Sporting Lisbon have a lot of respect for FC Twente, but the Portuguese think they have a good chance to reach the next round of qualification for the Champions League tonight after the 0-0 draw in Lisbon last Wednesday.

"Since the draw I have known we were dealing with a difficult opponent,"Lisbon-coach Bento said yesterday.

"FC Twente build up well and on top they have some very fast forwards. They are very strong tactically as well."

Bento doesn't think the 0-0 result from the first leg is a disadvantage for Sporting.

"We didn't manage to win the first game, and that's what we wanted. But apart from a win this was the best possible result. I think chances are still 50-50."

In the first leg the best opportunity for the Portuguese to score came when they were awarded a penalty.

But substitute goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov stopped João Moutinho's effort.

"But when we get another penalty it will again be Moutinho who will take it."

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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football