TRANSLATIONS ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL INTERPRETER SHOWS: MADRID, SPAIN (MARCH 4, 2019) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1.

VARIOUS OF AJAX MIDFIELDER FRENKIE DE JONG AND DEFENDER MATTHIJS DE LIGT JUGGLING THE BALL 2.

STRIKER KLAAS JAN HUNTELAAR JUGGLING THE BALL 3.

COACH ERIK TEN HAG SMILING AT HIS PLAYERS 4.

(SOUNDBITE) (Dutch) AJAX COACH ERIK TEN HAG, SAYING: "Real Madrid is bleeding over there.

Modric and Kroos are the bosses from the midfield forward creating game but Ramos is the boss in defence so they are bleeding there because they don't have a player with Ramos' personality both from a physical and mental point of view.

That is something that will affect them." STORY: Erik ten Hag is hoping Ajax can mount a Champions League comeback against Real Madrid by capitalising on Sergio Ramos's absence through suspension for the holders, the Ajax coach said on Monday (March 4).

Real captain Ramos received a yellow card at the end of their 2-1 win in the last 16, first leg in Amsterdam and is suspended for the return at the Bernabeu on Tuesday, plus an additional European match, after UEFA ruled he got booked deliberately.

Nacho Fernandez will likely take Ramos's place in the Madrid line-up alongside Raphael Varane at the heart of defence.

"Modric and Toni Kroos are the bosses in the midfield but Ramos is a boss in defence so they are bleeding there because they don't have a player with Ramos' personality," ten Hag said.

Ajax's coach believes Real Madrid will focus even more on Champions League success as they were eliminated from the Copa del Rey by Barcelona in midweek and after another defeat by the Catalans in la Liga on Saturday they are now 12 points off the pace set by the Catalans.

Santiago Solari's team know their last realistic chance of silverware this season is by winning the Champions League trophy for a record fourth consecutive season.

Ten Hag said his side will try to keep the ball and attack Real Madrid despite facing one of the European giants at home.

(Production: Juan Antonio Domiguez, Silvio Castellanos)