The fifteen minutes of halftime slipped by faster than most people expected, and soon the players reemerged from the tunnel looking more energetic and full of life than they had gone in.
Wigan returned exactly as they had ended the first half, no changes, just the same steady confidence in their stride.
Hull City, though, came back with a different shape.
Their manager had taken a gamble, pulling off a defender and bringing on an extra attacker while shifting another player into midfield.
It was an open declaration that they weren't going to let the match drift away without throwing something at it.
When the referee's whistle cut through the air for the restart, the stadium responded with fresh energy.
But within minutes, it became clear that Hull's adjustments weren't doing much to slow Wigan down.
Leo slipped right back into his rhythm, taking the ball on the half-turn and firing passes between lines with a precision that drew murmurs around the ground.
