of Juventus, and last lifted the trophy in 1995, as soon as their last semi-final appearances ending in overwhelm by Juve 22 years ago.
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