It was another lively night of celebrations, but Porto didn't have time to hold a big celebration, as the whole team were on their way to Monaco for the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals the day after the game. The Porto hierarchy put the celebration and reception after the team's return from Monaco. On the night of the championship, the Porto players climbed into bed early and rested. In the evening, Ray received congratulatory calls from many friends, including Leiria's former teammate, Kayla, and Avril, who surprised Ray slightly.

After the two separated in Bali, there was not much contact. Lao Lei was on a good relationship with Kayla and felt that it would not be a good thing to contact Avril, so he took the initiative to avoid it. And Avril is purely because of her reserve as a girl, and she has been waiting for Lao Lei's call. However, in view of Lao Lei's "stubborn" style, in the end, Miss Avril still bowed her head and took the lead in calling to contact.

After knowing that Lao Lei was a football player, Avril also specially watched Lao Lei's game after returning to the United States. Although it is impossible to watch every show due to work, she will definitely watch it if she has time. She also watched last night's championship fight. After seeing the old thunderbolt climb onto the goal and make a posture of dominating the world, Avril scolded in a low voice: "What a narcissistic wood." But then, she had to admit that it was really cool to make such a celebratory gesture in the midst of 50,000 cheers. Lao Lei's actions and behaviors are very much in line with the taste of this punk little princess. She has already planned whether to come to such a concert in her own solo concert.

In short, listening to Avril's happy voice on the phone, Lao Lei felt a little guilty in his heart. He is known to make a pair of footballs. Just know the girl of Beckham, how hard it is to watch a football match seriously. The two men talked for half an hour. When he was about to hang up the phone, Lao Lei was in a hurry. Said that he was not worthy of Avril's actions. Avril on the other side of the phone was silent for a few seconds, and after a few smirks, she said, "You're too narcissistic kid too." This little emotion, I want it to disappear, just disappear. You don't have to worry about me. After speaking, he didn't wait for Lao Lei to reply, and hung up directly. This made Lao Lei stay for a few seconds, and then suddenly scratched his head in irritability and buried himself in the quilt. Didn't get a good night's sleep.

After getting a red card in the match against the Nationals because of personal problems, Lao Lei had already made up his mind not to let any personal affairs and feelings affect his game. In the face of this distressing and difficult emotional problem, Lao Lei could only put it aside for the time being and devote himself to the game. In this second leg against Monaco, Porto will not be under any pressure. The score of 4:1 at home in the first leg made Porto's promotion without the slightest difficulty, as long as they did not collapse, everything was worry-free.

Considering that the team has just finished a league championship battle, plus the journey is tiring. Jose Mourinho has an injury due to fatigue. There was a rotation in the line-up, and at the Stade Louis II, a 4-5-1 formation was once again set up, ready to play defensive counter-attacks.

Although a veteran like Costa sat on the bench because of his physical fitness. However, Porto's defensive formation still makes Porto's defense quite solid. It is worth mentioning that in this game. The elder Lei wore Porto's captain's armband and became Porto's youngest captain to play in the Champions League. Lao Lei knew that this was Mourinho's mood considering his recent time. Intentionally to create more memories of Porto for himself. The other Porto players had no opinion, and Lao Lei took it upon himself to wear the captain's armband of Porto.

After the start of the game. Monaco is desperate to attack and press. However, Porto's steady defense made Monaco's attack like ants on a hot pan, impatient but not effective. This is a situation and a situation that Porto would like to see. In the 21st minute of the first half, after Morientes' slightly weak header was safely picked up by Baia, Porto immediately began to counterattack.

After Lao Lei got the ball thrown by Baia's hand, he immediately dribbled forward, and Deco was also not far away to answer Lao Lei. In the face of the blocking of the Monaco players, Lao Lei and Deco played a classic two-person continuous collision with the wall. Monaco's defenders were overwhelmed by the duo's one-twos. The two men almost played in a street football style, bringing the football out of Monaco's encirclement. In the end, Deco made a through ball to help McCarthy score with a single goal. So far, this all-or-nothing game has become a battle for dignity in Monaco.

Although Monaco scored a goal and equalized in the subsequent game, it was already the 81st minute of the second half and it was already to no avail. In the end, Porto eliminated Monaco in Ligue 1 with a score of 5:2 in the 1/4 knockout round of the Champions League and successfully advanced to the top 4 of the Champions League. Their opponents will be the winner of the same day's match, between Arsenal and Chelsea.

