Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Porto haina chokuratidza ichipinda mumutambo wayo wokutanga wemakota emagumo neBayern Munich sechikwata choga chisina kukundwa muChampions League. Zvisinei Julen Lopetegui akanyevera kuti chikwata chake chine nzvimbo yakawanda yekuvandudza achiti chikwata 'hachina kurega kukura'. Apo Lopetegui anouya kuzosangana neaichimbova mutambi wechikwata chake cheBarcelona Pep Guardiola, uyo aimbova muchengeti wemagariro anonzi'mukundi', kuDragao neChitatu manheru, ichava kurwisana kwemativi maviri anonyanya kugadzira zvibodzwa mumutambo uyu kusvika zvino. 'Tiri kupinda mumutambo uyu tichinakidzwa nezvatakaita uye tichida kupa zvakanakisisa zvedu mumitambo miviri, sezvatinogara tichiita,' Lopetegui akaudza Goal.com. Porto inodzidzira pamberi pemutambo wavo weChitatu neBayern Munich mumutambo wavo weChampions League quarter-finalo. Julen Lopetegui anoti Porto inouya mumutambo uyu ichikwanisa kunakidzwa nekubudirira kwayo pakuva isina kukundwa. Lopetegui anobuda mugero weDragao nechiratidzo chake cheChampions League chiri panzvimbo uye chakagadzirira Bayern. Nechiverengero chavatambi vatsva muzhizha vachiri kubatanidza nechikwata Porto ine nzvimbo yokuvandudza. 'Vatambi vatsva vakawanda vakasvika muzhizha rapera, asi tine pfungwa yedu yokutamba uye chikwata ichi chave chichishanda zvakanaka zvikuru kubvira pakutanga kwemwaka. 'Takatanga chirongwa ichi nechido chikuru uye nechinangwa chokukwikwidza chikwata ichi kuChampions League [kubva mumakwikwi ekupedzisa]. Kubva ipapo, chikwata hachisati chambomira kukura - chichifamba munzira yacho imene.' Porto yaive yakaoma mumutambo wavo wekupedzisira weChampions League kutanga kupfuudza Basle 4-0 kuti vatore 16 yekupedzisira tie 5-1 pahuwandu, nepo Bayern yakaparadza Shakhtar Donetsk 7-0 mushure mekutanga 0-0. Holger Badstuber (kubva kuruboshwe), Thomas Muller naJerome Boateng vanotora nzvimbo yavo paDragao turf. Pep Guardiola anotaura nemuchengeti wake weBallon d'Or, Manuel Nueur neChipiri muPortugal. Lopetegui (kumusoro kuruboshwe) naPep Guardiola (wechipiri anonyanya kuita zvakanaka pedyo naJose Mourinho) kuBarcelona muna 1996. Kudzivirirwa kwePorto kwave kuriwo kumusoro nemakirabhu makuru ane huwandu hwakaderera hwezviitiko zvinouya kuzorwa navo sezvavakagamuchira...
Porto inogamuchira Bayern Munich mumutambo wavo wokutanga weChampions League quarter-final. Mutambo unoitwa neChitatu unosangana nezvikwata zviviri zvine zvibodzwa zvikuru. Mamaneja Julen Lopetegui naPep Guardiola vaive vatambi vechikwata cheBarcelona. Lopetegui akati divi rake richiri kushanduka netarenda idzva kubva muzhizha.