- Title: RUSSIA: CSKA MOSCOW AND PORTO PREPARE FOR CHAMPIONSHIPS LEAGUE MATCH
- Date: 23rd November 2004
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (NOVEMBER 23, 2004) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WIDE OF NEWS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY CSKA MANAGER VALERY GAZAEV 2. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) CSKA MANAGER VALERY GAZAEV SAYING: "We only have the chance to go further if we win and we will do our best. At the same time we expect the same game from Porto tomorrow." 3. REPORTERS 4. VARIOUS OF PORTO SQUAD TRAINING AT MOSCOW LOCOMOTIVE STADIUM 5. PEOPLE WATCHING FROM THE SIDE OF THE PITCH 6. WIDE OF PORTO COACH, VIKTOR FERNANDEZ AND DEFENDER PEDRO EMANUEL AT NEWS CONFERENCE 7. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) PORTO DEFENDER, PEDRO EMANUEL, SAYING: "Soccer is such a thing where there are no favourites. We were supposed to be leaders of tournament but we were losing and could not get three points but everything is not lost and we must win tomorrow and then win at our home." 8. CUTAWAY JOURNALISTS 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) PORTO HEAD COACH, VIKTOR FERNANDEZ, SAYING: "For us it will be a difficult match, because Porto does not get used to such temperatures while CSKA being a Russian team have an advantage here, but for us the main thing is the condition of the pitch, if it is not proper they(CSKA) will get an advantage." 10. CUTAWAY 11. (SOUNDBITE)(Spanish) PORTO HEAD COACH, VIKTOR FERNANDEZ, SAYING: "We know that for us it will be a very important match, and for Porto, as current European champions only victory and three points may help to carry on further struggle." 12. PORTO HEAD COACH, VIKTOR FERNANDEZ LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
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- Story Text: CSKA Moscow and Porto prepare for Wednesday's
Champions League match.
Most of the 16 places in the first knockout round
of the Champions League could be known after the fifth
matchday of the group phase of the competition is completed
this week.
The two groups that will still be unresolved no matter
what happens this week are Group H and Group B.
Group H has already been won by Chelsea, but has a
three-way fight for second place between CSKA Moscow, Paris
St Germain and European champions Porto and can only be
decided after the last round of group games next month.
But although CSKA and Paris St Germain only have four
points, and Porto only have two, all three clubs are still
in the hunt for second place.
If CSKA beat Porto in snowy Russia on Wednesday
(November 24) and Chelsea beat PSG, second place will be
decided when PSG play CSKA in Paris on December 7. If PSG
better CSKA's winning 2-0 margin in September, they will go
through.
The match between CSKA and Porto will be tight as both
teams know a win is crucial if they have any chance of
advancing to the next phase. CSKA have won only one of the
10 Champions League matches they have played to date.
"We only have the chance to go further if we win and we
will do our best," said CSKA's manager Valery Gazaev at a
news conference in Moscow on Tuesday (November 23). For Porto, who
h
ave not won a Champions League match
since winning the title last season, the weather and the
pitch could be an important factor, as temperatures
dropped to minus 8 degrees celsius during Tuesday's
training.
"For us it will be a difficult match, because Porto are
not used to such temperatures while CSKA being a Russian
team have an advantage here, but for us the main thing is
the condition of the pitch," said Porto coach Viktor
Fernandez.
Probable teams:
CSKA Moscow: 35-Igor Akinfeev; 2-Deividas Semberas,
4-Sergei Ignashevich, 6-Alexei Berezutsky; 8-Rolan Gusev,
18-Yuri Zhirkov, 20-Jiri Jarosik, 22-Yevgeny Aldonin,
25-Elver Rahimic; 9-Ivica Olic, 11-Vagner Love
Porto: 13-Nuno Espirito Santo; 22-Georgios Seitaridis,
2-Jorge Costa, 7-Pepe, 3-Pedro Emanuel; 17-Jose Bosingwa,
18-Maniche Ribeiro, 16-Diego, 11-Derlei; 10-Ricardo
Quaresma, 77-Benni McCarthy
Referee: Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)
Head-to-head record:
Played: 1
Draws: 1
Previous meeting CL: GP 14.09.04 Porto 0 CSKA Moscow
0
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