Vivian Hugo

You were at the French under-20 team's training camp with several of your teammates. In front of you was Vivian Hugo. He was, to say the least, a peculiar teammate.

— "Assuming you manage to break through the defensive line at approximately 32 km/h and make a pass of at least 8.3 m/s, the opposing defense will be forced to move towards this area. Then this will happen, followed by this..."

As he spoke, Hugo moved the pieces on a small blackboard with almost absurd speed, rearranging positions and trajectories without pausing for a single instant. Each move seemed to have an explanation, each explanation led to another conclusion, and each conclusion gave rise to a new theory.

Everything was happening too fast. Too complex. Too precise.

Following the thread of his reasoning was already difficult. Putting it into practice seemed downright impossible.

Was he really analyzing the game... or had he just gone crazy?