Chapter 174: A New Kind of Pressure
November 14th, 2010
The press conference ended, and the media scrum dispersed.
The players went back to training, their minds back on the game.
The media could ask all the questions they wanted.
But they couldn't touch the quiet confidence that was growing inside the team.
The real story?
It wasn't in front of microphones or on the evening news.
It was out there on the pitch, in every pass, every sprint, every moment.
And it was only just getting started.
The training ground, usually calm and focused, had a different feel today.
There was a charge in the air, a restless, buzzing energy left behind by the swarm of reporters who had crowded the gates not long ago.
Inside the locker room, though, things were steady.
No one was celebrating the win in Norway anymore.
That chapter was closed for now.
Niels didn't need to say a word about it they all knew the job wasn't done.
