{"id":1245882,"date":"2022-02-08T11:57:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T11:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1245882"},"modified":"2022-02-08T13:13:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T13:13:29","slug":"arrigo-sacchi-porto-man-city-liverpool-best-football","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/arrigo-sacchi-porto-man-city-liverpool-best-football\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrigo Sacchi believes Manchester City, Liverpool and Porto play the best football in Europe right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src='\/\/asset.fwcdn2.com\/js\/storyblock.js'><\/script><br \/>\n<fw-storyblock channel=\"squawka\" playlist=\"5L00K5\" mode=\"pinned\" autoplay=\"autoplay\"><\/fw-storyblock><\/p>\n<p><strong>Revered tactician Arrigo Sacchi believes Porto play the continent\u2019s best football at the minute alongside Liverpool and Manchester City.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jurgen Klopp and Pep Guardiola have both cultivated reputations for adopting eye-pleasing brands of football, with their press-and-possess systems combining style and substance to take European football by storm.<\/p>\n<p>Sacchi was actually one of the pioneers of high-pressing football, with his Milan teams of the 80s and 90s espousing a high-octane blueprint that mopped up trophies aplenty and often overwhelmed opposition teams.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>How to live stream <span>Porto vs Sporting<\/span>\u00a0online:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bet365* are streaming Porto vs Sporting live this Friday (8.15pm kick-off, UK time) and those interested can take advantage of this service by following the simple steps below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/go\/bet365-sports?q=uk-all-s-wo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Join now\u2019 and enter details.<\/li>\n<li>Log in and fund your account.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the &#8216;In-Play&#8217; link at the top of the homepage and select your desired event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>*Geo restrictions apply, 18+ only, must have a funded account or placed a bet in the last 24 hours, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gambleaware.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GambleAware<\/a>. All odds and offers within this article are accurate at the time of writing.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Klopp\u2019s mentor at Mainz, Wolfgang Frank, actually took inspiration from Sacchi&#8217;s style and there are certainly parallels with Liverpool&#8217;s current iteration and the esteemed <i>Rossoneri <\/i>side that sealed consecutive European Cups in 1988\/89 and 1989\/90.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian has naturally labelled Liverpool as one of the best ball-playing teams in Europe right now, placing them alongside Man City, and perhaps surprisingly Porto, though Sergio Conceicao&#8217;s side are currently unbeaten this season and post a whopping +41 goal difference in the Primeira Liga.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <em>Gazzetta dello Sport<\/em>, Sacchi was giving his thoughts on the current Milan boss <span>Stefano Pioli, as well as Inter head coach Simone Inzaghi after both managers locked tactical horns in the <em>Derby della Madonnina<\/em> at the weekend, which saw the former win 2-1 thanks to an Olivier Giroud brace.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p>Sacchi said: &#8220;They are two good coaches, they must believe even more in what they do and in their own game. More conviction is needed in order to style the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look at Liverpool, Manchester City, but also Porto, that is, the teams that are expressing the best football in Europe. In Italy we are often under rhythm, and this is a defect to be erased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Porto have been in stellar form this campaign as they look to wrestle the Portuguese top-flight title off Sporting, with Conceicao&#8217;s men currently leading the charge in the table and having scored 55 goals, the third-most in Europe&#8217;s top five leagues plus the Primeira Liga &#8212; only Liverpool (58) and Bayern (68) have more.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/livescore-bet-bonus-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to get a bet bonus code by signing up to Live Score\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Premier League betting tips from expert tipsters<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-live-streaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>How to live stream today&#8217;s football matches<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revered tactician Arrigo Sacchi believes Porto play the continent\u2019s best football at the minute alongside Liverpool and Manchester City. 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