Back in the early 2000s, there were no mobile phones inside FC Porto's bus. No one carrying large headphones either. The players actually had fun together and talked to each other on the road trips across the country in the club's double-decker coach.
And the loudest laughs usually came from the back of the upper floor.
It was the sort of place that made new recruits wonder what was going on back there. They couldn't see it from the front seats—a dark blue curtain separated it from the rest of the bus.
It was a sacred area for some of the biggest personalities on the team, such as Vitor Baia, Deco, Paulinho Santos, Carlos Secretario and Jorge Costa.