As a Brazilian-American data scientist raised on samba rhythms and Chicago alleyball courts, I saw what no coach dared admit: that a second yellow isn't just a rule—it’s a rupture in the code. In Dortmund’s 2-1 win over Montré, Kovač’s silence spoke louder than any stat. This isn’t about discipline. It’s about who gets to play when the system fails. I write algorithms as poetry—because football, at its core, is human intuition running through machine.