In a game where data speaks louder than hype, I watched De Bruyne carve his third step into chaos—32.3 minutes, 12 of 18 shots, 7 rebounds—and Cardoso respond with surgical precision: 29.35 minutes, 10 of 27, 3 assists. This wasn’t entertainment. It was a biomechanical symphony decoded from Opta vectors and FBref heatmaps. The sky didn’t just win—it reconfigured the system. For those who seek edge through motion, not noise, this is football as it should be analyzed.