Tuchel: 'Focused on Lille'

SQUAD

Ander Herrera, Marco Verratti and Loïc Mbe Soh are not available for the match. Kylian Mbappé was sick, but he will be training this Thursday. Concerning Kylian, we'll make a final decision on Friday. Neymar has trained well for the last two weeks. He has worked well, feels good. If all goes well during training, he will be in the squad on Friday.

LILLE BEFORE REAL MADRID

I don't like the word ‘rehearsal’ because we're only focusing on the match against Lille, even if we'll face Real Madrid straight after. That’s our challenge: to stay focused on the game against Lille, show our qualities and play well in every match. We have to focus if we want to win because Lille is a Champions League team. This team is very strong on the counterattack, very fast, very difficult to play against. We have three tough matches ahead of us, because Monaco is also very strong at the moment. The challenge is to focus on Lille. We'll have to be very focused, attentive, play together, control the counter-attacks and the game.

COMPETITION FOR PLACES

Managing the players so that they all think of the team first is a great challenge. All the great players think of themselves. This is normal, and it can also bring energy to the team. We must accept the fact that a single player cannot win a game on his own. When everyone is there, we will be faced with difficult decisions. Everyone will have to accept it. We'll have to talk to explain the decisions. When there is a lot of competition, each player must show that they want to play. After that, it's up to us to manage the squad.