Nuno Espirito Santo spoke of the importance of the home support on Tuesday (16th August) ahead of his European debut as Porto manager in a Champions League playoff first leg match at home to Roma.

"Our biggest advantage tomorrow is our stadium, playing in front of 50,000 thousand supporters, this is why we will put our effort on the pitch. We need to create a tough atmosphere for the opponents. Tomorrow our strength will be our Stadium."

"We need to create a positive atmosphere here in the Dragao. We want to repeat those beautiful European nights of Champions League. This is our place and we should play this competition. The rest, from our side: the players and the coaching team we are not concerned. I will repeat. We want to play in the Champions League."

"However we also want to be play in the Champions League this season. We want to play in the Dragon Stadium in the best competition in Europe and we will try our best."