Ajax reach UEFA Women's Champions League quarters for first time

THE HAGUE, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- Ajax beat AS Roma 2-1 on Tuesday night in Amsterdam to enter the UEFA Women's Champions League quarterfinals for the first time.

In Group C, Ajax needed a win to guarantee a last-eight berth. But they had a nervous and difficult start as Elisa Bartoli lifted Roma to 1-0 lead in the 32nd minute.

Ajax escaped from a bigger deficit when Bartoli headed on the cross-bar, and a fe