Barcelona's Queen, Arsenal vs. Real Madrid

During the fifteen-minute halftime break, Guardiola analyzed Liverpool's style of play with the players and made the corresponding arrangements.

Sometimes, fifteen minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Guardiola felt like he had not even finished giving his instructions before it was time for the second half to begin.

But after the players filed out of the locker room, an assistant coach rushed over in a panic. "Boss, this is bad! The old captain's armband is gone!"

Guardiola froze.

I already told Brother Lu to change and warm up.

And now you're telling me the armband is missing?

The assistant coach said awkwardly, "Well... to prevent any trouble, the higher-ups had someone take the captain's armbands away earlier. We can't get one back right away..."

Fine!

What clever Barcelona executives!

It seemed they had anticipated that Guardiola and Lu Yang might handle this matter differently, so they had simply cut off the problem at its root, hadn't they?

Outside, the second half was about to begin.

But Hernandez and Lu Yang had yet to step onto the pitch.

Hernandez had guessed that they would be changing the armband, so he was waiting for Guardiola.

So was Lu Yang.

Soon, Guardiola rushed out and shouted, "Does anyone know where the captain's armband is? Someone took all the captain's armbands from the locker room!"

"I have one in my locker," Hernandez said.

Guardiola shook his head. "We checked. It's not there!"

Hernandez frowned.

Someone had entered after he left the locker room.

Non-players entering the locker room without permission and taking players' belongings on their own... that crossed a player's bottom line!

The locker room was the players' absolute private territory. Outsiders were never allowed to enter freely.

Did Barcelona's executives really think their will could completely override the players'?

"Mebarak's