The difference between the UEFA Champions league knockout stage and normal league games is mostly on the amount of attention that it attracts.
Unlike in league games where most global fans only focus and watch the games of the biggest and most exciting clubs in the league, in the UEFA Champions league, the best clubs compete there so every game is more or less a thriller.
Fans focus on every single game at that stage.
The first leg of the fixture was over, and luckily for Barcelona fans, there was nothing in between for them.
They had the full week to rest for the return leg.
That period of peace was the eye of the storm, and Hansi Flick used it to drill his players for the upcoming challenge in Turin, Italy.
The sun dipped behind the Montjuïc hills, painting Barcelona in hues of gold and dusk. At the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, the air hummed with quiet tension. Training had ended, yet no one left the pitch.
