Lille-Juventus, Motta with Weah and Koop. Probable formations and TV schedule

Lille, 5 November 2024 - Fourth seasonal effort in the Champions League for the Juventus, who started by beating the PSV Eindhoven 3-1 in Turin, then won 3-2 in Leipzig in ten, but surrendered at home to Stuttgart, who scored the decisive goal in injury time after the red card to DaniloIn front of the black and whites there is the LilleThe French team recovered from the 2-0 defeat at home to Sporting Lisbon on the opening day and overtook the holders of the Real Madrid 1-0 at the Stade Pierre Mauroy, before a 3-1 victory at home toAtletico Madrid, XNUMX Jonathan David who scored three of the four goals. It will be a special match for Timothy Weah, who moved to Lille in 2019. He scored eight goals in 107 games over the next four seasons, winning the league in 2020/21 before joining Juventus in 2023.

Juve's Precedents in France 

There are no precedents between Lille and Juventus. Instead, there are 32 matches played by the Piedmontese against French teams in UEFA competitions. Eighteen Juventus victories, six draws, on eight occasions the transalpines have won. The first time dates back to 1972, the Champions Cup was being played: 3-0 in Turin against Marseille, to overturn the 1-0 of the first leg in France. Since then, the Old Lady has met PSG, Bordeaux, Nantes, Lyon and Monaco. Never Lille. Not good, for the Bianconeri, the last 4 in the UCL against transalpine teams: in 2020, first leg in Lyon and 1-0 defeat, return months later (due to the suspension due to the pandemic) at the beginning of August, and 2-1 for Juve with Lyon to advance to the round. In 2022, double 2-1 with PSG. Better was the last double clash ever against a French team, namely Nantes: in the 2022/23 Europa League 1-1 in Turin in the first leg, 0-3 for the Bianconeri in the return leg.

Thiago Motta's statements

These are the words of Thiago Motta in the classic pre-match press conference. "Douglas Luiz he's back in the squad and that's great news. We'll have one more player who can help the team, either from the start or as a substitute. We're happy to have him with us. Vlahovic? Dusan is doing very well and now it's time for him to pick up the good things he's seen in these games. I have great respect for the Lille coach and all their players. Genesio he has done a great job since he arrived in Lille. His team plays very good football, they are very solid defensively and I am not surprised by the results they have achieved in these first games of the season. Lille are in this situation thanks to the excellent work carried out by the club in these months and, above all, in these years. All the games are important. As Juventus we always want to win and the most important aspect must be to continue to want to improve in training and in the game. You always learn and you always improve. Every game has its own story. It will be essential to take to the field with maximum concentration to obtain a positive result. The opponent we will face is confident, but we are also very well and we are ready to play our game". 

Thuram's words

"The difficulties we will encounter tomorrow against Lille will be many. They are a very good team, with a very good coach and they play a good game - the comment of Khephren Thuram - Always try to go forward, with a proactive game, they want to have the ball at their feet. They certainly got two very important results – perhaps unexpected before the kick-off – against two great teams like Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, but they deserved to earn these points. Coming to us, we prepared the game as always, respecting the opponent. They are confident, but we will take the field to get the most and to return to Turin with a positive result. Who will take the field in midfield? We all have different qualities. I have certain characteristics and my teammates have others. For this reason the coach can choose from game to game based on the opponents. My father and my brother complimented me on the performance in Udine, but those who know my father know that he is very strict and immediately encouraged me to do better. I always try to be the best version of myself. Every day I try to outdo myself, in training and in games". 

Probable lineups

Lille (4-2-3-1): Chevalier; Toure, Diakité, Mandi, Gudmundsson; André, Mukau; Zhegrova, Bouaddi, Fernandez; David.

Juventus (4-2-3-1): Di Gregorio; Savona, Gatti, Kalulu, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Thuram; Weah, Koopmeiners, Yildiz; Vlahovic.

Time and where to watch the match

Lille-Juventus is scheduled for Tuesday 5 November, with kick-off set for 21pm. The match will be broadcast on Sky Sport Arena (204) and Sky Sport 253. The match will also be visible in live streaming on Sky Go (free app for subscribers available on PC, smartphone and tablet) and on the Now website and app (portal with the best of Sky's sports programming accessible through the purchase of specific packages).

The arbitrator's appointment

The Bosnian referee will direct the match Irfan Fear, assisted by assistants Senad Ibrisimbegovic and Davor Beljo, while Luka Bilbija will be the fourth official of the match. Dutchman Dennis Higler will be at VAR, with Polish Tomasz Kwiatkowski at AVA

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