The laptop lid opens and Alexis Mac Allister pulls up a chair and peers at the screen. These are the first moments of the build-up to one of the greatest goals in World Cup history. It helps, too, that Mac Allister has got one of the sharpest football brains in the game. He is 30 or 40 yards away from Mac Allister, who has not seen him yet. Even then, Mac Allister was on the bench for Argentina's opening World Cup match against Saudi Arabia.
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