Attempt to Respond

Chapter 75 – Attempt to Respond

The second half began.

Real Madrid didn't ease in.

From the very first whistle, they surged forward as though the dressing room had unlocked a deeper gear. Like a beast freshly wounded and now bloodthirsty, they pounced, pressing as if insulted by the very notion of a 1–1 scoreline.

Tchouaméni zipped a pass into Mbappé's feet. The Frenchman barely needed a touch—he flicked it wide with terrifying precision.

Vinícius was already sprinting.

"Hah!" he exhaled.

Wan-Bissaka waited, stance low. One dribble—

"Chk!"

Then another—

"Chk-chk!"

Then—boom!—a third!

Wan-Bissaka twisted, feet tangled, and dropped to the turf like a snapped branch.

"Oi!" Bruno shouted from midfield, but it was too late.

Vini's low cross carved through the box.