* Van der Sar:
"The possibility of winning the Champions League is a bit smaller than winning the league.
"We'll do our best.
"We lost against them last year, so it is a good motivation to win this year.
"They are still not a very well-known team, so we have to be careful of that.
"We have to play our game and make sure we get the result we want.
"Sometimes it's better playing Milan or something than another team that is less well-known and you maybe don't know all the players.
"I'm sure the manager and Carlos are going to prepare to the very best and capabilities to inform the players about tactics and the strong points of the opposite team."
* Evra recalls losing the CL final with Monaco:
"It's a competition that is very important to me personally.
"It's the best and worst feeling when you lose in a final, especially the Champions League final.
"Of course you are delighted to be in it, but to lose is very hard. To be honest, I'd rather not play in a final if I'm not going to win it.
"I remember when I first signed for United one of the first things I said was I didn't want to just reach the Champions League final, I wanted to win it.
"That's one of the main reasons why I came here because I knew we would have a great chance of doing well. I certainly think we have a great chance this year."
* Lille boss Claude Puel:
"Last year we were like spectators.
"We listened to the Champions League anthem before the games and looked around the stadium to soak up the atmosphere.
"But this year our approach has changed. We have more ambition and we are more attack-minded.
"The players have realised that they don't need to feel inhibited when they play top teams.
"And when we went to Milan in the group stage, we went there believing we could win and we did that.
"When we beat United they were going through a difficult patch, but they have improved a lot.
"Cristiano Ronaldo has a more structured game and is more consistent. Wayne Rooney is still there and Louis Saha is having a great season.
"It will be an interesting tie but I always want my players to impose themselves rather than worry about the opposition.
"I spent 25 years at Monaco and we always focused on our own game and that philosophy has stuck with me."
* BBC:
Manchester United hope to have a full squad to choose from for their Champions League tie with Lille.
Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar is in the Red Devils party but rookie Tom Heaton also travelled in case the Dutchman has not fully recovered from a broken nose.
Wayne Rooney is set for a recall after he was suspended for Saturday's FA Cup draw against Reading.
He could partner Henrik Larsson, whose last appearance in this competition came for Barcelona in the 2006 final.
The one minor hiccup to United's preparations is that the pitch at Lens' Stade Bollaert has been declared unfit to train on.
It means both United and Lille, who did not concede a goal in two meetings with Sir Alex Ferguson's men last season, will instead train at the Lens training ground at La Gayette.
Man Utd (from): Van der Sar, Kuszcak, Heaton, Neville, O'Shea, Ferdinand, Silvestre, Vidic, Evra, Heinze, Brown, Fletcher, Ronaldo, Scholes, Giggs, Carrick, Park, Richardson, Rooney, Saha, Smith, Larsson, Solskjaer.
* Reuters:
Lille head into Tuesday's Champions League home clash with Manchester United after a morale-sapping run of results that has undermined confidence at the Ligue 1 club.
Short on goals and unable to see out a result to the final whistle in recent games, the conditions are not ideal for a last-16 first leg with Alex Ferguson's Premier League leaders.
Lille looked set for victory over champions Olympique Lyon on Friday, only to concede goals from striker Fred and defender Sebastien Squillaci in the last seven minutes to lose 2-1 at home.
"It's tough at the moment," said the northern side's coach Claude Puel. "We have to do something to prevent these kind of setbacks from happening again.
"We had the game under control, we played pretty well for most of the match -- but we got caught out."
There was a sense of deja vu for a Lille side who have been struggling to find their attacking bite since the championship resumed after the winter break.
Lille have scored five goals in nine games in all competitions and have not scored two goals in a league game since a 2-2 draw with St Etienne on Dec. 10.
Before going down to Lyon, they had lost 1-0 at mid-table Toulouse, who slotted home the winner in the last minute.
"This has nothing to do with chance. We need to ask ourselves some questions," said midfielder Ludovic Obraniak. "We have to avoid the same kind of mistakes against United."
Striker Nicolas Fauvergue added: "We must learn to hang on until the final whistle. It's true, we are not at our best before this game with United."
To make matters worse, Lille will be without their main goalscorer, Kader Keita, who is suspended.
On Friday, Puel rested several influential players such as Mathieu Chalme, Nicolas Plestan and Mathieu Debuchy, who are almost certain to start on Tuesday.
Ferguson also re-shuffled his pack for Saturday's FA Cup tie with Reading at Old Trafford and ended with up only a 1-1 draw for his trouble. However, it means he should at least be able to field a full-strength side.
Wayne Rooney returns to the starting line-up from a domestic suspension, while Dutch keeper Edwin van der Sar should make his return from a broken nose, taking over from Tomasz Kuszczak.
Portugal winger Cristiano Ronaldo made his comeback on Saturday after a heavy cold, while central midfielder Paul Scholes, a second-half substitute against Reading, is bound to start.
France striker Louis Saha will probably lead the attack against his compatriots, supported by Rooney and Ronaldo, as Ferguson continues his bid to match United's Champions League success in 1999.
Probable teams
Lille: 1-Tony Sylva; 20-Gregory Tafforeau, 25-Nicolas Plestan, 4-Efstathios Tavlaridis, 21-Mathieu Chalme; 2-Mathieu Debuchy, 17-Jean II Makoun, 12-Mathieu Bodmer, 29-Stephane Dumont; 35-Ludovic Obraniak, 14-Peter Odemwingie
Manchester United: 1-Edwin van der Sar; 2-Gary Neville, 5-Rio Ferdinand, 15-Nemanja Vidic, 3-Patrice Evra; 7-Cristiano Ronaldo, 18-Paul Scholes, 16-Michael Carrick, 11-Ryan Giggs; 8-Wayne Rooney, 9-Louis Saha
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)