Two rounds of the Portuguese Super League will soon pass, Porto's momentum is not reduced. After the home defeat of REXOS in the Champions League, their score of leading the second place has reached 15 points. With nine rounds left in the league, Porto has no suspense of winning the championship. Only they can win the championship in advance.
Porto has turned their attention to the Champions League.
Porto's 2-2 draw away from Atletico Madrid in the first leg of the Champions League eighth final made a solid step on the road to promotion. Back at home, with a 0-0 draw, Porto can eliminate Atletico Madrid and advance to the final eight.
However, Porto dare not defend. The opponent has many talented players. As long as they have a flash of inspiration, they may penetrate your bus. In addition, it is difficult to ensure that their defenders and goalkeepers do not make mistakes.
The last game, Porto's two goals, one is Aguero and Fran's flash of inspiration, one is goalkeeper Helton's fault.
In the first round, Porto will play on the first day of the game. In this round, Porto will play on the second day of the game.
It's a great advantage for Porto to have an extra day off and see how their Champions League rivals are doing.
Because the away game is good, back home Porto is more relaxed, but after the first day of the game, Porto immediately become nervous.
The painting style of the second leg is obviously different from that of the first leg. In the first leg, except REXOS and Bayern scored five goals, only four goals were scored in the other three games. However, in this round, Bayern slaughtered REXOS 7-1, Liverpool swept Real Madrid 4-0, chelsi drew 2-2 with Juve and Villarreal beat panathinaix 2-1 away, Four games add up to 19 goals.
REXOS was beaten 12-1 by Bayern in two rounds, which created a terrible tragedy. Although REXOS was extremely poor in European experience, the low level of the Portuguese Super League was also an important factor.
The 2-2 draw at home against Napoli in the Champions League also had little influence on their own strength.
Obviously, after watching the first race day, Atletico's confidence will recover a lot.
After training the next morning, Porto's coaching staff held a meeting for the players in the tactics room.
Ferreira expression serious way: "we all see, the second round of the knockout is what kind of life and death battle is like this, can't be as conservative as the first round, away game 2:2 score is not safe, we want to enter the last eight, must win, no matter how good defense will not have a little mistake, only leading is the safest."
Assistant Emmanuel said: "Atletico's attack power is very strong. When they come to the away game, they have no choice but to score goals. We can imagine how much pressure our back line will bear. If we want to carry the impact of Fran, Aguero, Maxi and Simao, we should not only focus on the defensive players, but also other players must actively defend to avoid losing the opponent Facing our guards directly, in addition, we have to give enough pressure to the opponents in the attack, so that their guards do not dare to press forward too much
The players in the tactics room are also very serious. There is no one who whispers. Obviously, the young players in Porto are scared by the brutal score in the second leg. It's terrible. They can't imagine that there is such a big gap between REXOS, who is ranked fifth in the Portuguese Super League, and the top five League giants. However, Bayern's current strength is not the top one.
In the first leg, when Rex lost 5-0 to Bayern, Gao Xiaodong was still thinking about how much he would be better than the club if he was in Rex. Now he doesn't have to think about it. If he was in Rex, he would also be defeated miserably. This strength gap can't be made up by himself, but the score might be better.
At the end of the meeting, no one is allowed to go home at noon. All the players have dinner in the restaurant of the olive branch training base, and then rest in the players' apartment, waiting for the second round match between Atletico Madrid in the evening.
After lunch, Ferreira and Atletico coach Luciano attended the pre match press conference.
At the press conference, Atletico Madrid coach Luciano seemed to find confidence and inspiration from the first day of the game. He said that although Porto also has some talented players in the team, he felt that "the depth of talent can be used" to help his team advance.
"Porto is very strong, there are several fast and very strong players, but we have better talents. Aguero is not only fast, but also has better technology and imagination. He is the second Messi. I think he can lead Atletico to the next round. In addition, pangler, Fran, Maxi and Simao have changed The ability to get results. "
"The draw in the first leg is not a bad result. They have taken a draw away from here, but we can win in Portugal," he said
Calm and low-key Ferreira can't help but satirize: "a draw at home is a good result for Atletico Madrid, which will make them more motivated to play away. Only one team can make it to the last eight. I hope Atletico Madrid will walk out of the Dragon stadium with their heads held high like usWhen Ferreira attended the press conference, Falcao broke into Gao Xiaodong's lounge.
"Captain Gao, excuse me."
"You're welcome, tiger. Come and sit down." Gao Xiaodong is very happy with Falcao's name. Captain Gao is obviously much better than GuaLin.
"No, I just want to ask you a few questions," Falcao said
Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "how can I answer when you stand and ask questions? It's almost like trying criminals."
Falkao had no choice but to sit down and said, "Captain Gao, I want to ask if you have any opinions on me?"
Gao Xiaodong surprised way: "tiger, this words from where?"
"But in the last game against Atletico, you gave me a six foot pass and a 20 foot pass to Hulk," Falcao said
I wipe, remember so clearly, Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "tiger, I can have any opinion to you, I and Hulk cooperate for a long time, have a tacit understanding, and you are not familiar."
Falcao shook his head firmly: "no, I remember a ball. I was in a good position. There was no one to defend. I raised my hand for the ball, but you didn't pass it to me."
Nima, I remember that Gao Xiaodong was going crazy by Falcao. "Maybe I didn't see it. After all, the competition was so fierce."
Falcao said, "no, you saw it, and you looked me in the eye."
Special, I give you a big man to send what kind of eyes, even if the eyes swept you, you may not see you, but this can not be said, said is not arrogant, Gao Xiaodong had to say: "you have no defense, I have people staring at this side all the time, may not be able to pass."
I don't know whether I was convinced by Gao Xiaodong's approachable attitude or accepted Gao Xiaodong's explanation. Falcao said: "thank you, captain. You are the attack core of the team. I hope you treat every striker fairly. I promise you that my goal efficiency will be higher than that of Hulk. I won't disturb your rest."
Falcao said good afternoon to Gao Xiaodong and went out.
Looking at Falcao's back, Gao Xiaodong smiles. It turns out that this guy is as brave as a tiger on the field and as quiet as a sheep off the field.
"I'll give you a few passes and see how many you can score."