Ajax were drawn to face English Premier League side Aston Villa in the last sixteen of the UEFA Conference League on Thursday in Nyon, Switzerland. The side from Birmingham has already defeated AZ twice in the competition's group stage. The matches will be played on the seventh and fourteenth of March. It is probably the toughest draw that Ajax could have gotten after their fortunate extra-time victory against Bodø/Glimt on Thursday. Unai Emery's side are fourth in the English Premier League and are among the favorites to win the Conference League.
The roles were reversed for John van 't Schip's Ajax side on Sunday against NEC. Just three days after the Amsterdammers scored in injury time to equalize against Bodo-Glimt in the UEFA Conference League, it was NEC who got an injury time leveler in the Johan Cruijff Arena, ensuring that the match finished level at 2-2.
Ajax managed to avoid a painful defeat against Bodø/Glimt in the interim round of the Conference League with two goals in injury time: 2-2. Substitute Branco van den Boomen converted a penalty in the 91st minute, and Steven Berghuis scored the equalizer in the 97th minute.
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