Porto, the name is not very loud in European football, where the giants are gathered.

But with the 2003/2004 season, Porto was in Jose. Jose Mourinho won the UEFA Champions League under his leadership, and his name spread widely.

But in fact, Porto is definitely a super team in Portugal, it is the first two Portuguese League A league hosts, but then Sporting Lisbon and Benfica have only won 4 league titles in 45 years, until the end of the 80s began to rise, sweeping many league titles, and Porto is currently the second team to win the Portuguese league title, second only to Benfica.

If you go back in history, Porto is undoubtedly much more brilliant than Chelsea, when it comes to Chelsea, many people will think that it is a breakout team, but Porto is definitely a big team, it has won 24 Portuguese top flight titles, 2 UEFA Champions League titles, 17 cup titles, etc., and its honors are too many to count.

In the hearts of the media and fans, the most important point of the gap between the giants and the nouveau riche is the number of championships in history.

However, the glory of last season is gone and Porto soon returned from heaven to earth. Mourinho took Ricardo with him. Carvalho, Paul. Pacos Ferreira, while Maniche, Costinha and Deco, who won the title last season, also left the team after winning glory in Porto.

As a result, new coach Fernandes is left with a patchy team.

The only commendable transfer for Porto this summer was the signing of Luiz. Fabiano. The future star who came out of Sao Paulo scored an astonishing 55 goals in 48 games last season, becoming the top scorer in the Brazilian league last season.

Even so, Fabiano is only a symbolic consolation for the fans, which is only a drop in the bucket for the loss of the overall strength of the Porto team. Everyone knows that this season's Champions League will certainly not have as much luck as last season, and their goal is almost certainly not to defend the title.

Regarding the upcoming Group H group stage, Dero's "Kicker" said: "God seemed to be childlike when deciding the draw result, and after drawing Barcelona and Celtic together, he opened Jose. Jose Mourinho joked - Chelsea and Porto were also separated! Mourinho, who left Porto with a reputation as a traitor, is back! ”

"And now, this Mourinho against his old club is really exciting, and what kind of face he will face Porto, it's worth looking forward to."

The reporter of "Kicker" also interviewed Delo football star Beckenbauer, and from Beckenbauer's words, it can be heard that he is still very optimistic about Chelsea's performance.

'There's no doubt about Chelsea's performance, they're on an 11-game winning streak in the Premier League, which is a chilling result and probably all the big clubs should be paying attention to him, and certainly Bayern Munich as well. This season, Russian billionaire Roman . Roman Abramovich, once again invested a huge amount of 110 million euros, and I watched the match against Paris Saint-Germain, which has more than 10 or so high-level players worth mentioning. ”

Beckenbauer's words were undoubtedly influential, and even the Italian newspaper El Milano analysed the reasons for Chelsea's success in detail in order to draw the attention of Milan's two giants to the Champions League rivals: "...... Despite the huge investment, the Chelsea team kept a clear head. ”

"This season, their best investment was to bring in Portuguese coach Jose. Jose Mourinho, the new manager's quality is unquestionable. In addition to this, Mourinho also brought two of his disciples, the best defender of the Porto team, Ricardo. Carvalho and Paul. Ferreira, if combined with the extremely efficient goal scoring of England superstar Allen. Wang, I'm afraid this team is not comparable to Porto in terms of both forward and defensive lines, and we are looking forward to the result of this game. ”

Although almost all the media eyes in Europe are focused on this alternative duel for the main coach, the two sides have not shied away from the sensitive topic of the deal between the two teams in the summer, and Porto coach Fernandes has only talked about the form of some teams, and said that Porto will go all out to win this game so that they can be more sure of qualifying from the group.

And in an interview with reporters, Chelsea manager Jose. Mourinho simply said: 'Chelsea will try to win, at Stamford Bridge we will never be beaten. ”

Now, in the Portuguese's mind, Porto is just an opponent, and as for his feelings for this team, that was last season, and in any case, Mourinho's surname will not bring personal feelings to work.

The head coach does not make a statement, it does not mean that the players are so honest, Wang Li, who was recently a little depressed by the news that Angela is going to the United States, attacked again, and in the face of the expectant eyes of many media, he said calmly: "Recently, Annie is going to the United States, I think before that, I should give her some memorable gifts, Porto came at the right time." ”

Hearing this topic, the media reporters immediately became excited, and a reporter from the Times asked: "So, what gift are you going to prepare for the little princess in the competition?" ”

Wang Li turned his head and glanced at the little reporter, and said disdainfully: "I think your understanding is very problematic, since it is a football game, as a striker of Chelsea, of course, I need to score goals to meet the standard of gifts." ”

The little reporter who was sarcastically ridiculed by Wang Li was not annoyed, but smiled and continued to ask: "So can you tell me how many goals will be scored in this game?" A brace or another hat-trick? ”

'Of course, the more the better, and I'll try to score as many goals as possible.'

