Chapitre 71: Europa League round of 32 first leg

The Porto players had been doing their training on one half of the field while the Bayer Leverkusen players were also having a pre-match training session on another side of the field.

They had been training for almost thirty minutes when their team captain and head manager arrived to join them with Pepe joining the team in warming up directly while Sergio Conceicao was watching over the training while glancing at the Bayer Leverkusen players training every so often.

After doing various passing and agility drills that weren't too intensive for another hour, the Porto team players were called back into the locker room for the starting line-up selection and tactical meeting. 

The players filed into the locker room and began to sit on the bench while waiting for the tactical meeting to start.

The rapidly increasing noise coming from above them told of the stadium that was being filled with fans as every minute passed.