Our French visitors have won the European competition eight times in the past, more than anyone else, and will arrive in Leigh tomorrow as one of only three clubs unbeaten in the tournament’s league phase so far this season.
Their quality is clear, and something Marc pointed to during our pre-match press conference at Carrington on Tuesday afternoon. But, at the same time, the boss spoke about the “great challenge” that the matchday-five fixture presents, one that his team are “hungry” for, and one that we must attack positively.
Unfortunately, we’ll be tasked with doing it without our top scorer this season, as Skinner also reported in the media briefing that striker Elisabeth Terland picked up a knock in Sunday’s 2-1 win over West Ham, but otherwise noted that no further issues were sustained in that outing.