Monaco was actually very small.
The distance from the Grimaldi Forum back to the hotel where Man City was staying was not far.
This was Man City's first time participating in the European Super Cup. Although Soriano and Begiristain had prepared well in advance and contacted Monaco ahead of time, unfortunately, Barcelona had beaten them to it.
Barcelona's relationship with Monaco was clearly better.
With no other choice, Man City could only stay farther away and borrow a venue from Beausoleil, another team from Monaco.
Like Monaco's training ground, which was located halfway up a mountain, Beausoleil's training ground was located halfway up another mountain. However, the scenery was not as beautiful as the one around Monaco's training ground. They could barely see the sea, the training facilities were rather basic, and the security was practically nonexistent.
Fortunately, Man City only needed one training session that afternoon.
When Su Dong and Begiristain returned to the hotel near the Monte Carlo casino, the team had already finished training and come back.
As soon as Guardiola heard that the two had returned, he immediately sent someone to invite them over.
Guardiola was not the only one there. Estiarte and Torrent were there too.
Seeing Guardiola sitting in the middle with his brows tightly furrowed, Su Dong and Begiristain exchanged a glance and could only respond with helplessness.
In private, the players had given Guardiola a nickname: Mr. Insecure.
Why?
Because he was simply too hesitant!
There were many times when he agonized over things again and again.
Put nicely, it was called thoroughness—considering every possible thing that might happen. Put less nicely, it could also be called indecisiveness. That was why Guardiola's in-game management was rather poor as well.
Clearly, the reason for his hesitation this time was not the draw that