Neither Premier League side will be easy opponents to deal with, with Chelsea having taken a golden storm in the transfer market due to Abu's continued financial investment, buying a number of high-quality stars. Coupled with the "tinker" Ranieri, the competitiveness of the whole team has been greatly improved, and it is currently only below Arsenal in the Premier League, ranking second in the Premier League.

The other team, Arsenal, is in full swing, and they have maintained an incredible unbeaten record in the Premier League so far, and are expected to win the Premier League title with an unbeaten record, which would be an epoch-making record if successful. Reyes, Ljungberg, Bergkamp, the Ice Prince, and King Thierry Henry ,.......... Arsenal are luxurious and star-studded. Although their eight-month unbeaten run was broken by Manchester United in the FA Cup, no one doubts their competitiveness.

Between these two teams, Lao Lei hopes that Arsenal can advance, and that group of star-studded superstars has long made him very fascinated. The strength of this team that has been unbeaten in the league at present, Lao Lei also wants to experience it for himself, this is a real giant at his peak. Although Porto has also met Real Madrid and Bayern before, in Lao Lei's view, these two giants are at the trough of their competitiveness and are not in the state. Real Madrid has the most luxurious lineup, but it has huge flaws in the lineup, while Bayern is backward in play. For Lao Lei, this is a little uncomfortable, so he wants to touch Arsenal more.

However, things did not go as he expected, as Arsenal drew 1-1 away at Chelsea in the first leg and suffered a surprise defeat on their return home. In the 87th minute of the second half, Icelandic striker Gudjohnsson scored the winner to knock out Thierry Henry and his division of kings from the Champions League. After Mourinho heard the news, he was also a little confused, thinking about what happened before him and Chelsea. At this time, if Mourinho understands Chinese culture, he will definitely come to a sentence of providence, which is simply a fatalistic arrangement. The newcomer who wants to ascend the throne must remove the current placeholder before he can become the ascendant, just like a drama competing for the throne.

Either way, the first leg of the Champions League semi-final against Chelsea will kick off at the Dragon Stadium on 21 April. After returning to Porto, the Porto team was greeted by the Porto fans. The results of the Champions League semi-finals have already made Porto fans crazy. So far this season, Porto have won three titles, the UEFA Super Cup, the Portuguese Super Cup and the Portuguese Super League. For Porto fans, they currently have the capital to ask for more, the Champions League final, or even the Big Ears Cup.

Now there are some media in Portugal that have given this Porto the title of "the strongest Porto in history". Although this title is still controversial at the moment, once Porto finally succeed in winning the Big Ears Cup, the title will be absolutely indisputable. Now all the Portuguese media have begun to build momentum for Porto, no matter what the city's media, they all hope that this Porto team can win glory for the Portuguese Super League and Portuguese football. This was also mentioned in a public speech by Porto president Da Costa at the celebration banquet held after Porto's return, saying that the club has decided to put aside a huge prize money as a prize money for the Champions League match.

The Champions League has reached this point, and there is no team that does not covet the final Big Ears Cup, which naturally includes Da Costa and his Porto. As one who wants to be the greatest president in Porto's history, he is undoubtedly moved by this, and he is simply a little haunted by it. Although he told reporters that he would not put too much extra pressure on Mourinho and the team, the eager gaze in his eyes undoubtedly showed everyone how much he longed for the big-eared cup.

A day later, the results of the other quarters of the Champions League knockout rounds were also out. Manchester United and Deportivo La Coruna are the other winners of the Champions League semi-finals. As the only giant in the top four, Manchester United has become the only fig leaf for the continental giants in this Champions League. Such a list of the top 4 also made the media marvel once again at what happened to the giants, and this Champions League was also rated as the most unexpected Champions League. After this result, the Portuguese media rejoiced again, and now they are very much looking forward to the Portuguese superstars of Lao Lei and Cristiano Ronaldo in the Champions League final. It will be a Portuguese football event for the Portuguese media and fans.

Regardless of the outside world, after the celebration banquet, the whole Porto team began to devote themselves to training and began to concentrate on preparing for the Champions League. At this time, no other competition has been on the show, with Porto having plenty of time to study Chelsea. Jose Mourinho and his coaching staff, as well as overseeing the players' training, have been fully engaged in the Chelsea game footage.

And Lao Lei also temporarily put aside other things except for the game, and now he is only very interested in one thing.

That's the title of "the strongest Porto ever".

Leaving a monument to future generations to look up to, Lao Lei expressed great interest. (To be continued......)