His circle turned white. The ball began to orbit him like a moon. No matter what the opponents did—slide, block, swarm—the ball stuck to his hitbox. He walked calmly toward the goal, past a defender who clipped right through him. The goalkeeper dove. Luca stopped.
“What the…” he whispered.
He typed in all caps:
Time slowed. The opponent’s goalkeeper moved like a sinking ship in molasses. Luca had two full seconds to line up a rabona, spin, and blast the ball into the far corner. The chat exploded. NoobSmacker99: REPORTED Spectator_01: how did he move like that? Spectator_02: that’s not possible in this engine But Luca wasn’t finished. The score was 6–4 now. Thirty seconds left. He activated the final, unlabeled option: . opmode haxball
Then he walked the ball into his own goal . Three times in a row. Own goal. Own goal. Own goal. Final score: 9–4. His circle turned white