Porto will play against Chelsea in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League against Chelsea on Wednesday at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan in Seville.
Porto will have to do without the two leading scorers Mehdi Taremi and Sergio Oliveira, both of whom have been booked with last 16 win against Juventus are suspended for the first leg.
« We want everyone to be available, namely the two who cannot play as a penalty, Mehdi Taremi and Sergio, » said Porto coach Conceicao Spiel.
« If Sergio were to play the strategy would be exactly the same. But we’re talking about the team’s top scorer, an important player whose absence is not easy to fill. But I’m here to find solutions. »
« We’re not going to change the way we look at the game just because we’re missing two players who have played regularly, » he said.
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