After the interview with Wang Li, the reporters interviewed other players, who seemed to be infected by Wang Li and Mourinho, Frank Lampard, Makelele and other players, are very confident in this game, even Brigi shouted that he must win, and said: "I still have to show my quality with my performance, although Porto had a very good result last season, but that is only in the past, now Chelsea have far surpassed it, at Stamford Bridge, they are bound to encounter a game, it is almost a given." ”

Even Chelsea's teammates were surprised by Bridget's answer, and after his interview, his teammates who knew him well looked at him with strange eyes, and in this environment, Bridge, who has always known himself as a master of love, also squirmed and said: "Fetado will come to watch the game." ”

This explosive news directly detonated the gossip craze in the entire dressing room, and it seems that after the Wang Li fight incident, Chelsea has ushered in a new topic.

Compared to Chelsea's must-win rhetoric, Porto were much more low-key in the interview, and Luiz, who just landed in the Europa League this season. Fabiano spoke about his situation at the club, saying: "I haven't established myself in the club yet, but I'm going to show the coach with my performances. ”

When talking about his rivals, Fabiano admitted that his biggest rival was the team's top scorer Ca. Carlos Alberto, and it was understandable that Fabiano, the Brazilian goalscorer who was called Usain Bolt in football by the media, was a little helpless when he just joined the club.

Commenting on the game, Fabiano said: "If Mr. Fernandez can play for me, I will do my best to play and try to help the team.

Obviously, Porto are much more 'humble' than Chelsea, their players have not made any predictions about the outcome of the game, nor have they expressed their outlook for the result, but only declare that they will work hard, work hard and work hard, and from this point of view, there is still a certain gap in the mentality of the players of the two teams.

It is worth mentioning that before the game, according to the Financial News, due to Chelsea's crazy performance this season, many bookmakers in Europe have adjusted the odds of winning the Champions Cup.

In the bookmaker odds released in September, the re-integrated Real Madrid and Arsenal, who were unbeaten in the Premier League last season, are the favourites, both topping the list with a six-to-one ratio. Chelsea were priced at 7-to-1 above AC Milan and Manchester United, and it was clear that the bookmakers were more optimistic about the green upstarts from Stamford Bridge at the start of the season.

But now, due to Chelsea's crazy performance, the new data released by the bookmaker shows that Chelsea's odds have been lowered to 5 to 1, directly surpassing Arsenal and Real Madrid, standing out among many teams and taking the first place.

In two games, Wang Li has scored 5 goals, and last season's Champions Cup top scorer Monaco team Morientes only scored 9 goals, and many media even predicted that after the group stage, the Europa League can send this honor to the new generation of England's top scorer in advance.

Italy's "Milan newspaper" said sourly: "The top scorer this time is likely to be won by the English in advance, Shepchenko is likely not to get this honor in AC Milan, maybe his football life in Kyiv Dynamo will become his best memory in the Champions Cup." (Shepchenko scored 11 goals in the Champions Cup in the 98/99 season) The Sun, which has always been a fan of Ai, said happily: "Allen is likely to win all the honors as a goalscorer except the Golden Boot this season, and even after the end of the season, Allen, who is only 18 years old, is likely to be nominated for the European Footballer of the Year and the Ballon d'Or, if Allen wins one of these two honors, then it will break the world record in football, he is too young." ”

.................. "Joe, Damien, keep an eye on Wang Li's position and his gestures at all times!" 'On the Chelsea first-team training ground, Clarke was shouting a shout-out to the attacking players on both flanks.

In order to make Wang Li the core player of the attack, in tactical training, Mourinho has asked him to act as the commander of the team's attack every time, and Wang Li is gradually adapting to this role.

"Get closer, be sure to pay attention to the passing and the run! Frank, you also have to follow up a little bit, at this time you have to pay attention to the two wings to prevent the opponent from counterattacking. Clark kept shouting, reminding the players of what they should be aware of in attack.

At this time, Wang Li was dribbling the ball, a direct pass just passed the ball to Goodjanssen, the latter was flustered for a while, failed to catch the ball, seeing this situation, Wang Li couldn't help shouting: "When running, you must keep an eye on the ball at my feet!" Always be on the lookout!! ”

Now, Wang Li is the boss of the team on the court, so that everyone listens to him, I have to say, this kind of command feeling is really cool, so that Wang Li is very satisfied with the head coach's adjustment of his position.

On the pitch, Frank Lampard kicked the ball to Wang Li, who didn't stop the ball and knocked the ball behind him with his heel. Gallas was a step slower and couldn't keep up, and the football was intercepted directly by the defender of the temporary substitute team, Brigitte, and even after he made a steal, he laughed at Wang Lihaha.

