Ajax are working towards the UEFA Champions League match with Qarabağ FK in Baku. In this video, you can see how the Ajax players are preparing for the game.
Alongside our cameraman, a photographer was also present. He captured the training session beautifully as well, as you can see in the slider below.
We also gained brief access to the gym, where the Ajax players were putting the final physical touches in place.
On Wednesday evening, Qarabağ FK and Ajax face each other at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium. Below is already an impression of the setting for the sixth match of the League Phase of the UEFA Champions League.
Wout Weghorst will be sidelined until the winter break with an ankle injury. Medical tests carried out on Monday showed that the striker suffered significant damage to the ligaments in his right ankle during the away match against Fortuna Sittard.
Ajax have arrived in Azerbaijan. The Ajacieden trained on Monday morning at sports complex de Toekomst and flew to Baku in the afternoon. Wednesday evening sees the sixth UEFA Champions League match on the schedule: Qarabağ FK – Ajax.
Ajax will have to face Qarabağ FK on Wednesday in their UEFA Champions League match without Kenneth Taylor, Wout Weghorst, and Josip Šutalo. The trio is not fit enough to travel to Azerbaijan. James McConnell, Gerald Alders, and Steven Berghuis will also stay in the Netherlands.