Restricted Superstar

In late February, the UEFA Champions League knockout stage gradually kicked off.

As the highest level league in the world, the UEFA Champions League knockout matches have already attracted the attention of fans all over the world.

16 teams, 8 duels, there are giants duel, there are strong dialogues, and there is also a battle of abuse, but any game will definitely be very exciting, because these 16 teams are the best and the most from all over the world. The tiger and wolf divisions fought out in the brutal UEFA Champions League group stage may have some teams with average strength, but their combat effectiveness should definitely not be underestimated.

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

Although Porto is the leader of the Portuguese Super League and has won two Champions League titles, Atletico Madrid is fourth in La Liga, won a European Cup Winners Cup, a Champions League runner-up, but now they can only be regarded as a second-rate team in European football, at most a top half. , So the Atletico Madrid and Porto match received little attention, and the media outside of Spain and Portugal also mentioned it in passing.

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

Atletico has 07 European golden boy Aguero, European Golden Boot winner Fran, Portuguese star Simao, and Porto does not have outstanding stars. Although Gao Xiaodong was snapped up by the rich, his main fancy is his potential. It is not his strength. Falcao has just landed in Europe and has not been tested by the competition. Gao Xiaodong, Falcao want to compete with Aguero, Fran and Simao is still a bit naive.

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

In the European arena, Porto has played against La Liga teams 30 times. In these 30 games, Porto has only won 8 games, lost 18 games, and tied 4 games. Among them, they played against Atletico Madrid in the Europa League once and were defeated in two rounds. Porto was eliminated 2:1.

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

Although Atletico has a strong team and strong players, this is the first time they have reached the Champions League in 10 years, and they have just changed coaches recently and they are in a bad state.

Atletico’s problem is very similar to Porto’s previous problem. The locker room is full of gangs, and the former coach Aguirre can’t control the team. After entering January, Atletico Madrid have won seven league and cup matches. 20 days ago, Atletico Madrid Had to fire Aguirre, and invited the legendary goalkeeper of Atletico Madrid, the coach of the second division Castellon team Resino to put out the fire.

After taking office, Resino played three games, one win, one draw and one loss. Losing to Sevilla was considered normal. The result was barely considered as passing. The only thing that gave fans and executives peace of mind was the presence of Resino, a famous Atletico Madrid player. , Plus the new coaching staff are all old Atletico stars, the locker room finally stabilized.

Under this circumstance, the Atletico people who have invested heavily this season dare not care at all. As early as a week ago, Atletico President Cerezo started to give Porto soup, "We can't be happy because the knockout opponent is Porto. , The Champions League matches to the knockout stage, any opponent is very difficult to play. Porto is a team with the Champions League genes, has dominated the Portuguese Super League for many years, 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 the first in the group. Atletico Madrid expect to be able to advance after two games."

Atletico Madrid’s firefighting coach Resino also said cautiously: “Both teams have a 50% chance of qualifying. Porto is a very strong team. They have a lot of excellent players, well-trained and well-trained players. The tactical system is very mature, and it will not be easy to play against them."

Atletico Madrid’s new flag Argentine genius Aguero reminded the team to pay attention to Porto, “You will not encounter a weak opponent in the eighth-finals. Porto has always performed well in the Champions League. To beat them requires our best efforts. It’s possible to succeed. Now Porto’s best star is Gao Xiaodong. He has scored 5 goals in the group stage. Now the media is hyping this game as a battle between me and Gao Xiaodong, but we can’t just consider how Against Gao Xiaodong, Porto still has many outstanding players. We need to pay attention to every Porto player. They will cause us trouble."

Even the old Porto player Asuncion told his teammates and fans that he must never underestimate Porto. Porto has always been very good in the Champions League. However, Asuncion was surprised by the departure of Lucio and Risandro, and at the same time. Happy for Atletico, "Luccio and Risandro have great experience in competitions. If they are there, we will be very difficult, but now Porto is also very effective."

Obviously, Atletico Madrid is collectively filling Porto with poisoned milk, and the winning odds offered by the bookmaker William Hill speaks for itself.

When the top 16 of the Champions League this season came into being, the well-known bookmaker William Hill ranked Atletico in 11th and Porto ranked 14th. It seems that the gap is not big, but Atletico is 1 to 18. Porto lost 40 to 1.

After the winter break, due to the fact that each team has people coming in and out, the team state is also different, William Hill has adjusted the winning odds of each team.

After this adjustment, Barcelona topped the list with 1 to 4 odds, Chelsea ranked behind Barcelona with 1 to 5, and defending champions Manchester United fell to third place with an odds of 2 to 11. Atletico and Porto are still 11th and 14th, but Atletico’s odds fell from 18 to 1 to 21, while Porto, who had left Risandro and Lucho, fell to 51 to 1.

The media can be regarded as fart, but the odds of bookmakers are linked to money, and their views and opinions must not be ignored.

Therefore, the Porto people cannot accept the Atletico Madrid's arrogant strategy, nor dare to accept it.

Before the match, Porto coach Ferreira warned his players: "Recently, Atletico Madrid have not performed well in the league, but the Champions League is different from the league. They will definitely unite and go all out. Atletico has Aguero, Fran, Stars like Simao and Maxi, as well as Asuncion who transferred in the summer, he is very familiar with us. The game is definitely not easy to play. In the away game, we must go all out to fight our opponents. Only in this way can we finish. Goal to advance to the quarterfinals."

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

Regarding the goal of staying away in Madrid, Ferreira said: "Facing an opponent like Atletico, the away game cannot be too demanding. I am very satisfied if I can get a draw. If I can score an away goal, it will be even better. Perfect."

After the transfer of Lucho and Lisandro, Gao Xiaodong became the only star player in Porto. The media also took Gao Xiaodong and Aguero as the highlight of the game. In this regard, Gao Xiaodong said he would not Caring about who plays better with Aguero, he values ​​more whether the team can win and whether they can advance.

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

"Don't care? It seems you can win if you care!"

"Don't make excuses for yourself, you can also compare with Aguero!"

"Shameless Chinese people, previously with Cristiano Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo got the football player, and can't climb, now they are playing with Aguero, Aguero is a European golden boy, what is Gao Xiaodong?"

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

"A Portuguese super rookie is also worthy to compare with the European golden boy! I'm!"

"Gao Xiaodong also wants to be a European golden boy? What does he compare with Pato and Benzema?"

"Atletico Madrid will win at home! Aguero is overwhelmed by Gao Xiaodong!"

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In the past, it was difficult for fans to speak out before the game without using the media. With the development of the Internet, fans can already support their teams and idols and attack their opponents through forums, Twitter, Facebook and other channels.

Gao Xiaodong has just risen and his popularity has not been accumulated enough. In addition, he does not have Twitter or Facebook, and his fans on the Internet are far less than Aguero, who won the European Golden Boy in 2007, and not as famous as Fran and Fran. Simao.

In the Internet age where there are many fans, who is right, who shouts loudly, the fans of Porto and Atletico may be equal, but Gao Xiaodong’s fans are smashed by Aguero’s fans...

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