By Matthew Jones
October 31 2002

Sir Bobby Robson has pleaded with Juventus boss, Marcelo Lippi, asking them to keep their last game competitive and go looking to win. However, they have hinted that they are likely to follow Manchester United's footsteps and field a youth/reserve team allowing players to concentrate on Serie A. Marcelo Lippi has said that Juventus will not be doing Newcastle any favours when his side take on Dynamo Kiev in the Ukraine next week.

When Newcastle face Feyenoord away, Sir Bobby Robson needs his team to win and he needs the Italians to at least draw aaginst Kiev to progress to the next phase of the Champions League.

Just after Newcastle's great and important 2-1 win over Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday, he publicly pleaded with Lippi, whose team have already secured qualification, to keep the Italian giants' last match a competitive one.

However, the Juventus boss has since hinted that he may be about to follow Manchester United's example in fielding a reserve team - the Old Trafford giants lost 3-0 to Israeli minnows Maccabi Haifa on Tuesday, having already secured their passage to the next stage.

"We have achieved our first objective to qualify. Now the first part of our year is over," said Lippi, whose side will finish top of Group E barring a heavy defeat in Kiev.

Midfield star Pavel Nedved was even more blunt and added: "We've got what we want now. We can forget about the Champions League for several weeks and concentrate on Serie A."