The day before the game, the Barcelona team arrived in Birmingham by plane, followed by a special bus to Nottingham, where they had a simple adaptation to the ground training, all they had to do was wait for the game to arrive.
At the airport, Messi and Guardiola were the targets of a chase by journalists. Both men were very low-key; they did not say they would definitely win, just that anything was possible in a football match. It was home court for Nottingham Forest and everyone knew Nottingham Forest's home game would be difficult, so they did not think it is right to take it lightly.That was what the Barcelona players thought, and only they knew what they truly thought internally.