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The FAI were undoubtedly hoping that an English side would make it to the final, and with Manchester City and Liverpool in the knockout rounds, there was a chance it could happen. However, both sides came undone in the Round of 16, with City losing to Dynamo Kiev and Liverpool being defeated by Portuguese outfit Braga.
Braga then faced Dynamo in the next round, beating the Ukrainian side on away goals to book their place in the semi-final. That season's Europa League semi-finalists all called the Iberian Peninsula home: three Portuguese sides and one Spanish side.
Braga were drawn against Benfica, a club with a European pedigree which dwarfs most. On the other side of the draw, Villarreal were the only non-Portuguese side left in the hat, with Porto, a vivacious young team led by the youthful exuberance of Andre Villas Boas, were in their way. Braga and Benfica played out a tense two-legged affair, with Braga again coming through a tie on the away goals rule.
Porto and Villarreal played out a different tie altogether, with Porto defeating their Spanish counterparts in the first leg in Portugal. The second leg, with the tie all but over, finished in favour of the Yellow Submarine, with Porto returning to a European final for the first time since their Champions League triumph in Tickets were released in phases, with the general public having two chances to secure tickets to the final.
However, for him, the celebrations could already begin because making it to the final was achievement enough. The same couldn't be said for a Porto side brimming with confidence, having swept all before them domestically, finishing the league season unbeaten and winning the cup. Andre Villas Boas, in his first season as Porto manager, had established himself as next big thing in European football, and was already being earmarked for the Chelsea job, much like Jose Mourinho had been seven years previous.
His Porto team was awash with young stars, not least his star striker Radamel Falcao, who was on the radar of every major European club and Hulk, the Brazilian winger aptly named after a comic book character. Moutinho, at that stage, had already established himself as a Portuguese international, but for Rodriguez and Otamendi, Porto provided the launchpad for future success. The Braga side, in comparison, was more about the unit. After all the pageantry, the removal of nefarious advertising and flights from Portugal, a game of football occurred.
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