Porto Skipper Confident Of Beating Manchester United

Lucho Gonzalez has warned Manchester United that his team ‘cannot fail’ to beat them and knock them out of the Champions League.

The Portuguese champions earned a well-deserved 2-2 draw at Old Trafford in the first leg of their quarter-final and so go into the return fixture with the upper hand.

The result means Sir Alex Ferguson’s side will, in all likelihood, need to beat Porto in order to progress, a task made even harder by the fact that no English team has ever won won in Porto.

According to the News of the World, the Porto skipper has insisted his side will win and claimed that they can even go on and lift the trophy.

“The atmosphere will be enormous in the Estadio do Dragao so the team cannot fail,” explained Lucho Gonzalez.

“It would be a moral tragedy and a huge blow not to finish off United after the exhibition we put on at Old Trafford but we can do it.

“It is not easy to silence United's fans but we did that from the beginning until the end. In fact, I think the tie was unfair as we deserved to win.

“If we knock out the holders, we can even aim to win the title.”

The Argentinean also hinted that Manchester United had under-estimated Porto and urged his team to make the most of the advantage their first leg draw had brought them.  

“Carlos Tevez told me it had been more difficult than they thought. We have a slight advantage for the second leg and have to make the most of it,” he explained.

“We know they have great players and that Cristiano Ronaldo is a big star - but even stars can be beaten.”

Gill Clark, Goal.com