Although Porto are regulars in the last 16 of the Champions League, this time their opponents are Fenerbahce last season's quarter-finals and Champions League regulars Dynamo Kiev, and they have gone with Boshingwa, Quaresma and Anderson, Arsenal are the undisputed favourites in Group G, while the second favorite is Fenerbahce, and Porto is only in third place. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

It was an absolute surprise that Porto were able to qualify from the group and do so one round earlier.

After the game, major European media praised Porto's excellent performance, and several media such as Spain's "As" also regarded Porto as a dark horse in this season's Champions League, believing that they had hope of breaking into the quarterfinals.

Entering the round of 16 means that Porto is very likely to become the opponent of the giants, so there are also many media analysis of Porto's outstanding performance, many media believe that Porto's outstanding performance and Champions League newcomers Gao Xiaodong and Hulk's play are inseparable, especially the Portuguese Super League newcomer Wang Gao Xiaodong, he has played well in both the front and back positions, and is one of the biggest contributors to Porto's group qualification.

Glenn Moore, a senior football reporter for England's "Independent", believes that from the summer transfer to the present, but half a season, Gao Xiaodong's ball skills have improved significantly, passing and receiving, dribbling and breaking through have improved compared with the original, if the development continues at this rate, I am afraid that Manchester United and Arsenal will regret not winning Gao Xiaodong for 27 million euros in the summer transfer period.

Neither Sir Alex Ferguson nor Professor Arsene Wenger responded, and it is clear that both great coaches felt that the improvement was not enough for them to regret.

Qualifying for the Champions League group is a happy event for Porto, at least they have a few more euros in income, and nothing else, after all, they only won the Champions League in 04, and in the following seasons, they entered the round of 16 3 times, and only once were eliminated, for Porto, before 16 can only be regarded as a passing line, and the top eight can be regarded as excellent.

After the tempering of the Champions League, Porto's young players have grown up quickly, and Fernando, who performed mediocre last season, has returned to the league not only defensively solid, but even has a good offensive performance.

Like Hulk, who could only mix in Japan's J-League, and also played as a substitute at the beginning of the Portuguese Super League, but after four Champions League games, he is now at ease in the league.

Even if the two stunned Guarin can't attack and defend in the Champions League, but when they come back to the Portuguese Super League, they are good both offensively and defensively.

Veterans such as Alves, Fusile and Meleleles are as steady as ever, rookies such as Gao Xiaodong and Hulk are making rapid progress, and Porto are making great progress in the league and the Portuguese Cup, winning 11 consecutive league games and reaching the quarterfinals of the Portuguese Cup.

Porto are in such good form that the Portuguese media and Porto fans are starting to fantasize about beating Arsenal at home to win the group.

In fact, for Porto, if you want to reach the quarterfinals, it is a shortcut to get the first place in the group, if you get the second place in the group, it means that they will meet Manchester United, Barcelona, Liverpool and other giants, and if you get the first place in the group, it is possible to pick a soft persimmon to pinch it.

However, it is difficult to have smooth sailing in the world, and when Porto were high morale and ready to face Arsenal with high morale, captain Lucho fired a gun.

'I've recovered from my injury, and when I come back, I'll be fine after the ninth round of the league, and I don't know why I didn't even get a chance to come off the bench, as the captain of the team, no one gave me any explanation, I don't feel like I was being treated with the respect I deserve, and after winning two titles here, maybe it's time for me to change places. ”

Lucho said.

Here's the thing, Lucho sprained his ankle in the Champions League against Fenerbahce and has not been in the squad since returning, and the head coach Ferreira has said that Lucho is recovering from the injury.

Now that Lucho has said that his injury has long been healed, it means that the head coach Ferreira is lying to the media and the fans, and he is using this as an excuse not to let Lucho play, why doesn't Ferreira let Lucho play?

Thinking of Lu Qiao's replacement of the smashing shoes, and then thinking of the change of Lu Qiao's position and Gao Xiaodong's upper position, Porto's internal contradictions are about to come out.

Porto won the 11th league, the league has a great momentum, Porto's old rivals Benfica and Sporting Lisbon have long been jealous of their eyes are almost red, seeing Lucho come out to bombard Ferreira, they all jumped out to fan the flames.

Benfica coach Flores said that he could not play with the lie of an injury, and that he could not do it, and that he would explain it to the players if there were tactical reasons.

Sporting Lisbon president Filipe said that Lucho won two titles for Porto and reached the last 16 of the Champions League, and it is really chilling for Porto to treat the heroes in this way.

Philip also generously said that if Lucho is willing to transfer to Sporting Lisbon, Sporting Lisbon will welcome him with both hands.

Subsequently, the anti-Porto media also turned over the gang struggle in Porto, condemning the Porto club for being unkind, and criticizing Ferreira for supporting Gao Xiaodong to take the position in order to curry favor with President da Costa, which was too shameless.

Lucho's bombardment of Ferreira before choosing to play against Arsenal was a bit abrupt, but the Porto management and Ferreira had been prepared for a long time, and in the face of criticism from reporters, Ferreira held a press conference to explain.

Ferreira told reporters that although Lucho's injury is better, the league opponent is not strong, and he hopes that Lucho will heal the injury thoroughly, instead of rushing to the field, he did not expect to cause Lucho's misunderstanding, he said that he would communicate with Lucho well.

Ferreira communicated with Lu Qiao, but instead of restoring Lu Qiao's main position, he told Lu Qiao that if he stayed, he would rotate with Gao Xiaodong in the later games.

Obviously, this can only be a deception, Lu Qiao will not believe that he and Gao Xiaodong will rotate, it is very likely that he will play some garbage games by himself, and let Gao Xiaodong play important and showy games.

Therefore, Lucho also decisively said that he wants to transfer to Marseille during the winter break, hoping that Porto will not put up obstacles.

After the president of Porto found out, he personally promised Lucho that he would not put up any obstacles in Lucho's transfer to Marseille, as long as Marseille's offer was not too outrageous and within Lucho's value range, he could agree.

With the chairman's commitment, Lucho is much more relieved, in his previous contact with Marseille, Marseille is most worried about Porto's sky-high asking price, the name of the black store is not called in vain, and Marseille is not a local tyrant like Real Madrid Chelsea, so they hope to spend less money to take Lucho, even if the salary is a little higher.

Lucho has played for Porto for three years and won two league titles, so he naturally hopes to leave a little incense, so he also explained to reporters afterwards, saying that he and coach Ferreira had a misunderstanding, and now the misunderstanding is open, and he will work with his teammates to prepare for the Champions League group stage with Arsenal, and strive to beat the Gunners and win the group.