The vice-president of Juventus Turin confided his feelings on the Champions League draw.
Pavel Nedved, the vice-president of Juventus Turin who will face Paris-SG, Benfica and Maccabi Haifa during the Champions League group stage, gave his feelings on the draw at the microphone of Sky Sport and of Mediaset : «It’s a rather tough group with three other strong teams. Our opponents don’t need any presentation, including Benfica against whom we don’t necessarily have a very favorable history. We are also happy to go to Israel, where we could not go this summer to play in friendly (match scheduled against Atlético Madrid in early August in Tel-Aviv finally relocated to Turin for security reasons, editor’s note). In the Champions League, nothing is ever easy.»
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The former Ballon d’Or then spoke more specifically about Paris SG, in particular concerning the reunion of Angel Di Maria against his ex-team. “He will be happy, but we too are delighted to meet teams of this level.“. As for the possibility of welcoming PSG midfielder Leandro Paredes on loan after this draw, Nedved kicks in touch: “I don’t know if they’re going to give it to us or not… With Milik, we completed our attacking sector. The transfer window remains open and we continue to work to strengthen the squad but we don’t know yet if we will welcome other players…“And the Czech does not have any special concerns after Juve’s complicated start to the season:”We’ve only just started… What we need is a bit of peace to be able to work. We were criticized after a draw (0-0 against Sampdoria on Monday, editor’s note), but we need time. We have serious injuries (Pogba, Di Maria, Church, NDLR), you just have to work and lay low.»