Definitely not predestined. Palace Terriers were playing a CL QF 2nd Leg at home to a team +1.7Q in starting XI. The 1st Leg was a 0-2 defeat for the Terriers, despite playing against 10-men for 2/3 of the match.

The return match started in the same vein as the first, Terriers attacks foundering on a resolute defence. At the start of the second half, threw caution to the wind, changed from 4-1-4-1 normal/flanks/counter (vs 4-3N-3) to 4-5-1V hard attack/flanks/no counter, with the sub of DL for DL (booking) and AML for ML (formation change) and the opponents defence fell apart, conceding 3 goals.

If the match result was predestined, how did it know that the opposing manager wouldn't turn up, I did, and I would make the changes I did that so very obviously changed how the match went? I can't see that with the formations and tactics employed over three halfs that were summarily ineffective would suddenly produce three goals in the fourth...