On the eve of the Champions League match against Juventus, Tuesday evening at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium (9 p.m.), the Dogues coach, Bruno Genesio, presented himself at a press conference with the long list of players who will be absent to face the Old Lady.
To say that Losc will be weakened for the clash against Juve in the Champions League is an understatement. Faced with a massacre of injuries, Lille will come up against the Italian club deprived of many players. The list is even so long that Bruno Genesio anticipated the question about his infirmary and presented himself at a press conference with “a paper.” In addition to the long-term injured Samuel Umtiti, Tiago Santos and Nabil Bentaleb, the Losc coach will have to deal without Ethan Mbappé, Hakon Haraldsson, Rémy Cabella, Thomas Meunier, Ousmane Touré. Ismaily is not completely recovered. Finally, André Gomes is also injured, but he is not registered on the UEFA lists.
“We have already achieved two feats…”
Despite a very diminished team, Lille will try to ride on its prestigious victories against Real Madrid and Atlético to bring down another great European player: “We have already achieved two exploits”, recalls Genesio. “We must be able to reproduce it. We will play our luck to the fullest. We are at home, our public will be behind us.”
The technician believes in it: “We have six points having played the two biggest teams in the group with Juve and Liverpool. That gives you confidence. That doesn't mean that everything will go perfectly well, but it gives you confidence. Having beaten these kinds of teams means we are capable of doing it again.” Losc is 15th in the Champions League after three contested days, just behind its opponent on Tuesday evening (14th).
