Monaco can upset favourites Juventus in Tuesday’s UEFA Champions League quarterfinal first leg match in Turin, according to the French club’s defender Elderson Echiejile.
Monaco may not have won in Italy all these years, but Nigeria international Elderson they could rewrite
history on Tuesday night at ‘The Old Lady’.
“In the (Champions League) group stage, we set a new record by not conceding a goal in six matches. We could as well rewrite our history by winning in Italy,” he told his official website elderson3.com
“We only need to stay focused in both legs and we could be in the semifinals.”
He added: “Juventus are on great form in Serie A as well as in Europe, but we can get results from them to go through.”
Monaco themselves have shrugged off a wretched start to the season and have now gone eight games unbeaten in the French Ligue 1 and are now third in the standings on 58 points from 32 matches, just three points behind leaders PSG.
But Juve were the more convincing qualifiers to the last-eight after they dumped Borussia Dortmund 5-1 on aggregate, while Monaco needed the away goals’ rule to progress after they were tied at 3-3 aggregate with Arsenal.
Elderson, the only Nigeria star still chasing Champions League glory this season, is in line for his fourth Champions League appearance this season having first debuted in the competition in the 2010/11 season with Portuguese club Sporting Braga.
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