Ajax stars showed they are fighting fit and ready for the visit of Juventus as the Dutch giants look to spring another surprise in this season's Champions League.
The Eredivisie league leaders have home advantage in the first leg of their quarter-final tie against Juventus and go into the contest full of confidence having knocked out holders Real Madrid in the previous round.
Having lost the first leg at home 2-1, a youthful Ajax side produced one of the club's finest performances ever in European Cup history as they put on a dazzling 4-1 win at the Bernabeu to progress.
Knocking out Real Madrid remains a major scalp, despite their ongoing troubles this season, but Juventus pose their own threats given they are considered one of the favourites to lift this year's title.
The Italian side's star man, Cristiano Ronaldo, handed them a huge boost on Tuesday as he took part in training and now looks fit to play a key role in Amsterdam.
But while Ronaldo's return would make the Old Lady firm favourites to progress over two legs, Ajax starlet Hakim Ziyech, who scored in that 4-1 win in Madrid, firmly believes he and his team-mates can go all the way to the final.
The Moroccan revealed to reporters on Tuesday ahead of the match on Wednesday that he has spoken to international team-mate and former Juventus defender Mehdi Benatia about the quarter-final match-up.
'Benatia? I spoke to him,' Ziyech told a press conference.
'He likes how we are playing and in his opinion, we can beat Juve'.
Benatia spent two years at Juventus having joined in 2017 before making a switch out to the Middle East.
The Italians have already secured domestic bragging rights for another year and are determined to end their run without a Champions League title - stretching back to 1996 - with Ronaldo in their ranks.
Ajax boss Erik ten Hag added: 'Juventus are an experienced team and can put different strategies into play. It will be another big obstacle to overcome after Bayern Munich and Real Madrid but we will play as usual and we will have to be good at reading the match.'