Former teammates for nearly a decade at Real Madrid, veteran duo IkerCasillas and Pepe have been reunited at FC Porto with the Portuguese club hoping their experience can help them reach the Champions League quarter-finals. When Madrid won the trophy in Lisbon in 2014, the last winner’s medal for Casillas – he was also a winner in 2000 and 2002 – was also the first for Pepe. The defender won it again in 2016 and 2017 before spending 18 months at Besiktas. He rejoined Porto – Portuguese champions and current league leaders — last month on a deal until 2021 after being released by the debt-laden Turkish giants. “Porto are the club who prepared me for the demands of top-level football.

Source: Punch February 12, 2019 02:03 UTC