The new European champion, whoever he was, would have had at FC Porto one of the toughest opponents on the way to the final. Before the decisive game, at Estádio do Dragão, Sérgio Conceição’s team had been the only one not to lose against Manchester City (drawn in the Invicta 0-0, in the group stage) and the only one to beat Chelsea (1-0 , in Seville, in the second leg of the quarter finals).
This Saturday, in the Champions League final, the triumph smiled on Chelsea and, at the end of the match, the Italian-Brazilian defender, Emerson Palmieri, elevated FC Porto to the toughest opponent on the ‘blue’ path to glory. “We had opponents that we had to study a lot, like Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid, but I believe that FC Porto was the one that created the most difficulties for us,” said the player who entered the last minute of regular time, in a 2-0 victory about FC Porto, in the 1st leg of the quarter finals.
Having surpassed the dragons, Palmieiri also revealed, the Chelsea bathhouse began to believe even more in the final triumph, which it would achieve this Saturday.
“We studied, we always respected, but FC Porto is a very offensive team, playing forward. And, for me, after passing FC Porto, not disrespecting the other teams, we believed that we could reach the final”, he concluded .
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