It's official. Ajax will meet Brøndby in the third preliminary round of the Champions League. Both teams will meet in Copenhagen on August 10 and later in Amsterdam on August 24. Brøndby secures a meeting with Ajax after drilling Dynamo Tbilisi 5 - 1 on aggregate.

I'm not sure whether it will be a breeze for Ajax or not. Frankly, I haven't been following Ajax's transfer activities during the summer and I've only started to revisit Ajax USA cum ajaxtalk forum in the last few weeks. I do know however, there is no big signing for Ajax while van der Vaart is gone to Germany.

God. I've forgotten how much fun it is to visit a soccer forum. In Ajax forum, at least in the last few years of my carrier as a forum participant, there is a repeating theme - the love for Italian players. But I'm digressing.

Anyway, in the recent Amsterdam Tournament, Ajax finished last; Ajax lost 1 - 0 to Arsenal and later, to Boca Juniors by the same score line. I'm not sure whether that is encouraging or not but according to reports, Ajax played quite well and was simply unlucky. On the side note, Ajax has got to stop playing Arsenal. OMG, every year, it's all about Arsenal, Arsenal and Arsenal. If Ajax is going to meet Arsenal again this season in the Champions League group stage (of which thank goodness, that prospect is too minute for me too worry on), I'm going to be an ardent supporter of the Red Devils. With van der Sar on that cursed team, I think I could live with that, temporarily.

But all this talk about Champions League should be shoven aside at the moment because tomorrow, Ajax will be up against the evil farmers from the light bulb city of Eindhoven. Yes, it is the evil P$V, Chelsea’s satellite club, or so it seems. The stake?

The Johan Cruijff Shield. The shield itself is nothing but winning against PSV is something.

With that, let us welcome back the Eredivisie.

Hup Ajax hup!