The Barcelona team left for London on April 19.

When they arrived at the London airport, enthusiastic England journalists surrounded them.

"Mr. Enrique, you lost at home, now 1-2 down, Tottenham have two away goals, and this time Barcelona is playing away, have you ever thought about how difficult this game is, like two defeats in a row?"

Looking at the smug English journalist, Enrique glanced at him and said in Spanish: "Sorry, I don't know English!" ”

After speaking, the stunned crowd of reporters went straight through.

The Barcelona players did not give any interviews, they had to keep the news silent until the end of the game, and they did not make any subjective statements and comments.

It was a really difficult game for them, but they didn't give up.

All the way in a low-key silence, quickly passed through the security check, and the atmosphere of the whole team carried a strong belief in battle.

After arriving at the hotel, Barcelona settled down and went straight to the closed training session, during which he still refused all interviews.

In Tottenham Hotspur, manager Villas-Boas looked at the news that 'the whole Barcelona team arrived in London', and his heart was a little solemn.

......

On April 20th, the Barcelona team left the hotel and took a bus to the White Hart Lane Stadium.

The bus headed towards the White Hart Lane stadium, and along the way, the atmosphere of the Champions League was already very strong, and the fans on both sides of the road waved flags and held various slogans to tell everyone that this night belonged to the Champions League, Tottenham and Barcelona.

Along the way, Barcelona fans were crowded, they travelled with the team, they sang the team song all the way, and the red and blue made their final declaration of challenge towards White Hart Lane.

The White Hart Lane stadium, which can accommodate more than 60,000 people, Tottenham only provides Barcelona fans with 3,000 tickets, which is their small revenge, after all, Camp Nou has 100,000 seats, don't you just give us 4,000 tickets?

According to statistics, there are more than 10,000 Barcelona fans who travel with the team, but only 3,000 can enter the stadium to watch the game, and the rest of the fans can only wait outside the stadium.

For the creation of the atmosphere at home, the Tottenham fans are a good hand right now.

In the past, their grades were not up or down, and there was no need.

BUT NOW WITH SPURS' RESULTS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, THEY FEEL THAT THE TEAM IS SO GOOD THAT THE HOME ATMOSPHERE CAN'T BE TOO LOW.

Therefore, there are a lot more Tottenham flags in the stands, which are densely packed from afar.

Especially in the die-hard stands.

Tottenham's die-hard stands are the South Stand, and diehards are a special group of fans who will distinguish themselves from other fans, so they tend to converge in one stand.

For example, the KOP Grandstand in Liverpool, the West Stand in Old Trafford, the North Stand in Highbury, etc...

And Tottenham's South Stand is such a die-hard stand.

It is home to die-hard fans, the most eye-catching of which are undoubtedly 'Mad Dog' and 'Cockfighting'.

On either side of the South Stand are two huge puzzle pieces, corresponding to 'Spike' and 'Tottenham'.

On the sidelines, some mascots dressed in cockfighting dolls are also taking the lead in cheering, and the home atmosphere is extremely strong.

About an hour later, the fans were all in the stadium.

The BBC in England hired a helicopter to overlook the burgeoning 'home of the European devil', and you'll find Barcelona fans in red and blue jerseys occupying a tiny corner, while the rest is a white tide of rage, tumbling and roaring.

......

Referee Lister from France blew the whistle for the start of the game.

In a frenzied atmosphere, the second round of the quarter-finals of the 2016/2017 Champions League season was officially started with Tottenham Hotspur sitting at home against Barcelona.

"I feel like I'm in the crater right now, Tottenham's home atmosphere is too strong!!" Zhan Jun stood on the on-site commentary platform and yelled.

If he doesn't yell, he can't do it, or he will be muffled by the fanatical fans.

PP Sports attaches great importance to this game, and has been frantically warming up before, and Zhan Jun and Zhang Lu partnered to come to the White Hart Lane Stadium and explain the game for the first time at home.

In fact, domestic tourist routes have also been developed, especially the 'Champions League tour' is hot, and many Chinese fans go to Europa to see Yile play with their own eyes.

However, most of the tickets were taken by home and away fans, and travel agencies were only able to give out a small number of tickets, and in the end, Chinese fans could only watch the games in bars all over London.

This indirectly contributed to the shocking situation that the bars around North London were almost booked by Chinese fans.

It's been five minutes since the game started.

Both sides were in a tentative phase, with Tottenham's raid in the previous round of fixtures teaching Barcelona a lesson, and they started the game with a cautious stance.

Tottenham didn't have any sense of this, that one raid was a pre-match design, and they didn't naively think that Barcelona would suffer twice in the same place.

Barcelona played well in passing, and Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets were testing in midfield, which made Tottenham afraid to press forward.

Moreover, Barcelona slowed down the tempo, apparently in response to Tottenham's large-scale running + fast-paced tactics.

For this physical monster team, Barcelona can be described as very helpless, who would have thought that the invincible Barcelona would be exhausted by Tottenham's physical fitness.

Of course, this kind of slow-paced game is also good for Tottenham.

After all, Tottenham have the advantage, they are not in a hurry, if you want to delay, then we will delay.

Ten minutes into the game, Barcelona's temptations began to become more and more frequent, Messi and Parker also continued to pull the gap forward on the side, and Barcelona began to move.

Suarez was at the front, which prevented the Tottenham defence from pressing forward.

And relying on the control of the rhythm, Barcelona began to slowly press forward...

Watching Andres Iniesta step into Tottenham's half with the ball, Yile and Kante glanced at each other, and the two went straight to each other.

him!

Andres Iniesta had just stepped into the Tottenham half and he was ready for Tottenham's reaction, but he didn't expect it to be so intense.

Yi Le and Kante came up directly into a hand-to-hand fight, and Iniesta was a little unbearable.

Moreover, Busquets is not on the side, this is their style of play, between the two one is in charge of attacking and the other is in charge of defence.

As a result, Iniesta appears somewhat isolated in this situation.

Just as Iniesta was protecting the ball and struggling to support, Messi retreated to respond.

Iniesta was about to pass the ball, but as soon as he was about to get up, Yile immediately appeared in the pass path and blocked directly.

Yi Le's tackling ability is not strong, but the awareness interception attribute is very good, so when Messi retreated, he had already observed this and appeared in time.

The attacking path was blocked, and Iniesta grinned and sighed in his heart to make a conservative return pass.

The intent was too evident this time, and with Tottenham defensively strengthening their midfield a lot, he felt it was going to be a particularly difficult game.

The pace of the game was very slow, but the fans, especially Tottenham fans, wanted that, they wanted Barcelona to keep doing these useless passes, and then they would go with the flow and advance to the last four.

But for the viewers in front of the TV, the game was not good, the pace was too slow.

Many people sipped their beers sullenly, feeling that this game was really a bit unappetizing.

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