Porto’s Joao Moutinho eyeing Europa League success; Braga striker Lima confident of beating Porto
Joao Moutinho eyeing Europa League success
Porto midfielder, Joao Moutinho, wants to win the 2010/11 UEFA Europa League final against Sporting Braga on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at the Aviva Stadium Dublin.
Moutinho, who was part of the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sporting-89-c40576 Lisbon’s 2004/05 UEFA Cup runners-up team, wants to put that heartbreak behind him and win the competition this time around. The Portuguese International believes that his team has worked hard all season and they deserve
to win the competition.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186, under manager Andre Villas-Boas, have already won the Portuguese league and are now looking to clinch a double by winning the European competition.
Talking to the reporters, Moutinho said, "I hope this time I manage to win the thing; we've worked hard all season for this. I've spoken to some of the Braga boys who played alongside me in 2005 [Custodio, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Miguel-Garcia-c25555] – in fact, I've even
made a friendly bet with Miguel Garcia.”
The 24-year-old admitted that the two best teams in the competition have made it to the final and it would be a great football match.
Porto are not unbeatable: Lima
Sporting Braga forward, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lima-c22267, believes that his side can beat the Portuguese Champions in the final of the Europa League.
Braga go into their first ever final of the competition as underdogs, but Lima is confident that his club has the potential to beat the best in the business. The striker has urged his teammates to showcase a similar team-work that they did to down http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809
and Dynamo Kiev earlier in the season.
"Porto are not unbeatable. Both teams deserve to be in the final. I only hope we manage to play at the level we did against Liverpool and Dynamo Kiev.” Said Lima
The Brazilian admitted that Porto are a top side and they have some top-class players in every position in the field but his team is hungry to succeed too. The 28-year-old believes that both teams would be under equal pressure ahead of the tie and the team
that can hold its nerves will triumph.
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