Key match for Lille and Juve

Manos Staramopoulos • 5 de noviembre de 2024

Both teams have 6 points out of 9 possible and need a good result to advance towards the goal of achieving a direct place in the round of 16.

Lille and Juventus plays a key match in  France for a place in the UEFA Champions League knockout round

An ambiguous game awaits tonight between Lille and Juventus at the " Stade Pierre Mauroy " . The home team Lille, which had defeated in a previous game, again at its home, last year's European champions, Real Madrid, aspires that today it will cause as much trouble as more so the Italian team.


Both teams according to their standings so far in the overall standings of the UEFA Champions League are among those who, if nothing changes in the future, then they will be forced to play play-off matches. While Lille is in 14th place with 6 points after 3 games, Juventus is also in 14th place with 6 points in 3 games.


The coach of Lille, Bruno Genesio speaking at the press conference emphasized among other things:

"Every Champions League match is different, but there is one key parameter to get a result - commitment." And he added:


"Like all Italian teams, Juventus are very well organised, it is very difficult to play against them. Having already achieved two great results in this competition, we will give it our all again and we have our fans to give us strength."


Genesio has some pretty serious problems to deal with as they have injured players such as Belgian defender Meunier, 34-year-old midfielder Cabella and 24-year-old English midfielder Adilson Gomes. Of course, he is betting a lot on the wonderful playing condition of the international Canadian forward, Jonathan David, who very soon will go to continue his career in a much stronger team. After all, there are not a few teams that have shown interest in acquiring him.


"We have to reach our limits"


On the other hand, the new coach of Juventus, Thiago Motta, emphasized the importance of his team fighting to their limits in away games, and this must be repeated now against the French side, Lille.


The Italian side recognize that their work against Lille, who have made it very difficult for teams such as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, needs a lot of attention.


"All games are important. We, as Juventus, always want to win. The most important thing is to always try to improve. There are no favorites in these games," said Motta. And he continued:


"Lille has a lot of confidence and we want to face them in optimal condition. Our aim is to give more than the maximum."


Thiago Motta will have Brazilian midfielder Douglas Luiz back at his disposal after a lengthy injury lay-off, but will be without others. They are Polish forward Arkandius Milik, Brazilian stopper Gleyson Bremer and Argentine winger Nico (Nicolas Gonzalez)."



Manos Staramopoulos

Journalist and Analyst of International Football and Affairs

Chief Editor English Zone of Discoveryfootball.com

Athens (Greece)

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