On Thursday, Nantes, the team of Egyptian forward Mostafa Mohamed, will have their home game against the Italian icons, Juventus, for their Europa League last-16 round at the Stade de la Beaujoire.
The previous tie ended with a 1-1 draw in Turin.
Nantes are competing in the Europa League for the first time in 22 years and they exhibited a heroic and solid performance, according to coach Antoine Kombouare.
On the other hand, the Old Lady are at risk of being eliminated in the knockout rounds of a European competition for a fifth successive year.
Regarding the lineup of the French team, Nantes will still be without forward Quentin Merlin, while Ignatius Ganago has taken some time away from the first team following the tragic loss of his five-year-old daughter.
Jean-Charles Castelletto and Nicolas Pallois could be away from the squad due to injury doubts. Joao Victor and Charles Traore could retain their places in the back three.
Pedro Chirivella is set to return to center-midfield Blas is expected to replace Moses Simon in attack.
As for Juventus, Paul Pogba, Arkadiusz Milik, Fabio Miretti, and Kaio Jorge remain injured. Federico Chiesa participation is still doubtful.
Although Brazilian center-back Bremer served a one-match ban last weekend, he is set to return tonight.
Nantes' possible starting lineup: Lafont; Victor, Girotto, Pallois; Centonze, Sissoko, Chirivella, Moutoussamy, Coco; Blas, Mohamed
Juventus' possible starting lineup: Szczesny; De Sciglio, Danilo, Bremer, Sandro; Fragioli, Locatelli, Rabiot; Di Maria, Vlahovic, Kostic
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