Despite their heroics against Real Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League, Ajax were undoubtedly seen as the plum quarter-final draw (alongside Porto) for the rest of the sides left in the competition.
The Dutch giants knocked out Los Blancos 5-3 on aggregate, and completed the famous victory with an unbelievable 4-1 win at the Santiago Bernabeu.
But for all of the plaudits Ajax duly received - and deservedly so - there is one little asterisk that goes with such an accomplishment; Madrid didn't have Cristiano Ronaldo.
Instead, the Champions League's record goalscorer finds himself in Turin, playing for Juventus, and as the draw was read out earlier on Friday afternoon, Ajax must have been hoping to avoid both the Portuguese star and the Bianconeri.