Twain was immensely relieved after confirming that Ibišević's mentality was OK, but Matías Fernández's problem was not as simple. He faced a language barrier, so he needed a club-hired translator to communicate the coach's will to him at any given time in training. When it came to the game, he was basically guessing hand gestures. He currently spent two nights a week learning English. Progress was slow because of time constraints. Twain feared that Fernandez might not learn enough in time.
Ibišević's poor form became popular in the media, which aided him to block a lot of media slurs. Had Ibišević been in good shape and scored a goal, it would have been the Chilean's turn to be the hapless man.
