Tottenham Hotspur took another step towards the league title with a comfortable 2-0 win over Sunderland, but they also need to think about their Champions League ties.

In 2010, the Champions League draw system was divided into the upper and lower halves of the 1/4 finals, and then the semi-zones played directly. Tottenham and Barcelona are in the same half, so after the victory against Fiorentina, Tottenham's next opponent is Barcelona. If they can beat Barcelona, then they will face the winner of Real Madrid and Inter Milan in the final.

This system is slightly different from the draw for the semi-finals in the future, but this draw is actually not a big deal: the teams that have entered the semi-finals of the Champions League basically have no weak teams, and whichever team is drawn, I am afraid that it will not be very good. Barcelona, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, none of which are easy opponents, Tottenham will be difficult no matter who they draw.

This season, Inter Milan played unusually well, and Real Madrid also reached the last four after having Jose Mourinho. Inter Milan can be regarded as a rich accumulation, while Mourinho is quite pragmatic, at least in the eyes of the media, it is not necessarily easier to meet them than to meet Barcelona.

Moreover, after Tottenham drew Barcelona, in the eyes of the British media, it is also a good opponent. Because of the influence of Li Bin, although Barcelona still played very well last season and still scored hundreds of goals, they were not able to win the honor of the six crowns because the back line was not thick enough. Because Barcelona was not able to win this six-legged title, in the eyes of the British media, they are still the same team that has been defeated by Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United, and can play well when they meet other teams, but they will lose badly when they meet a Premier League team.

For a long time, there has been a saying in the media that although offensive football is beautiful, it is not easy to win championships. Barcelona has been considered to be this pattern since the peak of Ronaldo in 06. Although they can play beautifully, and even in some games against the Premier League, Barcelona can even brush more than 80% of the possession, so that the English team cannot touch the ball in the whole game, but in terms of results, they just can't win. Both Liverpool and Chelsea have beaten them badly because of their poor record against the Premier League, and Messi has never scored a goal on English soil, which has always given the English media enough to ridicule Barcelona. Barcelona didn't win the Champions League, and no one thought they were the best team in the world, Tottenham drew Barcelona, and even in the eyes of some English media, this can be regarded as very good luck.

However, others don't think so, but Li Bin thinks so.

'We had the toughest opponents in the Champions League. In this regard, Li Bin gathered the entire team and expressed his views on this matter, "Our opponent is very strong, and it can even be said that it is the most powerful enemy in the whole world, this enemy is an enemy worthy of all our energy to fight, you must go all out, and you can't have any slack." ”

Tottenham's results have been good in this period, and their fighting power has skyrocketed after they have been fully staffed. This kind of progress has made the Tottenham team very high-spirited, and this fighting spirit is very good, but before facing a strong opponent, Li Bin must give them a preventive shot.

Li Bin's tone made the players feel a little nervous: after the game with Fiorentina, Tottenham's strength has improved a lot, and the players who have gradually begun to twist into a rope have never been afraid when they meet any opponent. Whether it is Fiorentina or Arsenal, they were easily cut off by the players, they all remember that during that time, Li Bin talked about his own strength, and also said that Tottenham's formation has initially seen results, and he is very satisfied with it.

Although the players were puzzled, they still didn't have any doubts about Li Bin. This season, Tottenham Hotspur has come to this point, and the players have also seen Li Bin's ability, Li Bin said that if the opponent is strong, then the opponent must be strong, and they don't doubt it. It's just that this opponent is considered by Li Bin to be the strongest enemy, and they also have some doubts.

Li Bin is also willing to tell them that the opponent is very strong, and he also hopes that the players will pay enough attention to this issue.

"Our style of play is to press the football and knead some control elements to achieve the strongest, while the Barcelona style of play is to control the impact of the football and form the strongest. The two of us have completely different concepts, but both of these concepts can show extremely strong combat effectiveness. ”

The football of Barcelona and Tottenham Hotspur is two concepts with a big difference, and Li Bin also has to admit that Barcelona has gone quite far in controlling football. If it were just two teams with some strength rivalry, Li Bin would not have such a high opinion of Barcelona, but if this is a conceptual rivalry, it would be another matter.

"Do you think their style of play is better than ours? Or do you think Pep Guardiola is stronger than you? Suarez asked rhetorically.