This made Wang Li feel very depressed, and he turned his head directly to Gallas and said very seriously: "Always pay attention to the ball!" The opponent's pressing in the game will be more powerful than now! If you run slower, your chances are gone! ”

Now, Wang Li has made an absolute say in the Chelsea team with his performances, although he is not the captain, but the authority is on a par with Frank Lampard and John Terry, although they are all giggling off the field, but on the pitch, few people question his words - although as a football senior William. Gallas lost face a bit.

The head coach of the team, Jose. Mourinho and several members of the coaching staff stood by and watched, Mourinho nodded with satisfaction, and said with some joy: "His performance on the pitch is getting better and better, maybe in the next game, I will give him a more important position." ”

Pelita. "His football talent is amazing, think I was 18 years old and I was still in the youth team. ”

Another coach quipped, "If you have that talent, you're not standing here right now." ”

Nien didn't pay attention to the ridicule of the people next to him, but just sighed and said: "I don't know how far he can grow, he is so enviable." ”

Mourinho next to him clasped his hands to his chest, grinned slightly, and said: "There is nothing to envy, we are coaches, he is a player, and the positions are different." ”

Hearing the statement of the head coach of the team, the other coaches immediately fell silent, but retorted slightly in their hearts, "Of course you don't have to be envious, because you have never been on the court at all, but we are all coaches who are players." ’

However, they also have a lot of admiration for the Portuguese, and many of the most famous coaches in Europe will be full-time coaches after retiring from football, while there are very few people like Mourinho who have switched directly from other fields to coaching, and it is difficult to succeed.

Undoubtedly, the 42-year-old Portuguese is now very successful, which is really enviable.

……………… Soon, the clock was ticking to get closer to the game, and on the afternoon of November 3, the Porto team arrived in London, and after leaving their luggage at their hotel, they went straight to the stadium for training to adapt to the venue.

At noon the next day, Stamford Bridge was on fire again, with many Blues fans lining up to watch the Europa Spotlight match.

The managers of both sides also took part in the pre-match press conference.

Before Fernandes could speak the official language, a Times reporter seized the opportunity and immediately asked: "Chelsea have a strong attacking ability, they have scored 45 goals in the first 11 rounds of the league, how will Porto defend against this?" ”

'We defended solidly, and we had a dedicated defensive training session before the game, so Porto will try to play well and try to take the three points at Stamford Bridge. Fernandes is apparently speaking the official language again.

Apparently dissatisfied, a local Fulham media outlet immediately sarcastically asked: "What do you think of Chelsea's youngster Alan . What do you think, Porto have the ability to defend this extremely efficient player, right? ”

Hearing this question, Fernántes glanced at the reporter and said, "Alan. King? He's a very quality player, I've watched him play and he's very good individually, but Porto's defence isn't that easy to break through. ”

…… After a few more questions, all the media reporters in the audience were not hopeful about what news would come out of the mouth of this old fox. Jose Mourinho was also present at the press conference.

In an instant, all the reporters handed the microphone to the Portuguese, while Fernandes was empty, and the treatment of the two coaches was in stark contrast.

Sure enough, Mourinho did not disappoint the journalists, saying: "There is no doubt that Chelsea will get a win at Stamford Bridge. After that, he picked up a bottle of mineral water from the table and took a sip before continuing: "Although I coached in Porto last season, the game and personal feelings cannot be mixed. Chelsea are stronger than last year's Porto side, and victory is almost certain. ”

At this time, hearing Mourinho's tone, many Portuguese media in the audience have already labeled him as a traitor in their hearts, anyway, Portugal is also Mourinho's homeland, and last season he was coached in Porto, only half a year later, this half-gray middle-aged man has actually become an authentic Chelsea man, which makes them sincerely feel a kind of anger.

One of the Portuguese journalists couldn't help but ask angrily: "Mr. Mourinho, if Chelsea are so confident, can you announce Chelsea's starting line-up before the game!?" ”

This is a bit tricky, knowing that announcing the starting line-up before the game is definitely a taboo for the manager, which will make the opponent take a strategy against the surname and put the team at a disadvantage.

Just when many English reporters couldn't look at it, Mourinho smiled lightly and said: "Even if Porto know Chelsea's starting line-up, so what, Chelsea will still be the winner in tomorrow's game." ”

After finishing speaking, he picked up a pen and wrote down Chelsea's starting list and even the formation on paper, which shocked many media reporters, and even Porto coach Fernandes next to him couldn't believe it, he even felt that this was a smoke bomb made by Mourinho, but Mourinho's words when he left also made him feel a little at ease, and at the same time let the media reporters present know the reason why Mourinho did this - "I want to get an absolute victory at Stamford Bridge to prove that I am the right choice to come here!" ”

(To be continued)