Memphis Depay believes in Lyon s chances of completing an upset over Juventus in the Champions League.
Lyon will face Juve in Turin on Friday in the second leg of their last-16 tie, more than five months after winning 1-0 at home.
Depay, who has scored five goals in as many Champions League games in 2019-20, is back from a knee injury and the star attacker believes Lyon can upset the Serie A champions.
I must say the record says I ve been quite successful in the Champions League this season, he told a news conference.
I ve played five games and [on Friday] I ll look ahead and try to do my best to do the same thing. I think the whole team deserves credit for the first game that they played against Juve. It was a pity I couldn t play but the team spirit and even the fans in the stadium – everything was great.
We have to do it without the fans but still with the full squad, the staff and everybody involved. We have a great team spirit and I believe we can get the job done.
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Depay was enjoying a fine season for Lyon before rupturing an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his knee in December.
The former Manchester United forward said experience had led to his improvement in 2019-20.
At this age, I m 26, I ve become more mature, more experienced in games and sometimes things speak for themselves, Depay said.
I just try to help the team and be a good individual in the team and help the team, be involved, play better football. I feel like I do that quite good.
I m happy with my team-mates. I think it s the same for them. They can learn and I can learn from them. At my age I think that s matching my age, that s the role I m in and the coach gave me that role and I try to fill it as well as possible.
