What does "play out" in this sentence? Look at this sentence: "The gaming of regulatory tests by carmakers was blown open by the Volkswagen scandal. The scandal of governments prioritising supposed driver freedom over the lungs and health of their citizens is only now playing out." What does play out mean? Does it mean that the action is just starting. Also could you please explain the scandal in the last sentence? Does it mean that the government is tolerating some wrongdoings of car makers?

What does Pep Guardiola mean in this sentence?

“I know my players, I know how they train, they work hard to make things perfect.
We knew [Leicester] would be focused  and here they believed really well, the long balls, the second balls."

They believed really well: does he mean they prepared very well?

The long balls, the second balls:  the long passes and the second pass? Or the second goal they scored ?

How to parse this sentence?

But it is at least a tactic, an attempt to address a problem that is unmistakably Mourinho in nature and which was always likely to centre at some point on issues of fitness and will.

Does it mean as follows:

But it is at least a tactic, and an attempt to address a problem that is unmistakably Mourinho in nature and, which was always likely to centre at some point on issues of fitness and will.

Is this "to..." a subject complement or an object complement?

1. Women were not allowed to take part in the games.

If we use this active voice like "They did not allow women to take part in the games. ", then "to..." is an object complement. but I am not sure about the passive voice.

Thanks.