In the sixty-ninth minute came a sequence that transformed the match's underlying tensions into open hostility. Amani received the ball in a tight space with his back to goal, surrounded by three AZ players who converged on him like predators sensing vulnerability.
The trap seemed perfectly set limited space, multiple defenders, no obvious escape route. Through conventional perception, the only option appeared to be a safe backward pass to reset the attack.
But Amani's perception was anything but conventional.
Through his Peripheral Vision+ ability, he detected a channel of space opening behind him that wasn't visible to normal sight a momentary alignment of defensive positioning that created an exploitable gap lasting mere seconds. Where others saw only pressure, he perceived opportunity; where others felt panic, he found clarity.
