In the first match of the 1/8 finals of the Champions League, Inter welcomes the Porto team to their home ground. Both teams can boast of a great form, considering that neither team has lost in the last five games. However, I have to give a slight advantage to Inter in this match. The quality of the Italian and Portuguese leagues is simply not comparable in my opinion. While Inter plays week after week against very good teams, the quality of the teams in the Portuguese league, with the exception of Braga, Sporting and Benfica, is not at an enviable level. I don't want to underestimate Porto, they are certainly a very high-quality team, but I think that this game will be decided by the smallest details and the experience of playing difficult games, which is certainly on the home team's side. Simone Inzaghi is slowly growing into a very good coach, who does not like overly offensive football, but practices football that brings results to his team. Similar to Mourinho and Simeone, after scoring a goal, Inter slowly retreated and focused more on defending their own goal than scoring another. However, due to this style of play, we must not forget that Inter has a very dangerous attack and is able to harm the defense of any opponent. Lukaku, Dzeko and Martinez are world-class strikers and with the help of the great creatives in the midfield Calhanoglu and Mkhitaryan, they can easily find themselves in a dangerous scoring chance. Inter is a team full of experienced individuals, who certainly know what it means to play games at this level, and I honestly think that will be one of the deciding factors.

As I said, Porto is currently in great form and they have not lost more than 20 games. However, visiting Inter is something completely different and it will certainly be one of the most difficult games they have had in the last few months. Porto is known as a team that likes a lot of offensive football, but the question is how much Inter will allow them to do that. In addition to the fact that they have a much more inexperienced team, a big problem for the Portuguese will be the absence of several very important players. The coach will not be able to count on 7-8 players for this game, but in order not to list them individually, I will single out only a few. A big blow for this team will be the absence of Evanilson, Ottavio, Galeno and Uribe. Porto creates most of its attacks through the wing positions, precisely those where Ottavio and Evanilson play, and the creativity of the attack will certainly suffer due to their absence. This could best be seen in the last match that Porto played without the two of them in the championship. At home, they achieved a 1-0 victory against Rio Ava, in a match in which they were nowhere near as dominant as they are capable of. According to the latest information from Portugal, both players are very close to recovery, but I believe that their coach will not risk their injuries getting worse in this match, but will save them for the rematch in Portugal. With the absence of the team's best creative players, I believe that Porto will not lightly dare to attack Inter and that they will first of all focus on defending their goal. That will give Inter space to impose their style of play and I believe that Inter's experienced players will know how to use it in the best way.

欧冠1/8决赛首场比赛，国际米兰主场迎战波尔图队。考虑到两支球队在过去五场比赛中都没有输球，两支球队都可以夸耀自己的状态。但是，这场比赛我不得不让国际米兰稍微占优势。意大利和葡萄牙联赛的质量在我看来根本没有可比性。虽然国米一周又一周地与非常优秀的球队交手，但葡萄牙联赛中除了布拉加、里斯本竞技和本菲卡之外的球队实力并不令人羡慕。我不想低估波尔图，他们当然是一支非常优秀的球队，但我认为这场比赛将由最小的细节和打困难比赛的经验来决定，这肯定是在主队这边。 Simone Inzaghi 正在慢慢成长为一名非常优秀的教练，他不喜欢过于进攻的足球，而是练习能为球队带来成绩的足球。类似于穆里尼奥和西蒙尼，之后打进一球后，国际米兰慢慢后退，更多地专注于捍卫自己的球门，而不是再进一球。然而，由于这种打法，我们不能忘记国米的进攻非常危险，能够伤害任何对手的防守。卢卡库、哲科和马丁内斯都是世界级的前锋，在中场恰尔汗奥卢和姆希塔良这些伟大的创造力的帮助下，他们很容易找到危险的进球机会。国际米兰是一支充满经验的球队，他们当然知道在这个级别比赛意味着什么，老实说，我认为这将是决定性因素之一。

正如我所说，波尔图目前状态很好，他们输掉的比赛还没有超过 20 场。然而，造访国际米兰是完全不同的事情，这肯定是他们在过去几个月中遇到的最困难的比赛之一。众所周知，波尔图是一支非常喜欢攻势足球的球队，但问题是国际米兰会允许他们在多大程度上这样做。在除了他们的球队经验不足之外，葡萄牙人的一个大问题是缺少几名非常重要的球员。教练不会指望这场比赛有 7-8 名球员，但为了不一一列举，我只挑出几个。埃文尼尔森、奥塔维奥、加莱诺和乌里韦的缺席对这支球队来说是一个重大打击。波尔图的大部分进攻都是通过边路位置发起的，正是奥塔维奥和埃瓦尼尔森所在的位置，进攻的创造力肯定会因为他们的缺席而受到影响。这在波尔图上一场没有他们两人参加锦标赛的比赛中得到了最好的体现。在主场，他们以 1-0 战胜了里奥阿瓦，在这场比赛中他们远没有发挥出他们所能做到的统治力。根据葡萄牙方面的最新消息，两位球员都非常接近康复，但我相信他们的主帅不会冒着伤病加重的风险参加本场比赛，而是会保存他们在葡萄牙的复赛。在队内最有创造力的球员缺席的情况下，相信波尔图不会轻易向国米发起进攻，他们首先会专注于防守自己的球门。这将给国际米兰空间来发挥他们的打法，我相信国际米兰经验丰富的球员会知道如何以最好的方式使用它。