Saturday, August 19, 2023 — London Team Hotel — 8:00 AM BST
Demien woke inside the London hotel room while morning light came through the curtains, yet the day already felt heavier than Wolves because this was his first proper away match in England where the crowd would want him to fail.
His phone showed two messages that mattered.
Isabella had written something simple about eating well before the match, while Sophia asked whether London felt colder than Manchester, and neither mentioned the lineup which made the messages feel normal rather than loaded.
That normality steadied him because everyone else would spend the day analyzing whether he'd start.
He got ready before heading down for breakfast, then moved through the team routine while waiting for the only thing that mattered now—whether Ten Hag trusted him enough to start.
11:00 AM BST — Hotel Meeting Room
