FC Porto is making thorough preparations for their upcoming game against Arsenal in London. Over the weekend, they secured a remarkable 5-0 victory against rivals Benfica.
However, after defeating Arsenal, they felt that they did not receive the deserved credit for using effective strategies to secure a win against Mikel Arteta’s side.
The recent victory against Benfica is considered a significant statement. Nonetheless, certain sections of the Portuguese media have suggested that the triumph was due to Benfica’s poor performance.
That did not go down well with their manager Sérgio Conceição, who said, as quoted by Sport Witness:
“Arsenal were also very weak… But they hadn’t lost for I don’t know how many games and had thrashed others in the Premier League. You’ll probably say that Benfica were very bad, but you have to give credit to the players and the work that each one did, within a very strong FC Porto organisation.”
Just Arsenal Opinion
Porto seems to be preparing well for the return leg of our game, but we should win as we are playing at home.
It will be a difficult game for us, but because of the support from the Emirates, the players should get us over the line.
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They did well to execute their plans against Arsenal in the first leg. However, there’s one more leg to go, let’s see how a very strong FC Porto organisation is.
Playing at home doesn’t mean we’re going to win – that’s a silly assumption, especially as MA has lost many home european games.
I’m sure that Porto will be up for this game and will use EVERY means possible to go through to the last eight.
We’ve just got to be ready for every scenario there is and NOT be ducked into their mind games.
Mind your words ,..orelse you might regret your big mouth!!
Can’t wait for arsenal to thrash this porto honestly. I really can’t believe how bad arsenal played against porto in the first leg with no shots. Everyone has a off day though. In the 2nd leg I’m sure will see the gunners firing. And I’m confident within the first half arsenal will overturn the deficit already
Credit you for what?? When you spent just less than 55mins out of 90 to kick the ball with your horrendous tactics.
Credit for implementing their strategy and winning. Now they are at advantage and won’t come out to play but defend with 11 men which is always a problem to us. Hope that we score early.
“effective strategies”. Brilliant assessment in just two words.
Let’s hope we have a honest Ref that doesn’t get conned by their diving and fouling tactics and that we beat the Navy Seals 5-0 at the Emirates.
Porto did well to kick us off the pitch, we allowed this, we also played a part in the loss, not clearing the ball, it will be a different story, at the Emirates, like they said, they have to show us, they are favourites.
We have an opportunity to make our own statement.
They did theirs to perfection we just have to counter that and desist from being nervous.
Arteta should also not be so rigid on a particular pattern because they will come to frustrate our team with many funny antics.
It will be a night that fc Porto will never forget just wait and see. Arsenal is so good on revenge.
The Portuguese manager comments is a poor attempt at playing mind game.
He would like us to believe he got away with a result
Anxiety is killing me Tuesday please come fast we should use every means to knock out Porto in first 20 minutesplease
They have a game on Friday 8 March against Portimonense and the chest of talking past the prepations for that match and jumping to a Tuesday match against Arsenal shows the arrogance. Anyway let’s focus on Brentford preparations.
Exactly! Just what i intend to say. BRENTFORD happens to be our next opponents NOT Porto, not sure why Porto is being brought up now, vengeance perhaps?
Fact.
He’s counting for 2025 before finishing 2024 first 🤣🤣🤣
I just wish the match official did not blow the whistle each and every fall the Porto players play at, that happened a lot at our first meeting mostly during the set pieces.
Revenge is sweet. Let’s go my Arsenal
After all these years they still reek of the Special One. Anti – Football. Shame
I pity Porto simply because the beating that awaits them at the Emirates is unfathomable.
Asernal has been resting during the fa Cup, is now time for them to prove their self p
Yaa, this guy got a big mouth. You would think they put 6 past us, the way he is speaking. I hope our boys see this. If they trample us in the second leg, it will be forever before he stops disrespecting us.
They like counter attacks, with all 11 players in defence. But still if that old man we have in our team starts the game , they will not survive him with his intelligent through passes.
It’s premature for the manager to boost as if Porto have already qualified. They were lucky to score at the last minute. Boosting rights will be credited to the winner on Tuesday. Lens had beaten Arsenal 2-1 before tables were turned. Newcastle has also walloped PSG 4_1.
Arsenal are in the best goalscoring form in Europe they didn’t play to win they had a stronger match Newcastle but on Tuesday GOD SAVE PORTO
This guy just wants attention
Let me even laugh coz this Porto guy is already nervous. He knows Emirates isn’t going to be a field but an abattoir. I just can’t wait to read his comments on Wednesday.