So, the deal was done, and all that was left would be to make good on it when Morocco had thrashed them in the summer. (Presumably.)
That might have been enough to switch his tone or his tactics or go make another wager with someone else, but this Zavala was too intriguing a character not to investigate a little further - and, as much as he was enjoying the opportunity to practice his English, Yassine had to admit that the comfort of a more familiar language was worth basking in for a little longer. “Ah, so it’s in your blood,” he remarked, narrowing his eyes in amusement. “And don’t we all like to be more famous than our fathers?”
After a laugh, he added - “you are captain of your usual team too, yes?” It would be fishing for information if there were not far easier ways of doing this research than from the horse’s mouth, but there was no better way to learn about one’s opponent than baiting them in person. In a friendly way, of course.
That might have been enough to switch his tone or his tactics or go make another wager with someone else, but this Zavala was too intriguing a character not to investigate a little further - and, as much as he was enjoying the opportunity to practice his English, Yassine had to admit that the comfort of a more familiar language was worth basking in for a little longer. “Ah, so it’s in your blood,” he remarked, narrowing his eyes in amusement. “And don’t we all like to be more famous than our fathers?”
After a laugh, he added - “you are captain of your usual team too, yes?” It would be fishing for information if there were not far easier ways of doing this research than from the horse’s mouth, but there was no better way to learn about one’s opponent than baiting them in person. In a friendly way, of course.
