It was always going to take something extraordinary and only intervention from above could upstage Erling Haaland on his first night in a Manchester City shirt.
The world felt like it fell in at Lambeau Field, storm Haaland meeting his match as supporters were twice evacuated, the friendly with Bayern Munich twice postponed and eventually cut by 10 minutes.
By the time both teams had left the field, in the 13th minute, Haaland had already scored. Of course he had. And he looked pretty pleased about it, too, with teammates rushing to their new Nordic behemoth.