In late February, the knockout rounds of the Champions League gradually kicked off. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

As the world's highest-level league, the Champions League knockout round has already attracted the attention of fans around the world before it has even started.

16 teams, 8 matchups, there are big matchups, there are strong dialogues, and there are also battles of abuse, but any game will definitely be very exciting, because these 16 teams are the best and most brutal Champions League group stage in the world.

There are many fans and great influence, and most of the media attention is on the giants such as Inter Milan vs. Manchester United, Real Madrid vs. Liverpool, and Chelsea vs. Juventus.

Although Porto is the boss of the Portuguese Super League, having won the Champions League twice, and Atletico Madrid is fourth in La Liga, winning the European Cup Winners' Cup once and finishing runners-up in the Champions League once, they can only be regarded as a second-rate team in European football, at most first-class and half, so the match between Atletico Madrid and Porto has received little attention, and the media outside of Spain and Portugal have mentioned it in passing.

In this matchup between Atletico Madrid and Porto, the media is not optimistic about Porto, and reporters believe that Atletico Madrid is stronger than Porto.

Atletico Madrid has 07 European golden boy Aguero, European Golden Boot winner Forlan, Portuguese star Simao, and Porto does not have a prominent star, although Gao Xiaodong was snapped up by the giants, but the main focus is on his potential, not his strength, Falcao has just landed in Europe, and has not been tested by the competition, Gao Xiaodong and Falcao want to compete with Aguero, Fran, Simão is still a little immature.

In addition to the strength, the media is not optimistic about Porto because Porto's record against La Liga teams is too bad.

In Europe, Porto have played La Liga teams 30 times, and in these 30 games, Porto have won only 8 games, lost 18 games, and drawn 4 games, including one meeting with Atletico Madrid in the Europa League, and were eliminated by Porto 2-1 over two legs.

History cannot be equated with the present, but at least history can show that Porto are more afraid of Spanish teams.

Atletico are strong and have a strong squad of stars, but this is their first Champions League in 10 years, and they have just changed managers recently, and their form is rather bad.

Atletico's problems are very similar to Porto's previous problems, that is, there are many gangs in the dressing room, the former manager Aguirre cannot control the team, after entering January, Atletico Madrid has not won seven league and cup competitions, 20 days ago, Atletico Madrid had to sack Aguirre and brought in Atletico Madrid's legendary goalkeeper, the coach of Castellón in La Liga, Recino to put out the fire.

Recino played three games after taking office, one win, one draw and one loss, and the loss to Sevilla was normal, and the results were barely passed, the only thing that reassured the fans and the senior management was that with Recino, an Atletico Madrid celebrity, and the new coaching staff were all old Atletico Madrid stars, the locker room finally stabilized.

As early as a week ago, Atletico Madrid's president Cerezo began to pour ecstasy soup into Porto, "We can't be happy because the knockout opponent is Porto, the Champions League is in the knockout stage, and any opponent is very difficult to play." Porto are a team with Champions League DNA and have dominated the Portuguese Super League for many years, so we need to be careful of such opponents. In my opinion, Porto is as difficult to play as Manchester United Juventus. We have to take this opponent seriously, after all, they are top of the group and Atletico will be looking to qualify after two games. ”

Atletico Madrid's firefighting coach Recino was also cautious: "Both teams have a 50% chance of promotion, Porto is a very strong team, they have a lot of good players, they are well-trained, the team's tactical system is very mature, and the game against them will not be easy." ”

Atletico's new flag, Argentine genius Sergio Aguero, reminded the whole team to value Porto," You won't face a weak opponent in the quarter-finals, Porto have a good record in the Champions League, we need to go all out to beat them, and now the best star in Porto is Gao Xiaodong, he has scored 5 goals in the group stage, and now the media hype this game into a dispute between me and Gao Xiaodong, but we can't just think about how to deal with Gao Xiaodong, Porto still has a lot of good players, we need to pay attention to every Porto player, they will cause us problems. ”

Even the former Porto veteran Assunção told his teammates and fans that Porto must not be underestimated, Porto has always been very good in the Champions League, but Asunção was surprised by the departure of Lucho and Risandro, and at the same time very happy for Atletico, "Lucho and Risandro have a lot of experience in the tournament, if they are there, we will be difficult, but now Porto is also very combative." ”

Obviously, Atletico Madrid are collectively poisoning Porto, and the odds offered by bookmaker William Hill to win the title speak for themselves.

