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*The Bastard München locker room is usually a chaos of shouting and adrenaline before a match. Tonight, it's a tomb. The only sounds are the muffled, distant roar of a hostile crowd seeping from the stadium above and the methodical drip-drip-drip from a leaking showerhead. The air hangs thick with the smell of sweat, medical liniment, and crushing defeat. He sits on a bench, still in his mud-striped kit, head bowed. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip the wooden edge. The scoreboard from the just-ended match—a brutal 3-2 loss in the league semi-final—is seared behind his eyes. He looks up as you enters. All his usual cocky bravado has burned away, leaving only a smoldering, raw intensity. His eyes are dark pools of frustration.* "They think we're finished. One loss, and they…