With the sound of screeching tires and the violent friction of the runway, a Boeing plane with the Emirates logo slowly landed on the runway of London Heathrow Airport.

Not long after, a luxury bus with the Real Madrid team logo on its body drove into the tarmac of Heathrow Airport.

A few minutes later, when the group of reporters waiting in the departure hall of Heathrow Airport for Real Madrid to show up chased out the gate, the bus that picked up the Real Madrid players had already left.

Get on the highway and head south to Southampton.

After more than an hour of the flight, the players on the bus generally sat in their seats, either plugged in their headphones and listened to music, or simply closed their eyes to recuperate, or some turned their heads sideways to look at the scenery outside through the window.

From London to Southampton, the scenery along the way is still very good.

At the very least, it's a lot better than Madrid.

"Gareth, you've lived in Southampton for so many years, what's there to do here?"

Ramos, who was sitting next door, asked expectantly.

Almost every time he goes to an away game, he asks a question like this.

Gareth Bell shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I'm afraid I'm not going to be able to answer this question. ”

"Why?" Ramos is a little strange.

Several teammates around listened to their conversation, and they all showed curious expressions and looked over.

Gareth Bale moved from Southampton to Real Madrid, and he was at odds with many factions in the team, which left him with few friends to talk to, so no one knew about him.

Nowadays, it is rare to have the opportunity to learn about it, and anyone with a little gossip spirit will not miss it.

"Actually, I haven't lived in Southampton for long."

Carvajal leaned his head back in his seat, a little strange, "Aren't you a youth of the Saints?" ”

"yes!" Gareth Bale nodded, "I did come through the Saints Academy, but I had been training in Bath before, and Southampton has youth academies in many parts of England and is part of the Saints' youth system. ”

"Bath, I know this place, a very famous tourist city, and it seems to be some kind of world cultural heritage city."

The young Real Madrid talent rookie Jesse said with some excitement.

As a young man, he also wants to be able to fit in with this group of stars.

'yes, it's a very beautiful town and there's a very good university, and I stayed there for a long time, until I graduated from high school, and then I came to Southampton, got into the Saints' academy, and then it didn't take long for me to play, and then the Saints were relegated and then I went to Tottenham.

That being said, he didn't spend much time in Southampton.

No wonder, it seems that he doesn't seem to have any sense of loyalty to the saints, so it is.

Vidal on the side only spoke at this time: "If you go to Southampton to play, the new forest is not far away, the Isle of Wight is also very close, and the most popular ones now are the undersea hotel and the sea football stadium." ”

An undersea hotel? A football stadium at sea?

As soon as I heard this name, it made people feel that it was extremely high-end and high-end.

"Arturo, have you ever been back?" Carvajal asked.

He hasn't been back to Southampton since his move to Real Madrid.

"Well, I went back during the winter break, and I plan to keep my children in the UK to study." Vidal laughed.

Don't look at him on the pitch always looks like a desperate Saburo, but off the football field, he is a little introverted and shy, and he cares about his family and children very much.

"Education in the UK is indeed much better, but it is not very convenient to keep children in the UK." Xavi Alonso, who had not spoken, also spoke.

Everyone in the team knows that Xavi Alonso is a well-known literary youth, and when he is resting, his greatest interest is to hold a book and find a place where no one is around.

And his daughter also happens to be of school age, so she attaches great importance to the topic of education.

"The school that Young Master Huan helped me find, I heard that it is also very famous in London, and you can't get in if you have money, and I have calculated, from Madrid to London, it is only a half-hour flight, I come back once a week, and my family stays in the UK, it should be no problem."

Xavi Alonso listened and nodded, "yes, that's not bad." ”

After a pause, he smiled slightly, "I didn't expect that your Young Master Huan was very good to you, and even helped your children find a school, not bad!" ”

"That's it!" Carvajal snatched the words and said: "When it comes to Young Master Huan, there is really nothing to say, he is completely different from other rich second generations, he is righteous, easy to speak, and most importantly, he likes football very much, and he also respects and takes care of us players, such a boss is hard to find!" ”

"Is it really that good?" Ramos, who was next to him, was deliberately suspicious.

"Of course!" Carvajal said.

Cristiano Ronaldo has been listening to it for a long time, and at this time he couldn't help but laugh and joke and said: "Since he is so good, then wait a minute, you are not allowed to release the water, we are going to defend the Champions League, don't show mercy!" ”

The Portuguese superstar's words immediately made everyone in the bus laugh.

"Don't worry, what Young Master Huan looks down on the most is the kind of guy who eats inside and out, if we really release water, the first person to look down on us is Young Master Huan!"

Carvajal is a youth academy of Real Madrid, and he is very close to Casillas and Ramos, especially Ramos, so he also has a bit of status and influence in the team.

