Athletic Bilbao – FC Porto

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Europa Champions League

Tonight at 21:45 group H Champions League.

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Athletic Bilbao have won just one point, in the first match with Shakhtar, and ranks last in the group. The team looks to return to a better shape, they tied two wins in the league, both 1-0, and the optimism is at home on San Mames. Ernesto Valverde, considered the victory in this game vital and the primary objective is the final qualification! Valverde believes that his team can achieve a victory with Porto, where the benefit Basques will rise to the level of the match against Sevilla four days ago. De Marcos, Muniain, Laporte and Aketxe have muscle problems and are uncertain for this game and will miss after Aduriz was injured in the match against Sevilla.

“We have to play with the greatest desire, but see that not as a handicap but a positive,” he was quoted as saying at his pre-match press conference.

“When you have a points advantage you can try to calculate things, but (our situation) simplifies everything down and means we do not look at anything else – our only choice is to win all three games.

“Everything can happen if we win all three remaining games.” “We must return to the right mental state after playing a very intense game with Sevilla. We are aware that we need to win to still have options,” the coach added.

Porto is on top of the group with seven points after three matches and is the main favorite, a draw today is more than satisfactory. Technician rating, Julen Lopetegui is optimistic ahead of the game. Interestingly Lopetegui spoke in Basque at the press conference before the game, being a native of the Basque Country. Iberian technician called 20 players for the game, including Evandro and Nunes, players from the club’s second team.

However, Porto coach Julen Lopetegui was taking nothing for granted at his pre-match press conference on Tuesday.

“We just know we have to play a great game against a great team,” said Lopetegui, whose team have won their last three league games and sit second in the table behind Benfica

“We do not think about what could happen. All games start 0-0 and each game has its own story. No external factor will make us win this game. The result depends on what we do.”

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