Also that Porto had won Europa league the year before. 2003 Porto was a delight to see. 2004 Porto was more cynical. A killing machine with what they had. And Deco… man he carried that team.

Figo only went to Barça because he signed a contract with Parma and another with Juve and because of that he was not allowed to sign with an Italian club. Regarding the transfer to Real it was his agent that sign the agreement with Perez. His agent had a Power of Attorney to sign on his behalf. Agent thought he was smarter than Perez and wanted to leverage Barça. However Perez had a clause on the agreement that if Figo did not delivered he had to pay Perez so much money that Figo would be bankrupt. And so Figo honored the transfer. The following year that same agent was part of the Zidane transfer.