OM are not participating in the Champions League this season, but Mehdi Benatia warns one of his former clubs, Juventus Turin, to be very wary of Lille.
The Champions League returns this week, and the French teams have so far earned respect. Brest surprises all of Europe with its performances and its strong place in the Top8. Monaco brought down FC Barcelona and is also among the first. Lille perhaps struck even harder by beating Atlético and Real Madrid, two completely unexpected results. What a surprise when the Ligue 1 representatives were not necessarily used to hitting hard in the Champions League. Result, this Tuesday, it is Juventus which presents itself in the North with some fears, given the reputation of chopping heads of the Mastiffs.
Collective + individuality = LOSC
A fear that Mehdi Benatia understands perfectly. The sports advisor of Olympique de Marseille particularly follows the performances of a club that is dear to him with Juventus Turin, of which he has long been a defender. Questioned by Tuttosport, the manager of the Provençal club warned that we had to take seriously a team which has a lot of qualities, and therefore enough to make the Old Lady tremble.
« It's a really good team. They struggled at the start of the season, but they were able to turn that around. They have a very good spirit, and high quality players. They lost Thiago Santos, their really strong right-back, to injury, and they will miss him. But looking at what they have shown so far, they are capable of putting any team in trouble », summarized the former Moroccan international, who notably cites, without surprise, Jonathan David, Angel Gomes and Edon Zhegrova, as the players that Juventus Turin must monitor closely.
