Famous Ukrainian journalist and commentator Roberto Morales has made a prediction for the Porto vs Shakhtar Champions League match.
Roberto Morales- The Estadio Dragão will decide which tournament Shakhtar will play in in February. The need for victory makes the task extremely difficult for the Uirniks. The Porto coach Sergio Conceição, who spoke critically and even derogatorily about Shakhtar, has repeatedly fuelled the excitement for the match. Of course, these are the so-called 'mind games' - attempts to throw off the opponent, who must be determined to play 'off the knife'.
The first game against this opponent was a failure for Shakhtar in every sense: gross resultant errors, a general loss of control over the game and complete despair at the end of the match. At that time, Porto could have defeated the opposition.
In the last game before the decider, on Friday, Shakhtar defeated Veres 2-0. On the one hand, things could have ended much worse for the Rivne club. On the other hand, Serhiy Lavrynenko's team could have scored and can complain about a couple of refereeing decisions, which is critically unfavourable for the underdog in such confrontations with the favourite. However, it is worth mentioning that in the Champions League, the match scenarios for Donetsk are completely different from those in the UPL, where they adapt to the opponent.
"Porto can consider themselves unlucky twice in their matches against Barcelona, losing both times by a minimum score and expecting more. Last week, the team produced two completely opposite results - on Wednesday, they lost away to Boavista, 1-3, and stopped participating in the League Cup. On Saturday, they beat Casa Pia 3-1 at the Dragau. Now Porto has caught up with Sporting Lisbon and shares the lead with them. The bet is on goals from both teams," Roberto said.
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