The president of OL entrusted his ambition to "Figaro" before the shock against Juventus Turin Wednesday, in the round of 16 of the Champions League. “This match comes at a strategic time for us. We are in the ramp-up cycle and we need to do an achievement to legitimize everything we have done. Today, everything is not visible, and in particular for certain sports journalists who only watch the result of the week, except for the people who travel to Lyon. We are going to play Juventus on Wednesday, the derby against Saint-Etienne on Sunday and the semi-final of the Coupe de France against Paris (Wednesday, March 4). When I imagined investing so much in OL and building something that would become inevitable in the medium and long term in terms of results, I could have dreamed of that week. It may be a year too early, but I like to save a year in my program. To dream is not cursed, much less to blaspheme. It's sport. These matches are timely, maybe not in sport because we had a lot of injuries that penalized us, but since we are in a good economic situation, we were able, perhaps, to compensate for the injuries. We deserve to beat them and qualify. There is only that which speaks in the sports landernau. "
Are you afraid of Juventus?
" Of course. It enchants me and scares me. I am an admirer of Ronaldo, Pjanic, Matuidi, I really like Rabiot. Besides, we wanted to recruit him for the winter break, "Juni" had thought about it, but he started playing with Juve. We admire what Agnelli is doing with Juve and his players, but it will only have more reflection for us if we manage to hook them. ”
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