Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kāore he mea hei whakamātautau mā Porto e haere mai ana ki tā rātau tukinga tuatahi o te hauwhā whakamutunga ki a Bayern Munich hei kapa kotahi kāore anō kia hinga i te Champions League. Heoi, i whakatupato a Julen Lopetegui kei te nui te waahi ki te whakapai ake i te mea kaore te kapa i mutu te tipu. I a Lopetegui e tutaki ana ki tana hoa kapa o mua o Barcelona a Pep Guardiola, e kiia ana e te kaitiaki whaainga o mua ko 'he toa', i Dragao i te po o te Wenerei, ka pa te pakanga o nga taha e rua e tino whai hua ana i te whakataetae. 'Kei te haere mai matou ki tenei taatai ka taea te koa ki nga mea kua oti i a maatau me te whai kia pai ta maatau mahi i roto i nga keemu e rua, pera i a maatau i nga wa katoa,' i kii a Lopetegui ki a Goal.com. Kei te whakangungu a Porto i mua i to rātau tukinga o te Wenerei ki a Bayern Munich i roto i to rātau whakataetae Champions League hauwhā-mutunga. E mea ana a Julen Lopetegui kua tae mai a Porto ki te whakataetae e kaha ana ki te koa ki a raatau mahi kia kore e hinga. Ka puta atu a Lopetegui i te awaawa o Dragao me tana waitohu Champions League i te waahi me te rite mo Bayern. I te maha o ngā kaitākaro hōu i te raumati e hono tonu ana ki te kapa Porto he wāhi hei whakapai ake. 'He maha nga kaitākaro hou i tae mai i te raumati o mua, engari kei a matou to maatau whakaaro mo te takaro me te mahi tino pai o te kapa mai i te timatanga o te waa. 'I tīmata mātou i tēnei kaupapa me te ngākau nui, me te whāinga o te tohu i te kapa ki te Champions League [mai i ngā whiringa toa]. Mai i tērā wā, kāore te kapa i mutu te tipu - e haere ana i tōna ake ara.' Ko Porto i te timatanga o te Champions League whakamutunga i mua i a Basle 4-0 ki te kii i te 16 whakamutunga 5-1 i te katoa, i te wa i wahia e Bayern a Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 i muri i te 0-0 tuatahi. Ko Holger Badstuber (mai i te taha maui), ko Thomas Muller me Jerome Boateng e haere ana ki te mara o Dragao. Ko Pep Guardiola e kōrero ana ki tana kaitiaki whiringa toa Ballon d'Or a Manuel Nueur i te Turei i Portugal. Ko Lopetegui (i runga maui) me Pep Guardiola (te tuarua o te ahua o te taha o Jose Mourinho) mo Barcelona i te 1996. Ko te parenga o Porto kua eke ki nga karapu nui ake me te iti rawa o nga tupono e pa ana ki a raatau i a raatau e whakaae ana...
Kei te manaaki a Porto i a Bayern Munich i roto i tā rātau tukinga tuatahi o te hauwhā o te whakataetae Champions League. Ko te tukinga o te Wenerei e whakakotahi ana i ngā kapa e rua e whai piro nui ana. Ko ngā kaiako o Julen Lopetegui rāua ko Pep Guardiola ngā hoa kapa o Barcelona. I kii a Lopetegui kei te whanake tonu tana taha me nga taranata hou mai i te raumati.