Gianluigi Buffon has told RMC that Juventus will "send out a signal" to their Champions League rivals by beating Lyon on Tuesday.
Buffon, 38, will captain the Bianconeri at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais as the Italian champions seek to add a second win in three games to continue their unbeaten start in Group H.
With five victories and just a single goal conceded in their last five outings, Juve start as favourites against their inconsistent French opponents, and Buffon believes a win in Lyon will lay down a marker for the 2015 Champions League runners-up.
"They're a team we respect a lot because they have undeniable quality," said Buffon, who helped Juve draw with Sevilla before beating Dinamo Zagreb in their opening two group games.
"But it's also true that our aim is to go as far as possible in the Champions League and be a major player in the competition. That's why we have to show other teams that we're able to send out a signal by winning this match."
After winning their opening group-stage match against Dinamo, Lyon were then beaten by Sevilla, and have struggled to string together positive results in Ligue 1 this term with four victories and as many defeats in nine matches.
Juve won both legs of the teams' 2013-14 Europa League quarterfinal tie and have the better form currently, sitting five points clear at the top of the Serie A table.
But with the Parc Olympique Lyonnais -- into which Lyon moved in January -- having proved a happy home for the club, captain Maxime Gonalons still feels his team can spring a surprise.
"I don't know if you remember the game against PSG last season," Gonalons, whose side have lost just once in 15 outings in their new stadium, told reporters. "We had a massive list of injuries, and no one saw us winning that game. So perhaps that match can serve as an example to us.
"Juventus are more than favourites for the game, but in football, there is always a 'but,' and it's to that 'but' that we have to cling to have hope, because we know we're capable of doing great things."