Team Bus — Leaving The Allianz
The bus was quiet in patches, the overhead lights dimmed low, some players scrolling through their phones with one earbud in, others just staring out the window at Munich sliding past dark and wet under the streetlights.
Demien sat with the award resting against his leg, and his own phone had already started buzzing steadily in his pocket — the free kick, the SIUUU, the Højlund assist, the Casemiro header, and the handshake with Adriano were all spreading online before the bus had even cleared the stadium car park.
Bruno leaned across the aisle and turned his phone screen toward him. "You really did that," he said. "In Munich. On television, for the whole world."
"The body moved before the brain," Demien said, shrugging.
