Oh, that was crucial, ... Hearts have had a terrific start and full credit to them. It will be a huge battle next week. We had hoped today to continue the good work from the Porto match, but maybe the legs weren't quite there to see the same tactics through again. It's been a tough week.
Quotes about porto (9 Quotes)
We respect Porto and know the game will be difficult, but we want victory at all costs and we know we can achieve it.
When we got knocked out against Porto in the Champions League, I only slept two hours that night. I was not a nice person to be with after that match. I was struggling to get the result out of my system.
All that stinginess, plus the everywhere-presence of workhorse Tony Porto, enabled the Green Wave to do what was necessary to push their record to 2-0. We didn't do anything spectacular on offense, ... But Tony Porto bailed us out several times.
In the same way that I had to follow an Italian manager here, I can imagine that it was not easy for an Italian manager to follow me at Porto.
The Porto players were with me for two and a half years, they believed in me, in my methods, in the way we do it. The next day I go and a manager arrives who works completely differently.
Many times the Champions League winner is not the best team in Europe. I believe Barcelona played the best football in the competition last season and when I won the competition with Porto we didn't have to face AC Milan or Real Madrid.
We weren't the best team when I won the competition with Porto two seasons ago. Last season, the team that played the most beautiful football was Barcelona. They played fantastic football.
I thought his comments were fine. At times Porto did outplay us, and we knew they would, but the thing is we rattled them. They had highly gifted players but we rattled them. I asked the players to let Porto know they had been in a game and they did that.