Ajax coach Martin Jol is not complacent mood ahead of Tuesday's Champions League clash between his side and Auxerre.
Jol team lost their opening Group G 2-0 at Real Madrid, before drawing 1-1 with AC Milan, while Auxerre went down 2-0 to Milan and 1-0 to Madrid - means that the header forth between the two sides is essential.
The top two teams in the game Tuesady color contrasting domestic form with Ajax in second place in the Eredivisie and 17th with Auxerre in France.
But Jol estimated Jean Fernandez side is much better than the ranking suggests.
"It's a good, solid team with few stars," he said.
"Auxerre are a unique style and performed well last season.
"They are well organized team, who spent the Zenit St Petersburg [the playoffs] to get through the Champions League.
"The lowest point in the standings in the French league is a poor reflection of the qualities they have."
The rear Vurnon Anita and midfielder Siem de Jong trained individually because they are derived from calf and hamstring problems respectively. The first might work tomorrow, but it will focus on being fit for the match weekend at the Hotel Excelsior.
Defender Timothy Atouba (knee) practiced with the team this morning, but the game is too early to Auxerre Cameroon.
Auxerre have taken eight points from their first nine games of the Ligue 1 and finished the weekend in the last four after going down 1-0 at home against Bordeaux on Saturday.
Captain Benoit Pedretti different hopes the competition can lead to a rise in the fortunes of the French club.
He told L'Equipe: "It 's a different competition, different atmosphere ... and this race, we have nothing to lose We believe that most free ..
"Everything is possible. If Real Madrid get a perfect score on their next two games against Milan and there are four points against Ajax, the second qualifying round point would be rejected by the Milan Abbe-Deschamps."
Pedretti admits his team are not the team that want to compete nationally and in Europe,
The 29-year-old added: "We're not quite equipped to do well in the Premiership and the Champions League if the problem is to stay the course in Ligue 1 and limit the damage in Europe, it is possible. . We want to be stronger and have more ambitions in both competitions.
"We will try to stay in Ligue 1 and do not be ridiculous in the Champions League.
"I do not know if a team playing in the Champions League has dropped the same year in Ligue 2, but ... we'll make the best team we have."
Auxerre defender Jean-Pascal Mignot should return after missing the game with a groin problem and Bordeaux striker Dennis Oliech is back after suspension.
However, the young quarterback Alain Traore got an ankle injury during the weekend, and Fernandez 'without Steeve Langila forward and midfielder Anthony Le Tallec because of ankle problems.