What Tom Wagner did after Birmingham City lost at Wembley as Krystian Bielik moment spotted

Birmingham City suffered Wembley heartbreak at the hands of Peterborough United in the Vertu Trophy final on Sunday.

Harley Mills and Hector Kyprianou bagged the goals for Peterborough in the first half and Blues couldn’t repeat their fightback against Posh from September.

The defeat meant Blues weren’t able to complete the dream double after they became League One champions on Saturday as a result of Wrexham’s failure to beat Wigan Athletic.

Here are some things that might have gone unnoticed on the day that Birmingham took over Wembley…

Blues’ complete dominance off the field

From our position in the Black Sheep Coffee house at the bottom of Wembley Way we witnessed the sheer scale of Blues’ domination off the field.

Blues fans stepped off the tube at Wembley Park in their droves to outnumber their Peterborough counterparts. There were waves and waves of Blues shirts, retro and new.

You can’t help but feel that Blues would have filled Wembley themselves if their allocation allowed for it. In addition to the 43,000-plus inside the stadium, there were some who had just made their way down to soak up the atmosphere.

‘Campeones’

Tom Wagner led the Knighthead cohort into the Blues-filled fan park at around 11:15am and revved up supporters on the microphone before promising a special guest would soon arrive.

Everyone waited in anticipation of Tom Brady’s arrival and the seven-time Super Bowl winner checked in just before half past.

Brady was flanked by his ‘body coach’ Alex Guerrero and made his way up to the top of the bus where Wagner, interim chief executive Jeremy Dale and director of football Craig Gardner were waiting for him.

The mic was handed to Brady and once he’d finished his speech, he was implored to start a ‘Campeones’ chant. Brady started the chant and Wagner joined in before the party started beneath them.

Lee Carsley in attendance

Former Blues midfielder, interim manager and current England under-21s boss Lee Carsley was among those queuing up to enter Wembley at midday.

Carsley, who spent a period in charge of the England senior team last year following the departure of Gareth Southgate, has an affiliation with Blues and was probably rooting for them.

Jay Stansfield has been part of Carsley’s under-21 side in the last 12 months and was no doubt his main attraction on the field in the capital.

Guerrero’s cheerleading

The influence of Guerrero at Blues has become apparent this season with the 60-year-old basing himself at the club’s training ground and overseeing their medical department.

Guerrero shadowed Brady at Wembley and whilst the NFL icon conducted interviews pitchside pre-match, the medical man could be seen cheerleading on the sidelines.

An enormous embrace for Ethan Laird, whose injury troubles have largely subsided this term, was the first of many hugs dished out by Guerrero as the players made their way off the turf following the warm up.

The fact every player seemed overjoyed by Guerrero’s presence on the touchline before the match tells us they are quite happy with his work.

Davies and Bielik embrace

Krystian Bielik’s omission from the squad was the only surprise when Blues’ team was revealed at 2pm.

The skipper was at least expected to take a place on the bench but he joined Alfons Sampsted and Lee Myung-jae in the stands at Wembley.

Bielik emerged at full-time to console his teammates and there was an embrace with manager Chris Davies.

Tom Wagner’s huddle

The abiding memory for Blues’ players at Wembley will be Peterborough lifting the trophy, but just before that trophy lift they were addressed by Wagner whilst collecting their runners-up medals.

It wasn’t the day Blues’ chairman and players, or the vast majority of the people inside Wembley wanted, but this will no doubt act as motivation moving forward.

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