Borussia Dortmund head coach Nico Kovac was stuffed with reward for Juventus and his buddy Igor Tudor forward of the assembly of the 2 sides within the Champions League on Tuesday night time, however insists that the Bundesliga aspect ‘need to present that we’ve got the standard to impose ourselves’.
The Bianconeri get their 2025-26 Champions League marketing campaign underway with the go to of 2024 finalists Borussia Dortmund on the Allianz Stadium on Tuesday night time.
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All the pieces Kovac mentioned about Juventus in Dortmund presser
TURIN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 13: Kenan Yildiz of Juventus celebrates scoring his staff’s second aim in the course of the Serie A match between Juventus FC and FC Internazionale at on September 13, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
Kovac started with a short evaluation of his personal aspect, who, like Juventus, have been additionally concerned in league motion on Saturday.
“We made good steps forwards, we need to be aggressive,” Kovac advised the press (through ).
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“We haven’t determined how we’ll play but, however we’re completely prepared. We’ll see if all of the gamers are capable of get better.
“I’ve defined lately that we’ve got a various squad, and with this double pivot, we’ve got 5 gamers who can play in numerous roles. There’s competitors, we’ve got totally different participant profiles, and we’ve got to discover a stability.”
Kovac believes that the house benefit will probably be an enormous profit to Juventus on Tuesday night time.
“We’re taking part in away from residence tomorrow night time, and that’s a bonus for them. There will probably be 40,000 followers in attendance. We can have to withstand the strain from their followers as properly.
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“We noticed the qualities of this staff once we performed them in Dortmund, we noticed that they’ve an incredible squad with monumental potential, however we need to present tomorrow that we’ve got the standard to impose ourselves in Turin.”
TURIN, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 13: Igor Tudor, Head Coach of Juventus, celebrates with Kenan Yildiz after the staff’s victory within the Serie A match between Juventus FC and FC Internazionale at Allianz Stadium on September 13, 2025 in Turin, Italy. (Picture by Valerio Pennicino/Getty Pictures)
And, on his buddy, Tudor, who guided Juventus into the Champions League positions after taking on from Thiago Motta in the direction of the top of the 2024-25 marketing campaign, Kovac mentioned:
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“I’m pleased to go up in opposition to Igor tomorrow, and his teaching profession doesn’t shock me.
“It’s an distinctive achievement to have made it to the Champions League, and he did very properly in France as properly. Juventus have loads of good gamers. We’ll see the way it ends tomorrow.”