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- Today (Tuesday), at the "San Siro" stadium, Milan's "Inter" will play the postponed Champions League match against the Portuguese champions - FC Porto. The match was postponed because on the same day in this arena there were other Champions League matches between the teams of Milan and Man Utd, which, as we have already announced, Milan won 1-0 and advanced to the quarter-finals.
- The Inter team hopes that tonight everything will go well for them and they will become the third Italian team to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League. According to Italian coach Roberto Mancini, his team will not just defend on their side of the field and will not just try to defend to maintain the necessary result.
- Milan returned from Porto, playing to a 1-1 draw. In Portugal, Inter scored first after Obafemi Martins' accurate shot, but Ricardo Costa equalized the result after Francesco Toldo's mistake. While Inter is satisfied with a draw today, the Italian coach stated that his team always wants to give its fans a victory.
- Asked what he thinks about his team's chances, Inter captain Javier Zanetti said: "We have to try to prevent anything unexpected from happening." Inter is already 16 points behind Serie A leader Milan, so a victory in the Champions League would calm the club's fans. "We know what's at stake," added the team captain.
- Mancini-led team scored 14 goals in the group stage of the Champions League, four of which were scored by Brazilian striker Adriano. Today, it may be that Argentine striker Julio Cruz will play alongside Adriano in attack, as the physical condition of the other two strikers, Christian Vieri and Obafemi Martins, raises doubts for the coach.
- In defense, the Italian club has problems as they cannot field two main defenders. Both Colombian Ivan Cordoba and Giuseppe Favalli will miss these matches due to cards. Since center-back Nicolás Burdisso also cannot play due to family reasons, the Inter center-back duo will consist of 36-year-old veteran Siniša Mihajlović and Marco Materazzi.
- The change of coaches for Porto definitely did not help. Since José Mourinho left the team last summer, the team has had three different coaches. Both Luigi Del Neri and Víctor Fernández were fired due to poor results. The team's situation has not improved even with José Couceiro taking over as coach. This is clearly shown in the latest Porto match in the country's championship, where they lost 0-4 to the league's mid-table team CD Nacional at the Estádio do Dragão, the biggest home defeat for Porto in the last 30 years.
- José Couceiro mentioned that the goal conceded by Porto in the away match against Inter significantly reduces Porto's chances of making it among the top 8 European teams: "This result is bad for us, so we will have to take more risks," said the coach. Asked about Inter's team attack, the coach said: "It is a team with excellent, technical attackers, so our defenders will have to play without mistakes."
- Porto will once again have Brazilian Diego and defender Jorge Costa to help the team, both of whom did not play in the first leg due to cards. Jorge Costa said he knows how to play against such big clubs like Inter Milan: "We have to be focused for the full 90 minutes, do our job well and take advantage of the opportunity that comes our way," said the Portuguese defender.
- However, Porto will be without defender Bosingwa, who suffered an injury. Also, Luis Fabiano did not travel to Italy as his mother was kidnapped in Brazil on Friday. "It's a terrible situation, but the whole team is now morally with Luis," said Jorge Costa at a press conference.
- Probable line-ups for the teams:
Inter (4-4-2): Toldo – Ze Maria, Mihajlovic, Materazzi, J. Zanetti – Emre, Veron, Cambiasso, Stankovic – Adriano, Cruz.
Porto (5-4-1): Baia – Seitaridis, R. Costa, J. Costa, Valente, Meireles – Ribeiro, Costinha, Diego, Quaresma – McCarthy
