The 'tiki-taka' del Porto Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui will meet Wednesday to address the tactical command of the Swiss Basel, coached by the Portuguese Paulo Sousa in the first leg of the knockout stages of the Champions League.
The 'dragons', European champions in 1987 and 2004, will
try in the first leg pave the way to a quarter-final that do not meet since
2009, against an opponent that favors the collective over the individual.
Individual quality to spare to set Lopetegui, because it
has the likes of Colombian Jackson Martinez, Hector Herrera Mexican and
Brazilian Casemiro, on loan from Real Madrid.
The Porto, eliminated from Copa de Portugal, has joined
an irregular path in the domestic championship, which is four points behind
leaders Benfica.
In the Champions League, however, was leader of his group
H, which he shared with Shakhtar Donetsk, BATE Borisov and Athletic Bilbao, and
did not lose a single game in the first phase, as Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo
and Jose Mourinho at Chelsea.
Basel, whose star is born striker Albania Shkelzen Gashi,
took second place in Group B, behind Real Madrid, phase in which it alighted a
colossus like Liverpool English.
The coach Paulo Sousa, legendary Portuguese footballer
who was European champion twice as a player (Juventus, 1996, Borussia Dortmund,
1997), is one of the strengths of the Swiss team, now in its second appearance
in the knockout 'Championes' .
The young Paraguayan Derlis Gonzalez, the Swiss giant
Marco Streller and Fabian Frei also complete the list of top players.
The Swiss, who have on campus with 'All Together Now'
Walter Samuel, leading the local championship.
