FC Porto seeks this Wednesday to stay in the fight for qualification for the round of 16 of the Football Champions League, visiting Bayer Leverkusen, while Sporting can take an important step towards the next phase.
With last week’s victory against the Germans (2-0), at the Estádio do Dragão, the ‘dragons’ entered the ‘race’ again, level on points with Bayer and Atlético de Madrid, in a group B surprisingly led by the Belgians from Club Brugge.
For the trip to Leverkusen (8:00 p.m.), for matchday four, coach Sérgio Conceição already knows that he will not be able to count on the central defender and ‘captain’ Pepe, with physical problems that will leave him out in the coming weeks and, therefore, On the other hand, Bayer will host the ‘blue and whites’ after the revolution that occurred after the Porto debacle.
Coach Gerardo Seoane was dismissed the following day and replaced by Spaniard Xabi Alonso, who could not have made a better debut: the pharmacists beat Schalke 4-0 in the ‘Bundesliga’, although they remain in a disappointing 15th place in the indoor competition , just above the relegation zone.
In turn, Sporting will receive Marseille for group D, a week after the ‘debacle’ in France (4-1), although it remains in first place, with six points, three more than Marseille and one more against Tottenham and Eintracht Frankfurt.
The goalkeeper Adán is ‘down’ confirmed in the ‘lions’, as punishment, for a duel in which the team led by Rúben Amorim will face Marseille, who, after the thrashing imposed on the ‘green and blue and white’, suffered his first loss in the French league, against Ajaccio.
The defense of the Portuguese ‘colors’ continues with ‘dragons’ and ‘lions’, after Benfica tied 1-1 at home against Paris Saint-Germain this Tuesday, a result that brings both teams closer and closer of the round of 16. of the competition, still benefiting from the defeat (2-0) of Juventus in Israel against Maccabi Haifa.
Source: TSF
