"I did not want" to fall on Porto in C1, admits André Villas-Boas

André Villas-Boas on the bench of OM, January 25, 2001. -

"I am happy, a little, and sad, a lot", reacted Thursday the coach of Olympique de Marseille, André Villas-Boas, at the idea of ​​finding his "club of heart", FC Porto, in Champions League group stage.

But "it's competition and it will be a great pleasure to return to Porto, my city, my club," he added on the club's website.

"We fell on our club at heart and it is emotionally very difficult," said AVB, including his staff.

It's a team I didn't want to fall against.

"The Portuguese technician stressed that it was" a privilege "to participate in this draw, with" the return of OM in this competition ", seven years after his last participation.

Porto, "the biggest club of the group"

Its objective is to "give hope to our supporters and to give a good image of OM".

Returning to the draw in more detail, Villas-Boas estimated that Porto, which "has already won two Champions League and two UEFA Cups (including one with him on the bench in 2011)", is "the greatest group club ”.

Manchester City is a club "of strong investment (...) which is doing everything to win this competition" and Olympiakos Piraeus "is used to winning".

The Piraeus club have won 20 of the last 24 Greek leagues and have been champions 45 times in all.

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