Conceicao wishes to upset Juve again
Porto manager Sergio Conceicao has the experience of beating Juventus as a player when he played for Lazio and is looking to beat them again with Porto in the Champions League.
This Wednesday,
FC Portowill host
Juventusin the first leg of the round of 16 of the football Champions League, scheduled for 20:00.
“I remember my first title won in Turin against Zinedine Zidane and Alessandro Del Piero’s Juve,”
he told Sky Sport Italia
.
“I scored the goal for Lazio to win 2-1 after Del Piero had canceled out Pavel Nedved’s opener. Italy is my second country and I was very happy there. Perhaps I was a little less happy on a sporting level at Inter than the others, but it remains a wonderful memory anyway.”
won many titles during Conceicao spell including the Scudetto, Suppercoppa, Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Supercup, and two Coppa Italias.
Conceicao
will be facing Juventus again but this time as a coach and he believes they can cause problems for Juve.
“We’re not doing that well in the league, as we leave too much space to the opponents, but have been much stronger both defensively and when attacking in the Champions League.
“I feel it’s important to have that balance and we’ve had some good games. Every match is unique and tomorrow we’ll be up against one of the best teams in the world, who have fantastic players.
“It is crucial that we are solid in defense and, when we have the ball, find the right spaces to exploit in order to score goals.”
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