Desperate, he reopened the USB stick. The FIFA Manager 08 file was still there, but now corrupted. Only one command worked: “Revert to original save.”
He stared at the button for an hour.
On the screen, his younger self paused mid-shout, touched his earpiece as if hearing a ghost, and made the exact substitution. In the 78th minute, Vukčević curled in a free kick. Sporting won 2-1.
Some saves are better left in the past.