Real Madrid have been European Champions for 1,012 days, but their time is up. In 89 days, the final will be held just 14km away at Atlético’s ground but they will not be there. In a single week, they have been knocked out of the Copa del Rey, the La Liga title race and the competition they won in four of the last five years. When the end came, it was brutal. It was also brilliant. Ajax came to the Bernabéu and tore them to bits, scoring four goals, each more impressive than the last.
This is the third time Ajax have won here in this competition, after 1973 and 1995. The last two times they won the European Cup; few would expect them to win it this time but on this evidence it may not be so unlikely. Madrid are bad, it is true, their season over in March, but Ajax are very, very good, deservedly through: this victory was as big as the first leg should have been, Somehow, they lost that 2-1. Somehow, that did not matter. In the end, this was comfortable.
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