Porto rediscovers its spirit and its place in elite
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OPORTO, Portugal For those who traveled here to see Jose Mourinho&#39;s new team add to his old team&#39;s misery, it did not quite work out as planned.
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Jose Mourinho left Porto on a high to take the reins at Chelsea during the summer but his former club has not fared so well since the parting of their ways.
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This would have reminded Jose Mourinho of his years with Porto. The opposition came and did their best, which was never going to be enough, and an
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Defending-champion Porto rallied from a goal down to beat Chelsea 2-1 and reach the knockout phase of the Champions League. Arsenal and Werder Bremen also claimed two of the final 16 spots in European soccer&#39;s top club tournament.
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Patrick Vieira declared Arsenal have grown up in European terms after coming of age in their hard-fought Champions League victory against PSV Eindhoven.
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The city's soccer messiah has returned to bring renewed optimism to the club's faithful followers. But will it coincide with an upturn in fortunes for the beleaguered bank too?
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Chelsea&#39;s &#39;top&#39; manager Jose Mourinho was terribly worried about visiting the home of his old club Porto. He stepped up his personal security for the trip, and even refused to attend a pre-match press conference.
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Arsenal secure top spot in Group C and a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League with a nervy draw against Porto.
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New Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho will travel back to face FC Porto, with whom he won last season's Champions League, for this year's first group stage of the premier European football tournament.
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Benni McCarthy scored four minutes from the end to help FC Porto fight back from a goal down and beat former coach Jose Mourinho&#39;s Chelsea 2-1 Tuesday, putting the defending champions into the next round of the Champions League.
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Theoretically, CSKA Moscow can still qualify for the next round of the Champions League, but last nightâs home defeat to reigning champions Porto has lengthened the odds greatly.
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The draw for the Champions&#39; League would seem to fit Jose Mourinho&#39;s self-image perfectly. Having given Porto the European Cup, the Uefa Cup and the Portuguese championship, he will return to demonstrate how far he has advanced since May.
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The contrast could hardly be more marked. As Jose Mourinho called Chelsea&#39;s 3-0 Champions League win over Paris St-Germain &quot;perfect&quot;, Porto, who the Portuguese led to Champions League
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WE HAVE to make sure that this afternoonâs match at home to Middlesbrough is not an example of âafter the Lord Mayorâs showâ, because everyone has been on such a high since our fantastic 6-2 Champions League win over Fenerbahce.
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Jose Mourinho led Porto to Champions League glory but there was no love lost when his new side Chelsea crushed them 3-1 at Stamford Bridge.
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* Porto got the better of three French teams on their way to last season&#39;s Champions League title, beating Olympique Marseille twice in the group phase before eliminating Olympique Lyon in the quarter-finals and AS Monaco in the final.
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For so sober and meticulous a team, Chelsea have made surprisingly short work of Group H. The holders Porto clutch just one point after this and Paris St-Germain none at all, making the progress of Jose Mourinho&#39;s men virtually certain.