After the last two matches with Luis Suarez in the pitch, Barcelona will seek to recover their winning line against the former Uruguayan team in Amsterdam in the Group F fixture in Champions League.
The two lost games against Real Madrid and Celta Vigo last Sunday left the Catalans out of the top of the La Liga table and Luis Enrique coach needs to address the defense errors and the misfiring attack line to try to avoid a third loss in a row.
In the match that will face two four-time European champions, Ajax will try to repeat the victory of the last season.
Suarez will play his first Champions League with Barcelona after the suspension for bitting against his former team, where he played from 2007 to 2011. There he was the captain and also player of the year.
Ajax wants to repeat the 2-1 final score of last year’s match with an impressive first-half attacking display, also, after the 3-1 Barcelona defeat against Real Madrid, Vetman thinks that they need to be bold, they must not play with fear against Barça.
Barcelona is now second in Group F, just a point behind the current group leader Paris Saint-Germain, while Ajax is third one point ahead of Apoel Nicosia.
After the ban, Suarez was unable to integrate in the team against Real Madrid, he felt lost and disorganized, but they have been working to improve things and he is slowly feeling more comfortable with his team mates.
Barcelona will travel to Netherlands with an unfavorable statistics, they have only won two of the last seven matches against Dutch opponents and the won’t be able to use Andres Iniesta, Thomas Vermaelen and Jermy Mathieu all three injured.
In the other match, PSG with a win against APOLE will be mathematically qualified for the next phase if Barcelona beats Ajax. But Ibrahimovic will not be able to play the match due to a heel injury that is taking longer to heal than expected
Apoel will visit Paris after his victory at Ethnikos with a final 4-0 and extending to eight their unbeaten league matches.
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