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• Neymar suffers fresh injury blow

  Neymar sustained a new injury as he was forced off during Al-Hilal's AFC Champions League Elite win over Esteghlal.

  Aleksandar Mitrovic plundered a hat-trick on Monday to seal a 3-0 win.

  But Al-Hilal's victory was soured by an injury to Neymar, who had to make way just 29 minutes after he came on as a second-half substitute.

  The Brazilian, who has just returned from over a year out of action following a serious knee injury, was forced off with what appeared to be a thigh issue.

  Indeed, Monday's appearance was only the 32-year-old's second for Al-Hilal since his comeback.

  He has featured just seven times for the Saudi Pro League champions in all competitions since his big-money move from Paris Saint-Germain in 2023.

• Juve must play at their limits against in-form Lille, warns Motta

  Thiago Motta stressed the importance of Juventus playing at their very best when they face Lille in the Champions League on Tuesday.

  Juve face a tough task against a side who have already upset Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid in this season's competition.

  This will be the first ever meeting between these teams.

  However, Juve have lost three of their last four Champions League matches against French opponents (W1), including both against Paris Saint-Germain in the 2022-23 campaign. and Motta warned against any complacency.

  "All matches are important. We, as Juventus, always want to win. The most important thing is always trying to improve," Motta told reporters on Monday.

  "Lille are very confident, and we want to face them in optimal condition. We aim to give more than our maximum.

  "There are no favourites in a match. It's a beautiful game, in a beautiful stadium, and we hope the pitch will be in good condition tomorrow. We can only talk tomorrow about who played better."

  Motta will have midfielder Douglas Luiz from injury, but is still without a glut of players.

  "He's [Luiz] one more player who can help the team. We’ll be missing Arek [Arkadiusz Milik], Gleison [Bremer] and [Nicolas Gonzalez]."

  Lille boss Bruno Genesio knows Juve will present a stern test for his team, despite their shock wins over the Madrid clubs this term.

  "Every Champions League match is different, but there is one essential parameter to get a result - commitment," he said.

  "Like all Italian teams, Juventus are very well organised, very difficult to play against. Having already achieved two big results in this competition, we are going to give it our all again and we have our fans who will give us strength."

  Jonathan David will be one of the standout Lille players Juve have to keep a close eye on.

  The Canada international has scored six goals in his last eight Champions League appearances for Lille.

  Lille have won all five games he has scored in but have not won any of the six games he has featured in without scoring (D2 L4).

• Motta revels in ‘team victory’ as Juventus overcome Udinese

  Thiago Motta hailed Juventus’ 2-0 triumph at Udinese as a real “team victory” as the Bianconeri snapped their three-match winless streak.

  Following a Champions League defeat and two league draws, Juve moved up to third in the Serie A standings with a comfortable triumph at Bluenergy Stadium.

  An own goal from goalkeeper Maduka Okoye and a strike from Nicolo Savona handed Juve victory, as they went unbeaten through their first 11 matches of a Serie A season for the first time since 2020-21.

  "This is a team victory, because we interpreted the match in the best way," Juve coach Motta told DAZN. 

  "In the first half, we could have played a bit more because Udinese allowed us to build from the back, the initial build-up.

  "We moved the ball around and sometimes found some very interesting situations, but we lacked some depth at that moment, especially with our wingers

  "Udinese have great confidence at the moment, we were good at compacting and playing."

  Juventus next play at Lille in the Champions League on Tuesday before hosting cross-city rivals Torino in next Saturday's Turin derby.

  "Today we have to enjoy this important victory for us and recover in view of Tuesday when the Champions League returns," Motta added.

  "It will be very interesting to play against Lille. They have an extra day of recovery because they played yesterday, we will have to rest well to face this match well."