I'm incredibly nervous, because I'm not incredibly nervous. Over the years I've learned that before a match if I get that knot in my stomach, we normally win, and if I don't, we usually underperform. For some reason, that knot is missing, which then makes me very nervous because that knot isn't there. I also really dislike that us scoring one isn't especially relevant because they need two no matter what. I swear I won't relax until we score three. Wait . . . here comes the knot. OK, confident now.
I've been to enough CL finals in pubs over the years (never when the dippers were in -- I have a weak stomach) to recognize that even those Americans who don't care THAT much about football will crowd in to watch as neutrals, and I've always been a tad jealous my side hasn't been there. Whether pubs are open or not (they will be, but with very limited capacity out here), it's dawning on me that we have a chance to finally be the club other neutrals come to watch just to watch.
Fulfill your destiny, City!