When the disc finally slid into the tray and the ancient hum of the PC settled into a steady rhythm, Leo felt the same flutter he’d felt the first time he booted up Winning Eleven on a friend's console twenty years ago. The title on the cracked steel case read Winning Eleven 49 — a fan-made mod he’d tracked down on a dusty forum, promised to patch golden-era gameplay into modern rigs. He clicked Play.
