Our prediction for this Europa League match:
All eyes will be on Estadio do Dragao when Porto and Olympique Lyon face each other in the Europa League last 16, first leg. The Dragons are on the right track to regain the Primeira Liga title, but they have big ambitions for the Europa League playoffs as well. Porto aim to build on a 4-2 win over Ferreira, and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. Evanilson, who scored a brace at the weekend, should keep his place up front, alongside Iran international Taremi, whilst Wilson Manafa remains in the recovery room.
Defender Wendell is back from suspension. Les Gones, on the other hand, are not having a season to remember, with the team sitting in 9th place in the Ligue 1 standings. Since Lyon are not regarded as good travelers, home win should be considered. All Cherki, Diomande, Dubois, and Ndombele are injured for the away side.
Highlighted Player (Claudio Ramos ):
Claudio Ramos is a professional footballer who plays for Primeira Liga side Tondela as a goalkeeper. The 183-cm-tall shot-stopper was born in Vila Nova de Paiva, Portugal, on November 16, 1991, and he played for the likes of Paivense, Academico Viseu, Repesenses, and Vitoria Guimaraes during his youth career.
Claudio Ramos started his senior at Amarante, spending the 2010/2011 season on loan at the lower-league Portuguese club, and in 2011 he signed a loan deal with Tondela. The Portuguese goalkeeper has been playing for Tondela ever since, establishing himself as a first-choice shot-stopper at the club. He made his Primeira Liga debut on November 6, 2011, in a 2-0 win over Paredes, keeping four clean sheets in total in the 2011/2012 season.
Claudio Ramos has two caps for the Portugal U20 team, and he made his debut with the Portugal senior team in a 3-1 win over Scotland at Hampden Park on October 14, 2018. The Tondela goalkeeper wears the No. 1 jersey.
Highlighted Team (Lyon):
Commonly referred to as Lyon, Olympique Lyonnais is the French club which play their games at the Parc Olimpique Lyonnais with a capacity just a pinch short of 60,000. Lyon is one of the most popular clubs in France with a vast fan base on par with Paris Saint-Germain and Olympique de Marseille.
The club achieved moderate success during the 1960s and 1970s led by the likes of Bernard Lacombe and Jean Djorkaeff, while the golden era of the French side came at the start of the new millennium when Lyon began to achieve greater success both in France and on the international level.
It was not until 2002 that Lyon won their first ever Ligue 1 title which sparked an ongoing national record-breaking streak of seven successive titles. During that time Lyon were regular participants of the UEFA Champions League. The French club reached quarter-finals on two occasions, while they even played in the semi-finals in the 2009-10 season.