Experience helped propel Ajax to Champions League semifinals

Ajax, who visit Tottenham Hotspur in Tuesday’s semi-final first leg and are chasing a domestic league and cup double, have always been a club prepared to field young players, but they made a conscious decision last year to inject more experience into the team.

Ajax brought back Daley Blind, 29, from Manchester United and signed Dusan Tadic, 30, from Southampton. “It worked to our benefit,” added Ten Hag. “The team grew quickly, having to play so many important and decisive games. We had a lot of so-called ‘cup finals’ early on in the season.”

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