[Oliver_Kahn]

FC Porto have been crowned League A champions once again. After a season of just training without competing in any match, the Portuguese Giants returned to League A and won the competition.


Porto played against Roma to decide which team would win League A. Porto traveled to the Olimpico boosted by their 4-2 win against Liverpool in the 3rd place playoff, for the TSFM Cup, but some of their most influential players were tired. Roma, on the other hand, had a week to prepare this match and the players were fully fit.

The match started in a slow pace, with neither team wanting to take any risks, until Porto decided to take charge of the match. On the 12th minute, Lucho Gonzalez made the assist for Fabrizio Miccoli to score the first goal. Roma then tried to fight back, but conceded the second goal at the 44th minute, when Cris made the pass for Lucho to score with a powerful shot. In the second half, Porto came out with a more defensive strategy, as opposed to Roma, who of course came out more offensively. The Italians scored a goal by Fred, but it proved to be not enough as Porto maintained their lead to win the match and consequently the League.

We spoke with both managers, the goalscorers and the captains of the 2 teams, some interesting things were said, "I have to congratulate my team for the win and the amazing performance at Roma, in such an hostile environment, and also for the title win. We were lucky to score first, which gave us a huge boost in moral and confidence, then scored again before the break, which was a huge blow for Roma. My players followed the game plan we had set and were very organized throughout the match, kept it very tight in defense, not allowing Roma any space and were ruthless in front of goal.
A word to Roma and Forza, they were fantastic opponents and if they had won the league, it would have been deserved." - said FC Porto Manager Oliver_Kahn.

"We proved how great we are, we fully deserved the 3 pts and the title win. Roma have nothing on us" - said Fabrizio Miccoli.

"I'm of course very disappointed at our loss tonight, we deserved to win the league more than Porto. It's a shame that we are such big game bottlers." - said Roma captain Francesco Totti.

"We played this match to perfection, we attacked well and defended well. I'm pleased to have won the title for the second time and also pleased to have scored the winning goal." - said Porto's Lucho Gonzalez.

"I have nothing to say other than SCREW PORTO!!!" - shouted Roma striker Fred.

Roma Manager Forza Roma, had a more serious approach, "Porto we simply better than us tonight. Oliver_Kahn was able to outplay me yet again, so they deserve to win the title. I'm obviously disappointed that we didn't win this, as we were top of the table for many weeks, but this is football I guess..".

The Porto fans were obviously ecstatic after winning the League for the second time and so was Porto president Pinto da Costa, "I'm extremely happy that the team was able to pull off a win in Roma and win the league. We now have to start preparing the next season, because the amount of pressure will be even higher as we have to defend our title. And of course Oliver_Kahn will be our manager next season, we've just agreed a 1 year extension."

Finally, we spoke with FC Porto captain A_Miguel, "We were fired up for this one since we were eliminated in the Cup at the hands of El Gringo and his team of Spaniard bastards. This match was very close and could have gone either way. We played well and ultimately deserved to win, but I think Roma have a lot of potential in their side and should, once again, be one of our main opponents next season. We don't fear them however, as future looks bright for Porto; Our team is very strong, all of our main stars have recently renewed their contracts and we've been boosted by Ricardo Quaresma's upgrade on his passing stat. I've spoken to our President and he guaranteed that a new star player will be signed in the summer, so we'll be even stronger. We will also be boosted by the return of our players out on loan, Leandro Lima, Luis Aguiar and Adriano.
I fancy us to win the title next season again."

Following comments by A_Miguel about the possible signing of a new star, many rumours have started. Francesco Totti has been linked with a shock move to Porto, although it's unlikely that Forza Roma will part with his captain. Barcelona's Miroslav Klose, Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos and Manchester United's Alessandro Nesta have also been linked with a move to the League A champions.

More to follow shortly...

source: My twisted brain