The small-sided game dissolved afterward into the usual post-training atmosphere.
Players walked around catching their breath, grabbing water bottles, joking with each other while staff members reset cones across the pitch.
Marmoush was still laughing about the goal as he walked beside Lukas.
"You see?" he said while pointing at him dramatically. "I told them."
"You tell everybody everything," Lukas replied.
"Because I'm right."
Nearby, Matheus Nunes was still shaking his head.
"That nutmeg was disrespectful."
"It wasn't intentional," Lukas lied immediately.
"That makes it worse."
A few players laughed at that as they walked back toward the sideline.
Then Haaland suddenly appeared beside Lukas carrying a water bottle.
The striker nudged him once with his shoulder.
"That pass," Haaland said.
Lukas looked at him. "What about it?"
"I want it too."
Lukas laughed slightly.
"The Marmoush one?"
"Yes."
Haaland pointed toward him immediately.
