As Thiago Motta walked off the field Tuesday night at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Northern France, he was very much defiant that his Juventus squad played quite well against Lille as they hit the midway point of the Champions League’s new-look “league phase.

Juventus bench: Perin, Pinsoglio, McKennie, Adzic, Fagioli, Weah, Douglas Luiz, Savona, Rouhi, Mbangula. Lille starting XI (4-2-3-1): Chevalier; Mandi, Diakite, Alexsandro, Gudmundsson; Bouaddi, Andre; Zhegrova, Angel Gomes, Sahraoui; David. Television: CBS Sports Network (United States); TNT Sports 5 (United Kingdom); Sky Sport 253 (Italy).

Lille kept their composure to hold Juventus to a 1-1 home draw on Tuesday as the French side maintained their solid form in the group phase of the Champions League. Jonathan David's first-half opener for Lille was cancelled out by Dusan Vlahovic's penalty after the interval with both sides now on seven points from four games.

Canada's Jonathan David was again on target as Lille continued their good run in this season's Champions League by holding Juventus to a 1-1 draw in northern France on Tuesday.Thiago Motta's Juventus were looking to bounce back from a 1-0 loss at home to VfB Stuttgart in their last outing and are level with Lille on seven points halfway through the league phase.