Speaking after his own heroics had helped Juventus scrape a 1-0 win away at Lyon, Gigi Buffon demanded that his Bianconeri team-mates step up quickly.

“Juve must improve, because this is not enough in my view to go all the way,” the captain told Mediaset. “Paradoxically, we seemed more compact and more like a team once we went down to 10 men.

“We managed to suffer under pressure, but also weren’t just happy with a point, and that shows our spirit. We have the opportunity to do a lot better and it would be a real shame if we didn’t use the time leading up to the next round in March to step up a few levels.”