Sporting Braga striker Lima insists his side can beat FC Porto in Europa League final
Sporting Braga striker, Lima, has insisted that his side have a genuine chance against their Portuguese counterparts, FC Porto. He hoped that his team would continue playing great football as they have done, and win the competition.
Braga will face http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/FC-Porto-c39186 in the final of the UEFA Europa League on Wednesday, May 18, at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The Archbishops downed Benfica in the semi-final, progressing on away goals after drawing 2-2 on aggregate. On the other hand, Porto destroyed
Villarreal 7-4 on aggregate to reach the final.
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lima-c22267 insisted that although Porto have had a brilliant campaign, they can still be beaten. He stated that both the teams are deservedly in the final and anything can happen. The player was happy to carry the underdog tag ahead of the final and said that
his team has the quality to down any side in the world.
The Brazilian stated that Braga have had the better of the best teams in the competition namely Liverpool, Dynamo Kiev and Benfica and they can hold the trophy if they carry on playing with the same quality.
“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 http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Liverpool-c39809 and Dynamo Kiev.”
“We all know what Porto have done this season – they are full of top-class players, both up front and in defence – and we know it is going to be difficult for us to win. But we have faced top teams already this season and this game will be no different,”
he was quoted as saying.
The attacker also hoped that he could score in the final and lead his side to victory in the all-Portuguese final.
"I'm trying everything to score but I am also staying calm about the situation because I'm giving everything for the team,” said Lima.
The striker has scored only one goal in his eight appearances in the UEFA Europa League in comparison to Radamel Falcao’s 16 goals in 14 games for FC Porto.
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