"No, I don't think there's any difference between the two philosophies, at least until we duel, I'm not going to judge. However, the concept is not easy to judge, and the team can predict. Barcelona have been formed since last year, they have a longer run-in period than us, they are more skilled in playing than us, the quality of the players is not worse than ours, it can be said that we are still on the way, but they are already at the top, of course we should be careful with them. Li Bin said directly, "As for Pep Guardiola, he has been a coach for a little short time, and his experience is definitely not enough, I am sure that I am better than him, but they have a Messi on their side - a player of this level, one person can make up for a lot of things." ”

Pep Guardiola is only in his second year of officially taking Barcelona this year, and in terms of experience, he is indeed much worse. In terms of team management, he tried to use Ibrahimovic to play in the middle of the idea of a mess, the bought Ziglinski is also very bad, in terms of tactics, he still has not been able to integrate impact tactics into the ball control well, can only rely on Messi to achieve a breakthrough, plus he has problems with the use of the center, the set-piece is terrible both offensive and defensive, it can be said that he still has a lot of problems. Although Li Bin is not a veteran handsome, he has been coaching for five or six years, and he has a lot of experience in comparison.

But no matter how many problems there are, Guardiola can solve them by having players at his disposal. On set-pieces, they have Puyol, and on attack, they also have Messi. Although he did not win the Champions League, Messi did not win the Golden Ball, but Messi's strength is still recognized by the whole world. This season, people are discussing whether Messi has the ability to break the record of 47 goals in the season of Da Ronaldo, and after Maradona took the throne, people are also discussing whether it is possible for the old king to ascend the throne with the young king.

Maybe football in this world has changed a lot, but Guardiola's football philosophy and Messi's technical strength will not be changed. Moreover, because they did not win the Champions League as they remember, Barcelona's players are also full of hunger for honor. Compared to the slightly proud team in their memory, even before the semi-final match, they said to their dominant opponents to make their opponents 'hate football', they are now more low-key, harder, and maybe stronger.

A championship-level team may encounter bumps in the road to winning the championship, but the mood of winning the championship will never make any difference.

"It's stupid to take the media's words seriously. Whoever really thinks Barcelona is a fancy team is a fool himself. They are willing to put Ibrahimovic on the bench because they can be stronger than Ibrahimovic when their tactics are used to show their strength. The opponent is very strong, and we have to be careful. But don't worry too much, as long as we prepare well, we can still win, and this game is very important for us. This is not only a competition for the championship, but also a clash of ideas, remember, our victory has a great effect on the development of football. ”

Although Li Bin admits that the opponent is very strong, even so strong that he must gather the whole team, remind the whole team, and let them deal with it carefully and carefully. However, Li Bin still has a lot of confidence. After such a long time of training, when I met the peak Barcelona, I was not necessarily much worse than my opponent. Moreover, this Barcelona, Bayern and Real Madrid in the future, these teams are all imaginary enemies in Li Bin's mind, he has thought many times about how to fight against these teams, and now he has the opportunity to really meet them, and he also has enough pride in his heart to want to fight the winner.

What about Barcelona? Their tactics have also come step by step. With a vision and insight ahead of the times, more experience and a long time of preparation, how could it be impossible for him to defeat them?

Not only does he have the idea of winning or losing, but the other players, in their hearts, also have more or less such thoughts.

"Messi is just a person, we are much worse than him." When Li Bin left, in the locker room, Suarez muttered. He wasn't loud, but it was just big enough for the players around him to hear.

His words made the teammates in the locker room all express some praise. Although they all agree with Li Bin's statement, they still don't agree with Li Bin's words that Messi is very powerful. Even, these words made Suarez somewhat dissatisfied when he heard them.

In Suarez's opinion, although his own strength is not as good as Messi, but with so many good helpers, how can they not play strong? The coach has too much respect for Messi, is this someone else's child forever?

Suarez has the capital of self-confidence: this season, after 31 rounds, he has scored 19 goals. Although it is said that because of the more rotations, it seems that he may not have a chance with this year's Golden Boot, but his strength is recognized by everyone. Tottenham's performance has a lot to do with Suarez, and he doesn't think that there will be a big gap between himself and Messi. Moreover, not to mention that he has so many good teammates around him. So far, Bale has 10 goals, Cavani has 10 goals, Yaya Toure has 8 goals, Di Maria has 5 goals, these teammates, there are a lot of goals, Barcelona has a trident that can score 70 goals a season, their own team, is it worse than them?

Li Bin has always said that this team is walking on the road of pressing football and has not yet reached the top, but he said that Barcelona is the pinnacle of controlling football, doesn't this mean that Tottenham is definitely inferior to Barcelona now?

'We're going to try on ourselves and play a good game for the coach.' In the locker room, Suarez turned his head, "Let's let the coach see who is the real peak team!" ”