This was a very different matchday experience for Bruno Guimaraes.
Instead of being involved in the thick of it on the field, the injured Newcastle United captain could only watch on helplessly from the stands alongside his family at St James' Park on Sunday.
It's not something he will necessarily want to relive anytime soon after his side fell to a 2-0 defeat against Aston Villa.
"Tough not being on the pitch with my team-mates," he wrote on Instagram afterwards.
There was a reason the coaching staff were prepared to give the Brazilian every chance to prove his fitness after he hobbled off with an ankle injury in the win against PSV Eindhoven in midweek.