702 Eight Months!

On the flight back to Britain from Belarus, Twain recalled what happened at the Dinamo Stadium scene by scene. He was momentarily joyful but then he remembered his lingering anxieties and his heart beat faster.

By the time he'd brought on Žigić, he knew media outlets would have been sharpening their knives in England, ready to cut the defeated Nottingham Forest apart. If he had lost the game, the pressure from the club's senior management would've been the least of his worries. The Public opinion alone would've been enough to hang him.

Even though he'd won the game, the debate would not stop there. The Belarusian media shouted unjust treatment and lashed out at Nottingham Forest for its lack of sportsmanship. They said that they thought Britain revered the spirit of fair play but that Tony Twain had no concept of it at all. He'd stolen three points from Borisov in the game with an unfair advantage.