When Tottenham won a 10-1 victory in the league, and at the same time, the game between Manchester United and Chelsea made the two of them open the gap with Tottenham at the same time, in Barcelona, Guardiola, who was sitting in his office, also slapped his forehead depressedly.

He knows very well what the difference of six points represents. The gap between him and Real Madrid is now six points. The gap came at the end of April, and for a team looking to win the title, it often means that the title is basically in hand. And for a team that plays on two fronts, it means they can retract their attention on that route.

Tottenham have withdrawn their attention in the league and will naturally focus on the Champions League. As Tottenham's opponent, although Pep Guardiola is not afraid of Tottenham, he still hopes that Tottenham will not turn their heads at all, and if Tottenham simply ignore his existence and treat themselves as air, that would be the best.

But he also knew that it was unlikely. Although he has not had any contact with Li Bin, he also knows that his team does not want to have such a good treatment. Because their name is Barcelona, the name of Barcelona, wherever it is placed, will not be taken lightly.

It's just Pep Guardiola himself, but he is not sure whether his team can really beat Tottenham: he has enough confidence in the strength of his team, but Tottenham's strength does not seem to be weak. In the game, any small accident may lead to an accident, so Guardiola himself does not dare to say that he is full of confidence.

In his heart, he is still looking forward to Tottenham, and he is affected by some unexpected factors, so he can't play at full strength. This kind of thought, he himself knows that it is too dark. However, these are also part of football - because there are more teams distracted by off-field affairs, even if their own team can take advantage of some small advantages, it is not an exaggeration - and it is not their own to let the accident explode.

And, even now, Barcelona still has a small unexpected little advantage that can be taken advantage of.

The home-and-away order of the Champions League semi-finals is determined by the method of draw. The reason for the decision is simply to see who is drawn first. Originally, Barcelona was very depressed about their bad luck, because they needed to play a home-to-away game, in a crucial battle of life and death, they were going to Tottenham's home stadium, but the volcanic ash that suddenly swept across Europe changed all this, and this has become a small accident that Guardiola is now looking forward to happening.

Because now the volcanic eruption in Iceland has affected European aviation, and now half of Europe is dizzy. This Champions League has become a huge torture because the game time cannot be changed, and now they can only go to a foreign country to play away by bus or train, which is very torturous, and the more physical energy they consume on the road, the more difficult it is for them to win in the game.

Pep Guardiola knows this and he knows the details. Barcelona's airport, which was closed a few days ago, is now impossible to fly to Barcelona from London.

This can also be a great torture for the opponent. From London to Barcelona, if there is no plane, 923 miles, more than ten hours of driving, it is impossible to sit in such a long car, and the physical strength is not affected. And if Tottenham's physical strength is affected, Barcelona's chances of winning will be greatly improved.

It's very tight with Real Madrid in the league, so it would be nice to be able to use off-field factors to make the opponent weaker.

Therefore, when his assistant coach Vilanova came over a few days later with a dejected face, Guardiola was also slightly nervous in his heart, "What, is there any bad news?" ”

'The bad news – the ash may not be able to stop Tottenham because they have already set off early. "They're on the train and out of London now. ”

"So fast?" Pep Guardiola was slightly surprised, "But there are still two days left in the Champions League." ”

"Obviously, Li Bin expected the impact of the volcanic ash on his team." In this regard, Villanova was also a little helpless, "They decided to leave a day earlier and divide the journey into two days. Rest in Marseille on the first day and then come back to Barcelona on the second day. ”

This news made Guardiola raise his eyebrows and smile bitterly: It seems that the other party's coach is smarter than he imagined, and these off-field factors are not difficult for Tottenham, it seems that he must have a life-and-death battle with Tottenham on the field-

When Guardiola lamented that he didn't expect Li Bin's actions, Li Bin was also at this time, in the hotel in Marseille, making the most difficult preparations for the future game.

After Tottenham's victory over Wigan Athletic, their pace in the league has not stopped, although because of the arrival of the Champions League, they need to pay more energy to deal with the Champions League, but in the new week, Tottenham against Villa, Tottenham Hotspur is still playing in good form.

Last season, Villa had a good record against Tottenham, and this season, although Tottenham have played a 5-0, whether the game against Villa will affect the Champions League is still a matter of concern. Obviously, Li Bin also knows very well that Villa is difficult, in this game, except for Di Maria, who is more susceptible to fatigue, who was arranged by Li Bin to rest, almost all the other main players are on the field, which makes Villa have no chance.

In the game, the focus of Tottenham's attack was clearly Lennon on the right flank. As a rotation player, he is the only one who does not need to play in the next game, so he can also spread his legs and run hard. In the game, he also used his strength to tell his opponent why he could be England's starting wing-back, while Villa's Ashley Young and Downing could only be used as fringe internationals.

