Chapter 124: One goal each
After the opening, the two sides played offensive football.
Tottenham returned home to play quite aggressively, with Sadio Mane and Christian Eriksen leading the way down the left.
Lamela stepped up pressing in the front court, which also made Barcelona's players very uncomfortable.
In front of tens of thousands of people, the Argentine snatched the ball from Sergio Busquets with a ferocious flying tackle.
No one would have thought that this young talent who attracted the attention of fans with his gorgeous dribbling skills and outstanding appearance in the past was polished into this way in just two years after coming to the Premier League.
Professor Bu's exaggerated fall to the ground did not bring a moment of hesitation to the referee, and Marzic directly made a gesture of no foul and the game continued.
Lamela then handed the ball back to Eriksen, and the Dane was pressed by Rakitic and quickly distributed to the left wing.
Danny Rose, who inserted the assist, took the ball and accelerated to break through to the left side of the penalty area.
Harry Kane's follow-up shot was saved by Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen.
Attack, of course, you come and go, Tottenham Hotspur can't attack, Barcelona quickly counterattacks to the front.
Alves picked up a cross into the box and Rakitic, who successfully countered offside, fired a close-range shot from close range inside the box that was saved by Tottenham goalkeeper Lloris.
The visitors were awarded the first corner of the game.
However, as soon as the ball entered the box, Vertonghen was the first to clear it.
Sadio Mane broke down the left and sent in a cross that Kante followed up with was blocked by Pique who fell to the ground and crossed the ball.
"Oh, it's the footwork of the back midfielder, and the goal of changing the shot to a strong point may be scored."
Benjamin said regretfully.
The Captain of the Lily Legion remembered the thought that had risen before.
'There's only so much room for Kante to improve his defensive skills now, is it really possible for him to practice shooting?
No, no, no, the shot is not important, let's further strengthen the Frenchman's ability to play the ball first. ”
Tottenham's corner, Eriksen's corner was accurate past Sergio Busquets, who was defending in the box.
The unmarked Alderweireld headed in front of goal, and Ter Stegen reacted quickly to save the ball but could not prevent it from being lost.
The Belgian centre-back's goal not only opened the scoring for Tottenham, but also levelled the two-legged aggregate score at 3-3!
If the match ends with the current scoreline, then Tottenham will advance to the Champions League final with an away goal advantage!
Barcelona are in a bit of a hurry, as evidenced by the fact that their manager Enrique has been unable to sit still and come to the sidelines.
The visitors stepped up their attack, with Messi pulling to the left flank to dribble the ball, and Kyle Walker, who was racing back, combined with N'Golo Kante to steal the ball from Messi's feet.
Sandro really strengthened Tottenham's interception and defensive capabilities in midfield, and more importantly, his appearance also freed up N'Golo Kante.
N'Golo Kante's extensive and aggressive movement has made him a constant sight for Tottenham in defence.
Where there is a need, there is Kante.
This has been a huge help to all the Spurs players, especially a few at the back.
Let Danny Rose and Kyle Walker defend Messi and Neymar alone, it must still be a little difficult.
But with N'Golo Kante's help, it's much better.
In the Champions League semi-finals, N'Golo Kante showed his talents.
There is no hurdle that can't be passed, only Kante can't get over, this sentence came out of the mouth of a Barcelona fan and quickly spread in major football forums in China.
This little Frenchman, who is not good-looking, finally showed the world his defensive ability.
The two Belgian centre-backs were also vigilant and did not dare to be careless.
Because they know that as long as they show the slightest flaw, they may be caught by the opponent and concede the ball.
This made the Barcelona players who were eager to score goals start to be a little impatient, and Neymar failed to break through again and again, which also greatly consumed his physical strength and patience.
Andres Iniesta advanced with the ball in midfield, then he saw Neymar reaching for the ball and, without hesitation, the Spaniard passed the ball over.
There is absolutely no problem with Xiaobai's passing footwork, and if nothing else, this pass will be accurately sent to Neymar.
But the unexpected happened, and a figure in a white jersey appeared on the passing line.
It's Sandro! The Brazilian stretches out his foot to cut off Iniesta's pass in the middle of the game!
Compared to Kante, who can be seen everywhere, Sandro was a bit of a low-key man at Wembley Stadium today.
Sitting in the middle, the Brazilian beast waist silently carried out the order of head coach Benjamin, that is, to defend the midfield!
After a brief adaptation process at the beginning, Sandro, who is now gradually getting into form, hardly gives the Barcelona midfielder a moment to get the ball comfortably.
Who would have thought that Benjamin's team would really be able to do such a good job defensively and successfully limit Barcelona's strong attacking group.
By this time, Enrique had fully understood Benjamin's tactical intentions and why there was a personnel change to start the game.
That is, the Lily Army decided not to give Barcelona the opportunity to organize an attack calmly by running and pressing at any cost.
Thinking of this, the head coach of the Barcelona team laughed, are the young people still a little naïve, thinking that this is foolproof?
Wouldn't that star have no value in existence?
Half an hour passed in the thirtieth minute of the game, and Tottenham's leaky defense was a headache for the Red and Blues.
Neymar also received a yellow card for being disconnected with the ball and turning back in anger to tackle a Tottenham defender.
Step by step, the situation seems to be moving in a direction that is not good for Barcelona.
Messi took the ball in front of him, only to see that the ball under his feet seemed to be sticky, and it was under his control.
Kante's top grab was unsuccessful, and no one could limit Messi at this time.
The little flea touched the Frenchman who had caused him a lot of trouble today through a nimble change of direction, and then Messi slotted a straight ball into the box.
Suarez made a timely run away from Tottenham centre-back Vertonghen and broke down to the right of the box from an offside position.
In the face of Rose, Suarez was not greedy for credit, and selflessly knocked the ball to the middle.
Neymar cut diagonally into the box and fired a shot into the bottom left corner of the goal.
Lloris didn't even have time to react before the ball appeared on the goal line behind him.
One-to-one!
Away side Barcelona equalised before the end of the first half.
The aggregate score over the two legs also led again, and the pressure was back on Tottenham's side.
Enrique smugly glanced at Tottenham's dugout and saw Benjamin with a wry smile on his face.
See? You're still a little tender.
Running around the pitch, N'Golo Kante was a little frustrated.
Maybe this is the gap between ordinary people and geniuses.
Ordinary people can shine through hard work as much as hard work.
But a true genius only needs a flash of inspiration to undo the efforts of ordinary people in half a game.
The commentators of various countries can't say what mistakes Tottenham made in this defense, but the three people in the Barcelona front court are too strong and cooperate tacitly.
No one can stop Messi, Suarez and Neymar's attack.
Unless they're out of form, it's unlikely they'll be able to stop them from scoring.
At the end of the first half, Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 with Barcelona at Wembley Stadium.