Schalke vs Porto live online

Watch Schalke vs Porto live online with the help of our customized European soccer streams available to you on your exclusive membership to www.oleolefootball.com. Porto will be hoping their Champions League heroics of four seasons ago when they trip down to Germany to face German giants Schalke in the first leg of the knockout rounds of the UEFA Champions League this Tuesday, coverage starting at 19:45 GMT.

Porto have been in top form domestically and look all set to retain the Portuguese crown this season. Despite losing star defender Pepe to Real Madrid, Porto have maintained their fine defensive ability and the emergence of young stars in Ricardo Quaresma and Lucho Gonzalez has enabled them to move up to an altogether new level. Porto will be boosted by their fine performance in group stages, where they finished atop a tough group consisting of the likes of Liverpool and Marseille. Porto will have fond memories of the Arena AufSchalke in Schalke as that was the venue for their greatest European success back in 2004 and with Ricardo Quaresma in the form of his life, Porto will be quite confident of taking a strong lead back home.

Schalke on the other hand, stumbled across the finish line in the group stages after a last notch home victory against Rosenberg. However, the German runners up were far from convincing during the group stages and much needs to be improved upon if they are to embark on a journey admits Europe’s finest. Schalke have struggled this season at home and there is a real possibility that they could miss out on European football altogether next season. However, in Kevin Kuryani they still possess one of the most lethal strikers in German football and the Arena AufSchalke faithful will be hoping for some committed midfield performances from ace midfielder Diego Lincon if they are to secure a sizeable lead in the first round.

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