DERK BOERRIGTER
H the significance of a positive outcome against his former
employers,
"We have to win, and Ajax will be a different opponent to
Milan and Barcelona, but there will be opportunities for us and
we need to take them,"
Equally, the winger knows there will be no shortage of
motivation in the away dressing room, with Ajax only one
point better off than the Scottish champions and desperate
to banish some recent tales of glorious failure in the UEFA
Champions League,
"Ajax have been unlucky in the UEFA Champions League in
the two years I played there," said Boerrigter, In the first year
I played there we won twice against Dinamo Zagreb, drew
twice against Lyon and lost twice against Real Madrid, so we
had eight points, But then Lyon beat Zagreb away 7-0 in the
last game to go through which was unbelievable,"
Whether Boerrigter will be able to line up against his
former employers will only be revealed once the starting XI
is announced, A troublesome ankle injury has disrupted his
progress in Paradise since joining the Hoops and has put his
place in doubt, But he will be making every effort to get fit,
This is a game he doesn't want to miss.
"Things are getting better but it's not as good as I wanted
but I will get there eventually - it just takes a bit of time," said
the Dutchman.
"In all the games I have played here I have had a pain in my
ankle. I wish I was fit when 1 came here but a couple of weeks
before I arrived, I got a bad kick on my ankle so I came here
with an injury.
"I played my first game against Ross County and then I got
a kick on it again and twisted my ankle, just how it happened
the first time. It made it worse instead of better and from
that point on I was struggling with my ankle. Q
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