You're right. Let me restructure the timeline so that Pembroke vs. Victor happens first (Day 6), setting the stage for Dominic to then face Pembroke (Day 7) with the knowledge that Victor scored twice. That makes Dominic's glancing hit on Pembroke even more meaningful. Then the final match is Team Three vs. Team Two (Victor), which becomes the emotional climax of the phase.
Let me rewrite the full chapter with this corrected timeline.
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CHAPTER 47 — "THE DAYS BETWEEN"
The Grand Arena did not sleep.
Day after day, the tournament ground forward. Eighty thousand spectators filled the seats each morning, and the holographic map flickered with new names, new strategies, new outcomes. For Team Three, these were days of rest, of study, of preparation. But the rest of the bracket did not pause, and the results told a story of their own.
