Joined
·
140 Posts
Porto fan here. Well, we are playing just horrible. Awful. I don't remember Porto playing like this season. And it's frustrating cause nobody knows why. We have some very talented players, but they are young and feeling to much pressure. I think you have a good chance to go through. You can explore our "home factor". We can't win a match in Dragao! If you don't win in Dragao, than we have a chance in San Siro. Seriously, this atypical season Porto is winning away and loosing or draw home. Frustrating! If we don't score in first half, Inter players are going to think they are in San Siro. The crowd turns against Porto.
Porto, player by player:
Baia- well, you all know him. A great career and the age didn't catch him.
Seitaridis- you all know the greek fabulous right back. He is very good defending, but not that great attacking.
Jorge Costa(suspended I think) the soul of Porto, maybe Ricardo Costa to be in his place...a younger portuguese DC, and I'm SCARED if he plays...but he's still better than Pepe, the other DC...if Pepe plays, than I'm panic!
Pedro Emanuel- DC...sooooooo underrated. He is one of the most inteligent defenders I've ever seen. If he was faster, he could be a top defender.
Nuno Valente- You know him. Very solid, but he's playing his first games, cause he was injured since August to January. He is out of pace
Midfield
Costinha- you know this one too. Great 2 seasons for Porto. An influent player in Portugal NT. Great in the air, a superb tactical player, but he lacks quality when the subject is passing the ball. Out of shape this season.
Maniche- great player. But, he was injured 2 months, and still looking his best form.
Diego(suspended)- an old fashion number 10. You can see the talent is there, but he was very disappointing so far. In his place maybe it's Bosingwa(playing very well, but lacks some techique) Meireles or Leo Lima, two average players.
Quaresma- Great talent. Like all the others, he lacks confidence in this moment, but he is more talented than Diego or Carlos Alberto. He has been maybe our best player this season, but he's not very well when it comes to dribbling(when he's on fire he is more impressive in that department than Cristiano Ronaldo), cause he's feeling to much pressure to release the ball fast.
Claudio Pittbull- Derlei replacement. He is a winger\forward, and looks good. Not very skillfull but very dinamic and a genuine fighter. He was one of the topscorers in Brasileirao.
Luis Fabiano- he made the partnership attack with your Adriano, in Copa America. Highly rated in Brasil, he is absolutely disappointing so far. 2 goals! That says all. Talented, but can't understand what is going on with him.
We have McCarthy(you know him), Postiga(talented but awful since 2003/2004) and maybe the 17 years old Bruno Gama. A typical portuguese winger, very skillfull and set for debut with this new coach.
The sad thing is, that Porto conquered Uefa Cup and CL, in 2 years(how many achieve this?), and still not highly rated by fans over the world. Simply, cause is a portuguese team. But now look Porto eleven, 2002/2003, 2003/2004
Baia; Paulo Ferreira, Carvalho, J.Costa, N.Valente; Costinha, Maniche, Deco; Carlos Alberto(Capucho), McCarthy(Postiga), Derlei
They were unknown players in 2002...Nobody rate them that time, when I was in foruns saying that Porto was playing the best football in europe. Look what happened...It was not a fluke, the thing his...we play in the portuguese league. Just that!
About Inter. Believe this...Coincidence: this season I've only saw 20 minutes of Inter(I can't see the Italian League first time in years... Well. It was the last 20 minutes against Sampdoria(0-2, 3-2) in San Siro . I'm really really scared
Porto, player by player:
Baia- well, you all know him. A great career and the age didn't catch him.
Seitaridis- you all know the greek fabulous right back. He is very good defending, but not that great attacking.
Jorge Costa(suspended I think) the soul of Porto, maybe Ricardo Costa to be in his place...a younger portuguese DC, and I'm SCARED if he plays...but he's still better than Pepe, the other DC...if Pepe plays, than I'm panic!
Pedro Emanuel- DC...sooooooo underrated. He is one of the most inteligent defenders I've ever seen. If he was faster, he could be a top defender.
Nuno Valente- You know him. Very solid, but he's playing his first games, cause he was injured since August to January. He is out of pace
Midfield
Costinha- you know this one too. Great 2 seasons for Porto. An influent player in Portugal NT. Great in the air, a superb tactical player, but he lacks quality when the subject is passing the ball. Out of shape this season.
Maniche- great player. But, he was injured 2 months, and still looking his best form.
Diego(suspended)- an old fashion number 10. You can see the talent is there, but he was very disappointing so far. In his place maybe it's Bosingwa(playing very well, but lacks some techique) Meireles or Leo Lima, two average players.
Quaresma- Great talent. Like all the others, he lacks confidence in this moment, but he is more talented than Diego or Carlos Alberto. He has been maybe our best player this season, but he's not very well when it comes to dribbling(when he's on fire he is more impressive in that department than Cristiano Ronaldo), cause he's feeling to much pressure to release the ball fast.
Claudio Pittbull- Derlei replacement. He is a winger\forward, and looks good. Not very skillfull but very dinamic and a genuine fighter. He was one of the topscorers in Brasileirao.
Luis Fabiano- he made the partnership attack with your Adriano, in Copa America. Highly rated in Brasil, he is absolutely disappointing so far. 2 goals! That says all. Talented, but can't understand what is going on with him.
We have McCarthy(you know him), Postiga(talented but awful since 2003/2004) and maybe the 17 years old Bruno Gama. A typical portuguese winger, very skillfull and set for debut with this new coach.
The sad thing is, that Porto conquered Uefa Cup and CL, in 2 years(how many achieve this?), and still not highly rated by fans over the world. Simply, cause is a portuguese team. But now look Porto eleven, 2002/2003, 2003/2004
Baia; Paulo Ferreira, Carvalho, J.Costa, N.Valente; Costinha, Maniche, Deco; Carlos Alberto(Capucho), McCarthy(Postiga), Derlei
They were unknown players in 2002...Nobody rate them that time, when I was in foruns saying that Porto was playing the best football in europe. Look what happened...It was not a fluke, the thing his...we play in the portuguese league. Just that!
About Inter. Believe this...Coincidence: this season I've only saw 20 minutes of Inter(I can't see the Italian League first time in years... Well. It was the last 20 minutes against Sampdoria(0-2, 3-2) in San Siro . I'm really really scared