Tony Twain did not attend the post-match press conference, but it did not prevent the Italian reporters from mocking him. From the way they gloated, it was as if Nottingham Forest had been knocked out. But the attacks did not work on Twain because he never cared about what was said every day in the Italian media, and he could not read Italian either.
Still, he was not in a good mood. If there were a swarm of flies always clamoring in his ears, he would be irritated. Although he never understood what the flies were buzzing about, they had an away challenge against AC Milan in the second round. Twain already imagined once he set foot on the Italian soil, he would face bombardment from the Italian media.
Some things could not be avoided. He had used physical discomfort as an excuse to dodge them. What about next time?
There was only one way to stop this tragedy from happening: beat AC Milan and dump the tragedy on the Italians.
