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

As the highest-level league in the world, the Champions League knockout stage has attracted the attention of fans all over the world before it even started.

16 teams, 8 matches, there are matches of wealthy families, strong dialogues, and abuse battles, but any game will definitely be very exciting, because these 16 teams are the Tiger and Wolf Teams that fought from the best and most cruel UEFA Champions League group stage in the world. Perhaps some teams are average in strength, but their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

There are many fans of the giants and great influence. Most of the media's focus is on the matchup between Inter Milan vs. Manchester United, Real Madrid vs. Liverpool, and Chelsea vs. Juventus.

Although Porto is the boss of Porto, he has won two Champions League titles, Atletico Madrid is the fourth in La Liga, won once the European Cup Winners Championship and once the Champions League runner-up, they can only be considered a second-rate team in European football, at most half first-rate, so the match between Atletico Madrid and Porto has received little attention, and media outside Spain and Portugal have just mentioned it casually.

In this showdown between Atletico Madrid and Porto, the media was not optimistic about Porto, and the reporter believed that Atletico Madrid was stronger than Porto.

Atletico Madrid has 07 European Golden Boy Aguero, European Golden Boot winner Fran, Portuguese star Simao, and Porto does not have a outstanding star. Although Gao Xiaodong was snapped up by the giants, he mainly focused on his potential, not his strength. Falcao has just landed in Europe and has not been tested in the competition. Gao Xiaodong and Falcao want to compete with Aguero, Fran, and Simao are a little immature.

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

In the European arena, Porto has played against La Liga teams 30 times. In these 30 games, Porto only won 8 games, lost 18 games, and drew 4 games. Among them, they met Atletico Madrid once in the UEFA Cup and were eliminated by Porto 2:1 in two rounds.

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

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

Atletico Madrid's problems are very similar to those of Porto's previous problems, which is that there are many gangs in the locker room, and former head coach Aguire cannot control the team. After entering January, Atletico Madrid failed to win seven games in the league and the Cup. 20 days ago, Atletico Madrid had to fire Aguire and invited Atletico's legendary goalkeeper, Castellion's head coach Resino of the Spanish Second Division to put out the fire.

After taking office, Resino played three games, one win, one draw and one loss. Losing to Sevilla was normal, and his results were barely passing. The only thing that made the fans and senior management feel at ease was that with Resino, a legendary Atletico Madrid, and the new coaching staff were all old Atletico stars, the locker room finally stabilized.

In this case, Atletico Madrid, who has invested a lot of money this season, did not dare to be careless at all. A week ago, Atletico Madrid chairman Cerrezo began to give Porto a soup. "We cannot be happy because the opponent in the knockout stage is Porto. When the Champions League is in the knockout stage, any opponent is very difficult to play. Porto is a team with the Champions League gene and has ruled in the Portuguese Super League for many years. We need to be careful of such opponents. In my opinion, Porto is as difficult as Manchester United and Juventus. We must take this opponent seriously. After all, they are the first in the group to qualify. Atletico Madrid hopes to advance after two games."

Atletico Madrid's firefighting coach Resino also said cautiously: "The two teams each have 50% chance of promotion. Porto is a very strong team. They have many excellent players, are well-trained, and the team's tactical system is very mature, and the game with them will not be easy."

Atletico Madrid's new flag, Argentine genius Aguero reminds the whole team to pay attention to Porto. "In the quarterfinals, you will not encounter a weak opponent. Porto has always performed well in the Champions League. If you want to defeat them, we need to do our best to succeed. Now Porto's best star is Gao Xiaodong. He has scored 5 goals in the group stage. Now the media has hyped this game into a battle between me and Gao Xiaodong, but we cannot just consider how to deal with Gao Xiaodong. Porto has many excellent players. We need to pay attention to every Porto player, and they will cause us trouble."

Even the original Porto former player Assongsang told his teammates and fans that he must not underestimate Porto. Porto has always been excellent in the Champions League. However, Assongsang was surprised by Lucho and Risandro's departure, and was also very happy for Atletico Madrid. "Lucho and Risandro have great experience in major competitions. If they are there, we will have a lot of difficulties, but Porto is also very combat-ready."

Obviously, Atletico Madrid is collectively feeding Porto with poisonous milk, and the odds offered by the bookmaker William Hill explain everything.

When the Champions League top 16 this season, the odds offered by the famous bookmaker William Hill were ranked 11th and Porto ranked 14th. It seems that the gap is not big, but Atletico Madrid has 18 losses, while Porto has 1 losses of 40 losses.

After the winter break, as each team has people in and out, the team's condition is also different, William Hill Company adjusted the championship odds of each team.

After this adjustment, Barcelona ranked first with an odds of 1 and 4, Chelsea ranked behind Barcelona with a score of 1 and 5, and the defending champion Manchester United fell to third, with an odds of 2 and 11. Atletico Madrid and Porto are still 11 and 14th, but Atletico Madrid's odds only fell from 1 and 18 to 1 and 21, while Porto, who left Risandro and Lucho, fell to 1 and 51.

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

Therefore, the Porto people could not accept Atletico Madrid's arrogant plan and dared not accept it.

Before the game, Porto head coach Ferreira warned his players: "Atlanie Madrid has not performed well in the league recently, but the Champions League is different from the league. They will definitely unite and do their best. Atletico Madrid has stars like Aguero, Fran, Simon, Maxi, and Assonsan, who has passed the summer transfer. He is very familiar with us and the game is definitely not easy to play. We have to go all out to compete with our opponents away. Only in this way can we achieve our goal of advancing to the quarterfinals."

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

Regarding the goal of being a visiting Madrid, Ferreira said: "When facing an opponent like Atletico Madrid, the away game cannot be too high. I will be very satisfied if I can get a draw. If I can score a away game, it would be even more perfect."

After Lucho and Risandro transferred, Gao Xiaodong became the only player with a little star flavor in Porto. The media also used Gao Xiaodong and Aguero as the highlight of this game. In this regard, Gao Xiaodong said that he would not care who performed better with Aguero. He valued more whether the team could win and advance.

Gao Xiaodong's speech was quite peaceful, but because he was believed to have forced two Argentina stars Lucho and Risandro away, he was attacked by Aguero fans on the Internet.

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

"Don't make excuses for yourself, you can also be with Agueroro!"

"The shameless Chinese people used to get the footballer with Ronaldo and Ronaldo, but they can't get it anymore. Now they are with Aguerobi again. Aguero is a European golden boy, what is Gao Xiaodong?"

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

"A Portuguese Super Newcomer King is worthy of competing with the European Golden Boy! I'm gonna!"

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

"Atlanta Madrid will win at home! Aguero will beat Gao Xiaodong!"

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In the past, it was difficult for fans to make their voices before the game without going through 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 has not accumulated enough popularity. In addition, he does not have Twitter or Facebook, and his fans on the Internet are far less than those of Aguero, who won the European Golden Boy in 2007, and are not as good as Fran and Simon, who have been famous for a long time.

In the Internet era where there are more fans, whoever is right and whoever calls out loud will be right, Porto fans and Atletico fans may be able to kill the same, but Gao Xiaodong's fans have been blown into scum by Aguero's fans...
Chapter completed!