Porto take on the visitors Atletico Madrid in the round 6 match of UEFA Champions League group stage. The match will be played on Tuesday, November 1st at Estadio do Dragao (Porto).
Porto are rightfully considered the flagship of the football of its country. And in historical terms, and right now - in recent years, they have collected more titles in Primeira than eternal competitors, Benfica with Sporting. Now, however, in the domestic arena, the start cannot be called successful. But in the Champions League, unlike last season, they managed to get into the playoffs. Then, by the way, the “dragons” lost just “Atletico” with “Liverpool”, but at the same time they got ahead of Milan in the dispute for 3rd place. Now everything started very badly. The club lost in the last seconds in Madrid, then received 4 unanswered goals from Brugge at home. But in October it turned out to improve, and it was lucky that there were back-to-back matches with the crisis Bayer. The Germans were eventually beaten 5-0 on aggregate in 2 matches. Moreover, further on the schedule was a trip to the Belgians, who had already scored 10 points and decided everything for themselves. As a result, they, it seems, did not particularly object to the revenge of the tripeiros. They won 4-0 and qualified for the spring part of the tournament.
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Atletico will remember October 26 for a long time. The moment in the denouement of the match with Bayer has already entered the history of football. For the first time in the Champions League, the referee awarded a penalty after the final whistle - with the help of a video assistant. But it seems that the Spaniards were simply not destined to win that evening: Ferreira Carrasco's blow was reflected by Hradecki, and the followed-up shots hit the crossbar and own football player. Diego Simeone philosophically noted that the final 2-2, a crazy ending without a happy ending, was a reflection of the overall unsuccessful performance of the Madrid club in the current draw. The only victory, and that one won in the last, 12th minute of the home match against Porto, 1 point each in meetings with the Germans and the Belgians, is not the result to qualify for the playoffs with him. Moreover, now you need to play no worse than Leverkusen in a parallel meeting, so that at least they don’t drop a competitor to 4th place ...
Recently, since 2013, Atlético have been successfully playing with a previously uncomfortable opponent. In 5 head-to-head matches, Porto took only 1 draw, losing all other confrontations with the Spaniards. Bookmakers believe that Porto, which plays at home, has a slightly higher chance of success now. We dare to bet on the victory of the visitors with a "zero" handicap.
Prediction for the match: Atletico Madrid to win with 0.0 handicap.
