Chapter Five: A Defeat Worth Sixty-One Percent

“Kane drops for the first pass. He won't enjoy it, but he can do it.” Kane looked up. “Why am I the sacrifice?” “Do you want to win, or prove Bello stole your space?” The sentence struck the fact no one wanted named. Kane said nothing and tightened his shin pad. Veer adopted only half the plan. Reed came on and Kane dropped, but Kovac remained deep. Seabridge could reach the right without holding a line high enough to recover second balls. Reed went through in the sixty-third minute. He took his habitual extra touch and the goalkeeper blocked. Two minutes later, Crown used Seabridge's retreating line to shoot uncontested from the edge of the box. Two-nil. Kane pulled one back, but Seabridge lost 2–1.