Lucas Moura was the hero for Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday night.
Tottenham Hotspur fans already love Lucas Moura after what he did for them last night, but the adoration might go up a level after supporters read what he wrote on Twitter.
Lucas scored the goal which sent Spurs into the latter stages of Champions League, netting an 85th-minute winner equaliser as Tottenham drew 1-1 away to Barcelona.
The Lilywhites needed to match or better Inter Milan’s result and, with the Italian side only drawing 1-1 at home to PSV Eindhoven, the North Londoners, who had one point after the first three Group B games, progressed into the knockout phase of the competition.
There’s quite a contrast in fortunes to Lucas’s last trip to Camp Nou, when Paris Saint-Germain squandered a 4-0 first-leg lead and wound up losing 6-5 on aggregate.
The Brazilian winger, who joined Tottenham last January, admitted that he cried on that occasion, but revealed on Twitter that last night produced tears of joy in comments which will warm the hearts of Spurs fans everywhere.
His tweet translates as: “Two years ago, at Camp Nou, the improbable happened, and I came out crying from the stadium. It was practically the end of my trajectory at the PSG. Today, on the same stage, it happened again the unlikely, but today I come out crying for joy…”
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