Pep Guardiola arrives at a lacrosse pitch at Lynn University in Boca Raton, around an hour north of Miami, shortly before his Manchester City players. They’re a few minutes back.
City have taken over the campus for the Club World Cup. There is barely a soul around, aside from officious security guards whizzing on buggies with heightened senses given their esteemed guests. They warm up on the lacrosse area and perform more tactical elements across the path, inside the quaint Bobby Campbell Stadium.
Guardiola, cap on and already tanned in the 30-degree heat, bounds over the grass and greets all of the support staff, including two groundsmen flown over to tend to the surface.