How do you cope with nerves during a big game at home

Had a drink pre game but find it doesn't do much for the nerves, so made a cup of tea at half time which definitely helped.
 
Get angry,anxious,shout,swear. Say FFS a hell of a lot.
Our dog just picks up my mood and does one out the room.
 
Today has been bad. Working from half 8. Finish at 5.
Walk. Wine open at half 6.
I'm now in bed with more wine knowing we have to do it again on 3 days, and his tight the CL schedule is.
But fuck me do I love it
 
Lots of little rituals around where I sit, what I wear, etc. If things are going wrong mid-match, then I try changing some of these.

All superstitious nonsense, of course, but gives me some illusion of being able to control things !

Luckily these days, it works out right for City 9 times out of 10.
 
Scotch, stream(s) and silence… until we score then the shouting alerts the neighbours to who’s scored and whether we’re winning!
 
Like you I have loads of City shirts, so if we win I'll wear the same shirt for the next match.
If we lose, that shirt goes to the back of the queue
When we kick off, I won't change position on the chair or sofa in case I jinx things
Mrs flyer has proven to be an absolute Jonah, and is not allowed to watch any part of the match. She is a blue, but knows this is the right thing to do for the sake of us all
 
Pace. Grasp my lucky underwear. Try not to actually pull it out of my pants.

As most of the games over here are before drinkin' time, I am not worried about that during the match. But if/when City win, I have some drinkie-poos.
And if they lose....I have some drinkie-poos...;(

CL games over here (and some PL games) are at 3PM EST which is approaching the end of my work day. (East Coast USA) but today, I took some time off.

Looks like I will be doing it again, Thank God. :)
 
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More nervous today than I’ve been for a good long while. Felt like a hoodoo game!

On vacation, so went into TV room, closed door, turned fan on high, had a Coke Zero in first half, another in second half (was driving for dinner immediately after game!) and shouted at the TV for 94 minutes every time we wasted a pass, missed an opportunity, they scored, etc!

And, twice I got to shout “Get the fuck in!” at the top of my lungs and probably scare a few codgers in the condo complex!!!

Mrs ChicagoBlue stayed out of my way for the 2hrs, but I knew she’d checked the score before coming in, because she danced in with a big smile on her face!!!

She said she wasn’t sure of the score because at HT when I went out for the second half Coke Zero, I’d told her it was 1-0, and we were losing 2-2 on away goals. She said she hadn’t heard my shouting in the second half, so was a bit concerned!

That made me feel a bit better about some of my language during the game! I guess the concrete walls in this place block quite a lot of expletives!!!

It was a very relieved Mrs CB, knowing we were going out for dinner right after the game. It might have been a quiet one, with no patience for small talk if we’d gone out and played badly! As it was, no need for nerves as there were at least 4, possibly 6, MOTM performances and none of them were Ederson!
 
I am zero fun to watch big matches with, I always expect to lose. I don't flip out here but I don't cope with challenges well. I think that is why I prefer the PL to everything else because luck doesn't play into it as much.
 
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