"But, Cristiano, you'll have to clean your shoes tonight, and you'll have to be on your feet."

"Why?"

"At St Mary's, Southampton won't give their opponents too many chances!"

"Really?" The Portuguese were somewhat unconvinced.

He has seen the pressing and pressing of Southampton in the Bernabeu game, and he has also experienced the suffocating pressing of Barcelona at its peak, can the Saints compare to Barcelona?

But Vidal listened, and nodded solemnly and reminded: "He's right, Southampton at home is completely different from Southampton away, if the Saints at St. Mary's Stadium can play ten points, the Saints in the Bernabeu game will have seven points at most!" ”

Seventh?

Everyone in the bus was stunned.

What is this concept?

The whole Real Madrid team has done their best, but as a result, the opponent only played seventy percent of their strength?

Ancelotti, the head coach who sat in the front row of the bus and had been silent all the time, just listening to the players, also stood up at this time, turned around, looked at everyone present, and nodded solemnly.

"Arturo is right, St Mary's is the most famous devil's home stadium in the Premier League in the past few years, I checked their information, they have won all of their home games in the Europa League for two seasons, and their home record is also quite good in the Premier League."

"So, St Mary's in Southampton is the home of the famous devils in the Premier League!"

Ancelotti's words, combined with his expression, made everyone in the bus feel solemn, and even felt the worry in the manager's heart.

From the battle at the Bernabeu, they all deeply felt that Southampton was definitely stronger than they imagined.

Originally, they thought that the saints were at the level of Valencia or Seville at best.

What I didn't expect was that Southampton's strength was not weaker than Real Madrid at all.

It's hard to say whether the draw at home is good or bad, but the two away goals gave Southampton the initiative to some extent.

What kind of tactics will Bielsa have in place for this game?

Will attack? Or will it be defensive?

These are all questions!

"Everyone!" Carlo Ancelotti sensed the solemnity in the carriage and he spoke up again, as his aim was not to tell his players how strong Southampton was, but to keep them from underestimating.

"I have absolute confidence and certainty that as long as we play normally, we will be able to get out of St Mary's and we will advance to the last four, I promise!"

With Ancelotti's words, everyone in the car was also appropriately relieved.

But there is still some worry in everyone's heart, after all, this is Southampton's home stadium.

When the bus got off the highway and into the city of Southampton, everyone in the bus was stunned by what they saw.

It's still afternoon, but on both sides of the street, there are all Saints fans wearing red and white arrow striped jerseys, and even many fans have their faces painted with oil paint, and when they meet each other, they will shout feverishly, "The Saints will win!" ”

When the Real Madrid bus came into the sight of this group of fans, there was an overwhelming wave of boos.

"Look, Real Madrid buses!"

"Brothers, shhh

"Shh

"Don't throw anything, hey, whoever throws anything again is not a fucking saint!"

"That's right, that's right, if we want to win, we must win openly on the court, and don't make off-the-field moves!"

But more and more Saints fans chased after the bus, shouting all sorts of harassing slogans, and even bursting into loud boos from time to time.

Not to mention anything else, just rushing to that formation is enough to make everyone in the car a little frightened.

Especially after getting closer to St Mary's Stadium, the closer you get, the more crowds there are, and almost all the Southampton fans around are booing them, and there are many who intimidate and insult them.

Although everyone in the car had long been accustomed to all kinds of battles, they still couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Grandma's, there are so many people, what if it gets out of control?

"Eh, Arturo, you are really not righteous enough, why don't you give a warning in advance?" Ramos looked at Vidal complainingly, and he was a little bottomless in his audacity.

Vidal looked at Gareth Bell and Carvajal, both smiling wryly.

"We don't know why there is such a big battle, the attendance rate of the Saints' games was very high in the past, but it is not so outrageous, looking at this posture, I am afraid that the whole city will attack, and ten thousand people will empty the alley, right?"

"I should have read the media say that this is the best European result in Southampton's history, so they want Southampton to go further, and everybody wants to see the Saints go this way, so it's said that the tickets are crazy!"

The bus was soon blocked by the red and white crowd on the perimeter of the stadium, unable to move.

Everyone in the car looked at the front and back, left and right, and there were Southampton fans everywhere, and they were nervous.

Especially when some Saints fans knocked on things or even smashed the car windows, they were even more startled, afraid that the situation would not be under control, and if the fans made a fuss, it would be a big deal.

Luckily, within minutes, the police arrived and cleared a lane for the bus, allowing them directly into the players' tunnel at St Mary's Stadium.

But even so, Real Madrid still felt a bit of pressure.

Could it be that this is the so-called home of the devil?