Days blurred. Alex stopped going to lectures. His diet consisted of cold pizza and energy drinks. But something strange began to happen. In the 2015 simulation, he noticed a player he didn’t recognize—a generated "newgen" named Leo Vance.

: Take a team of "nobodies" to the Champions League.

Alex blinked, his eyes stinging from the screen glare. He looked at the file on his desktop. The name had changed. It no longer said Football.Manager.2015.zip . It said .

Alex reached the European Cup Final in the year 2022 (within the game). The opponent was Real Madrid. In the 90th minute, the game froze. A text box appeared on the screen, replacing the match engine.