Preview FC Porto vs Zenit St Petersburg - UEFA Champions League

Porto and Zenit measure their strength in the O Dragao stadium with the pressure of having fallen over Atletico Madrid, especially when both have clear objective for overcome the group stage in the Champions League .

The game will mark the reunion of Brazilian striker Hulk with his former teammates and the fans that vibrated with him for four years (2008-2012) who played for the "dragons" , which surrendered to its peak and was unveiled at international .

Reigning Portuguese Liga comes with their best players in top form, after his coach , Paulo Fonseca , decided to rest most of them during the day copera weekend .

The Portuguese set does not cross , however , for its best game and have begun to raise questions about the performance.

The defeat at home to Atletico Madrid ( 1-2) and the narrow win away against Austria Vienna ( 0-1 ) reflect a poor performance in the tournament.

In Glass, the P7 was barely able to win a pyrrhic 1-0 to last -ranked Portuguese second division , the Trofense , in a match that ended with some whistles from the fans to the players Espanyol .

Nevertheless , the "dragons" are already leading the league with six wins and a draw , where it has shown its identity : a strong defense , a midfield well organized and devastating attack with Jackson Martinez as stylus .

Precisely starred Colombian tip these days because of rumors pointing to interest in signing Real Madrid player.

The hot streak spanning the Portuguese winger Varela and his compatriot Joshua built this summer from Pacos de Ferreira are also arguments to consider in Porto still fits the coaching change this summer.

Zenit St. Petersburg is aware that it plays during his visit to Porto , as a defeat would leave virtually out of the fight for the top two places in Group G

A defeat in Madrid and a goalless draw at home to Austria Vienna is not to throw rockets baggage , so that the Russians must score at least a draw , if they want to keep their qualification hopes .

In fact, the team led by Italian Luciano Spalletti has improved considerably in recent weeks , which has chained seven straight wins in the league .

In a seen and unseen old team Russian imperial capital climbed to the top of the Russian league and already leads his pursuers on five points.

One of the keys is the superb performance of Portuguese Danny , wherever he goes around the game Zenit attack , and goalscoring ability Shirokov .

In addition , the game will mark the reunion with his former colleagues of the current Porto Zenit star , the Brazilian " Hulk " which scored again this weekend with a goal of his bad leg flag , right .

The Zenit further established its leadership by defeating defending champion on Friday , CSKA Moscow ( 2-0 ) , which is mired in a deep crisis.

Spalletti will be without veteran goalkeeper Malafeev , which has not yet recovered from the injury that afflicts him , while the game will not be right back , Anyukov , already missed the World Cup qualifiers with Russia .