"Less than ten minutes left in the half, and the Americans continue to pile the pressure on the Nigerians. Twice they've come close, with Valentino striking the rim, and Ibarguen punching wide after being played clean through by Felix. You fancy a second for the Americans?"

"It looks more and more like it with every repelled American wave. Ndidi is doing a brilliant job so far, but his teammates keep letting him down at the flanks. They aren't defending hard enough and the unit keeps beating past them easily. The repeating zones have been very busy as well, repelling nine flank attacks so far in this half. Stella Adeleke is doing a stellar job manning the guns in the zone."

"It looks like the Nigerians are going to try and keep the deficit at one. They aren't committing forward on the counterwave, they aren't pushing back the marauding enemy flank units. They seem eager to protect their target and contain enemy fire with their holoshields."

"It's a solid strategy but they can't keep ceding territory to the Americans or they'll get congested in the middle and won't be able to deal with the flank units, Simon."

"Ooh, the American unit breaks free on the right. This is promising, Valentino is in space... but he's crowded out by defenders and the attack is repelled. Brilliant work from Ndidi."

"He's really shaping up to be a star, Simon."