haaland kit Porto might seem the easy option in the Champions League quarter-finals draw – and Chelsea may well be glad to have been paired with them-but such an impression could be misleading. With Sergio Conceicao in chargeit appears nothing is impossible,as the last-16 return leg at Juventus showed perfectly.
Porto initially wasted their advantage, conceding two quick goals at the beginning of the second half, and then had striker Mehdi Tarami harshly sent off. Yet they refused to surrender and prevailed in extra time.
Conceicao never raises the white flag; the 46-year-old coach is a warrior and a supreme motivator.
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His intensity has been irritating to opposition teams football jerseys for sale cheap and coaches.Conceicao loves a good fight. The games against Manchester City at the group stage were ill-tempered and the Porto boss openly criticised his ‘unpleasant’ adversaryafter losing 3-1 at Etihad Stadium in October.