His speed and explosiveness are evident in the game. With his teammates opening up space for him, he made the whole Villa even more unstoppable. Lennon's first-half cross led to Cavani's header for the first goal, and in the second half, Bale hit another corner kick and kicked a very beautiful ball again, which Coentrão cut in in time to find his chance and score a successful goal to give Tottenham a 2-0 victory.

With a win over Villa, Tottenham also proved that they are getting closer to the title in the league. And now in the Champions League, they need to work hard.

And at that time, he also discovered some embarrassing things: the big killer of volcanic ash was not obtained by Barcelona, but became an obstacle for Tottenham.

In this regard, Li Bin is also a little helpless: volcanic ash is not such a thing as a friend's wife's door, and this kind of thing will definitely happen to a fixed person, but the draw of the Champions League determines the home and away, so it is really who catches up and is unlucky. Originally, this thing was supposed to ruin Barcelona, but now it is Tottenham who have met them.

Because the planes stopped operating, to go to Barcelona, you had to choose the railway. However, if the journey of more than ten hours is really down, the players of Tottenham will not go to play, but to die. In my memory, the game between Barcelona and Inter Milan, they sat on the bus for 13 hours, they were already tired physically and mentally, and in the away game, although they were able to score goals when their physical strength was still good in the first half, they were immediately chased three goals in a row. Tottenham's method of playing football requires more physical strength than Barcelona, and if you really go by car, then you can just go there and surrender - not to mention, some of the habits of Barcelona fans are not very good in memory. If you go by car, and then you can't rest all night, and the next day you will run 10,000 meters at Camp Nou, one of the largest courses in the world, - such a level of fatigue is unacceptable when you think about it, and Li Bin is not surprised by what he looks like when he kneels.

However, just because things are inevitable doesn't mean there is no way to solve them.

"Thanks to what you said in advance, we had to book a hotel in the middle of the way, so that we could have a break in the middle, otherwise, if we had gone to Barcelona like this, we would have to die there."

In the hotel in Marseille, when it came to this problem, Esposito also sighed: he didn't expect that Li Bin would solve this problem so simply: first go from London to Marseille, and then go to Barcelona after a day of rest in Marseille, which solves this problem.

It took just over six hours to travel from London to Marseille, reversing in Paris and taking the fastest train. And tomorrow, from Marseille to Barcelona, it should be five hours away. What was supposed to be a journey of more than ten hours, after splitting it up, became two not too long journeys, roughly equivalent to the journey from London to Newcastle, which was acceptable to the players.

Pep Guardiola is not aware of this measure, although he is a good coach and can anticipate the impact of volcanic ash, but he has been in office for too short a time, and he does not know a lot of things that require experience to be accumulated, and he cannot handle this kind of thing. And Li Bin has long been very clear about these: although volcanic ash is a sudden phenomenon and is rarely seen, Li Bin has seen a lot of similar situations, in fact, this is also the experience that Li Bin learned from others: because the French air and railways often play general strikes, the team often encounters the same when traveling, so ...... The Frenchman has a number of teams with similar experience. Learning from them can effectively avoid this problem.

In Li Bin's memory, it seems that the match between Bayern and Lyon at that time also suffered from volcanic ash, but Lyon was able to avoid it. And their method is to go on the road a day in advance, rest for a day on the road, not take a car for more than ten hours at a time, but split the journey into two halves to avoid physical wear. They can avoid it, in fact, it is an experience, plus the league has no desire and can start early. So, although they also traveled more than 600 miles round trip, they did not have a particularly large loss. This measure can effectively avoid part of the physical wear. At the beginning, no one mentioned it in the Champions League because Lyon was too weak at that time, although it did not have much impact, it could not play Bayern. However, they proved that this trouble could be avoided.

This experience can be learned. And, after learning, Tottenham can also overcome the last hurdle, they are also under less pressure in the league, they can start early, and they can be in the best shape when they arrive at Barcelona.

In Li Bin's memory, the rise of Barcelona coincided with the tax reform in England and the decline of Premier League teams. Therefore, although the Dream Three team has been invincible for a long time, they still can't avoid the problem of their poor record against Chelsea, which has retained more strength. Pressing football and controlling football, in Li Bin's memory, the peak period is staggered, which has to be said to be a regret of football.

But now, Li Bin wants to make up for this regret in his heart. He is about to visit Barcelona with a team at the top of their game. He wants to see who is the real strongest, and he is absolutely not allowed to be disturbed in this game! ——

ps: The rendering of Tottenham's strength written in the past two days is to write about the game with Barcelona, there may be some water, and it won't be later, please forgive me.