Décines-Charpieu (France) (AFP)
In the deep end! Lyon coach Rudi Garcia has chosen to start his rookie Bruno Guimaraes for the knockout round of the Champions League against Juventus by Cristiano Ronaldo and ... Adrien Rabiot, Wednesday (9:00 p.m.).
Despite the questions linked to the spread of the coronavirus which rages in the North of Italy, the meeting has been maintained in its initial configuration, with 3000 transalpine supporters expected in the sold-out stadium.
They will be able to see the European beginnings of Guimaraes. As soon as he arrived, the young 22-year-old Brazilian followed up with a second tenure with OL, after that in Metz (2-0) on Friday.
He appears in an environment with five players, notably alongside Houssem Aouar, eagerly awaited in a role of technical leader, in support of the attackers Karl Toko Ekambi and Moussa Dembélé.
For Juventus, technician Maurizio Sarri, unsurprisingly, trusted his superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, five-time winner of the competition. The Portuguese striker, in great shape, leads an XXL team, with Paulo Dybala, Mathijs de Ligt or Miralem Pjanic, among others.
Midfielder Adrien Rabiot, who arrived free from Paris SG this summer, is also in the eleven. The Frenchman, who is starting to make his hole in Piedmont at the expense of Blaise Matuidi (substitute), knows his third tenure of the season in C1.
Lyon: Lopes - Denayer (cap.), Marcelo, Marçal - Dubois, Guimaraes, Tousart, Aouar, Cornet - Toko Ekambi, Mo. Dembélé
Juventus: Szczesny - Danilo, De Ligt, Bonucci (cap.), Alex Sandro - Rabiot, Pjanic, Bentancur - Ronaldo, Dybala, Cuadrado
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