Barcelona vs. Porto – European Super Cup – Preview
Barcelona will be facing the Portuguese Champions, Porto in the European Super Cup. The Catalans are currently in great form as they have already won the Spanish Super Cup against a tough opponent like Real Madrid.
Barcelona have made a world record of eight appearances in the European Super Cup final and in case they win this one, they will take their tally of European Super Cups to four – one less than the Italian Champions AC Milan – who they are going to compete
against in the UEFA Champions League.
Porto have won the Portuguese League and the reason why they are in the European Super Cup final is the Europa League trophy which Andres Villas Boas helped them win last season.
Last season Porto did not lose a single game in the Portuguese League which simply means that they are a very strong opponent. On the other hand, Barcelona managed to win the Spanish La Liga and also won the UEFA Champions League despite facing tough oppositions
like Real Madrid and Manchester United.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Carles-Puyol-c8331. While Puyol is still
recovering from a knee injury he picked up last season, Pique has torn his calf muscle and he will not be available to play.
On the other hand, Porto have a few changes from last season. The last season’s coach Andres Villas Boas is now a part of the Premier League side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Vitor-c36281 Pereira. Porto are also going to be without their star striker Radamel
Falcao who is now a part of the Spanish side Atletico Madrid. This means that the Brazilian star Hulk will be the man to watch for Porto.
Barcelona have only strengthened their squad from the last season. Despite not having a lot players in the defensive role, Josep Guardiola decided to cash in on a striker – http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alexis-Sánchez-c4979 and a midfielder – Cesc Fabregas. Both these players have made their
debut and they are definitely ready to play against Porto in the European Super Cup.
While Barcelona have won the Spanish Super Cup against Real Madrid, Porto have also won their Super Cup called Super Taca Candido de Oliveira.
Josep Guardiola stated that Porto are a strong side and he is looking forward to facing them in the European Super Cup. Pereira focused on the best player in the world http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lionel-Messi-c22296 and said that he does not have any specific tactic which would stop the Argentine
because he is simply a phenomenal player.
This is for the second time that Porto are facing a Spanish side in the European Super Cup. Last time Porto faced http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 back in 2004. The match ended 2-1 in favour of Valencia as Porto lost the fixture. This is for the second time that Spanish and Portuguese
teams are going to be head-to-head in Monaco.
The man to watch for Porto is the Brazilian star http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Hulk-c16436 while the man to watch for Barcelona is Xavi Hernandez. While Hulk is the best striker available to Pereira, Xavi Hernandez is going to try and prove himself to Josep Guardiola all over again despite
the arrival of Cesc Fabregas.
There are going to be a lot of goals in this fixture and the match can end up 5-0 in favour of Barcelona.
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