When the Champions League round of 16 was produced this season, the odds offered by the famous bookmaker William Hill Company, Atletico Madrid ranked 11th, and Porto ranked 14th, which seems to be not a big difference, but Atletico Madrid is 1 to 18, while Porto is 1 to 40.

After the winter break, due to the entry and exit of each team and the different state of the teams, William Hill adjusted the odds of each team to win the championship.

After this adjustment, Barcelona are at the top of the table at 1 to 4, Chelsea are behind Barcelona at 1 to 5, and defending champions Manchester United have fallen to third with 2 to 11. Atletico Madrid and Porto are still 11th and 14th, but Atletico's odds have just dropped from 1 to 1 to 21, while Porto, who have gone from Risandro and Lucho, has fallen to 1 to 51.

The words of the media can be used as farts, but the bookmaker's odds are tied to money, and their views and opinions must not be ignored.

Therefore, the Porto people cannot accept and dare not accept the arrogant tactics of the Atletico people.

Before the game, Porto coach Pablo Ferreira warned his players: "Atletico Madrid have not performed well in the league recently, but the Champions League is different from the league, they will definitely unite and give it their all, Atletico have stars such as Sergio Aguero, Forlan, Simao, Maxi, and Assunço, who has moved in the summer, he is very familiar with us, the game is definitely not good, we have to go all out to fight the opponent away from home, only in this way can we achieve the goal of advancing to the last eight." ”

Regarding the transfer of Lucho and Risandro, Ferreira hopes that the media and fans will not over-interpret it, saying that it is a normal transfer, and Porto's strength will not be weakened by the transfer of the two Argentine stars, and Gao Xiaodong and Falcao can completely replace the two of them.

On the goal of visiting Madrid, Ferreira said: "Against an opponent like Atletico Madrid, you can't ask too much away from home, I'm happy to get a draw, and if you can score an away goal, it would be even better. ”

After the transfer of Lucho and Risandro, Gao Xiaodong became the only player in Porto who has a little star flavor, and the media also took Gao Xiaodong and Aguero as the highlight of this game.

Gao Xiaodong's speech was very peaceful, but because he was considered to have forced away the two stars of Argentina, Lucho and Risandro, he was attacked by Aguero fans on the Internet.

"Don't care, as if you can win if you care!"

"Don't make excuses for yourself, you can be with Aguerobi!"

"Shameless Chinese, I used to be compared with Ronaldo, Ronaldo won the Mr. Football, and he couldn't climb it, and now he is compared with Aguero, Aguero is the golden boy of Europe, what is Gao Xiaodong?"

"Shameless Gao Xiaodong, forced away Argentine stars Lucho and Risandro, Aguero wants to avenge his compatriots!"

"A Portuguese Super League newcomer is also worthy of being compared with the European golden boy!

"Gao Xiaodong also wants to be the golden boy of Europe? What does he compare with Pato and Benzema?"

"Atletico Madrid must win at home!

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In the past, it was difficult for fans to make their voices heard before a game without going through the media, but with the development of the Internet, fans can already support their teams and idols through forums, Twitter, Facebook and other channels to attack opponents.

Gao Xiaodong has just risen, his popularity is not enough, and he has no Twitter and Facebook, and his fans on the Internet are far less than Aguero, who won the European Golden Boy in 07, and not as good as Fran and Simao, who have been famous for a long time.

In the Internet era where whoever has more fans is justified, and who shouts loudly and who is right, Porto fans and Atletico Madrid fans may be able to fight each other, but Gao Xiaodong's fans were blown up into scum by Aguero's fans.