Kovac: ‘Juventus have enormous potential, we will have to resist the pressure’

HEIDENHEIM, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 13: Niko Kovac, Head coach of Borussia Dortmund appears to be like on previous to the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Heidenheim 1846 and Borussia Dortmund at Voith-Enviornment on September 13, 2025 in Heidenheim, Germany. (Photograph by Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty Pictures)

Borussia Dortmund head coach Nico Kovac was stuffed with reward for Juventus and his pal Igor Tudor forward of the assembly of the 2 sides within the Champions League on Tuesday night time, however insists that the Bundesliga aspect ‘wish to present that we’ve 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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Every thing Kovac stated about Juventus in Dortmund presser

Kovac started with a short evaluation of his personal aspect, who, like Juventus, had been additionally concerned in league motion on Saturday.

“We made good steps forwards, we wish to be aggressive,” Kovac instructed the press (through Tmw).

“We haven’t determined how we’ll play but, however we’re completely prepared. We’ll see if all of the gamers are in a position to recuperate.

“I’ve defined just lately that we’ve a different squad, and with this double pivot, we’ve 5 gamers who can play in several roles. There’s competitors, we’ve completely different participant profiles, and we’ve to discover a steadiness.”

Kovac believes that the house benefit can 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 can be 40,000 followers in attendance. We can have to withstand the stress from their followers as properly.

“We noticed the qualities of this workforce once we performed them in Dortmund, we noticed that they’ve an amazing squad with huge potential, however we wish to present tomorrow that we’ve the standard to impose ourselves in Turin.”

And, on his pal, Tudor, who guided Juventus into the Champions League positions after taking up from Thiago Motta in direction of the tip of the 2024-25 marketing campaign, Kovac stated:

“I’m completely happy 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.”

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