Pochettino in tears at the new stadium

The stadium with a capacity of 62,000 spectators, will hold its first match on Wednesday as Tottenham Hotspur take on Crystal Palace.

"We all feel the same. It is incredible. I feel the same as when we left White Hart Lane. We were crying and now, on this first day, it's the same", explained Pochettino at the break for half-time during the youth game which Tottenham won.

"We need to cry because our dream has come true", the Argentine expressed, after almost two years of waiting for the new stadium to open after White Hart Lane was knocked down.

Next weekend the stadium will host another duel between two legendary veterans, Inter Milan and Tottenham Hotspur.

It had been planned that the stadium would be opened for the beginning of this season, but there were various obstacles along the way to its completion, including security problems.