Edit this sentence to make it more succinct without losing meaning: "The game was a crushing defeat despite the fact that the team had been training for weeks."
Despite weeks of training, the game resulted in a crushing defeat for the team.
Complete the following task based on the instruction and optional input provided.### Instruction:
Edit this sentence to make it more succinct without losing meaning: "The game was a crushing defeat despite the fact that the team had been training for weeks."

### Output:
Despite weeks of training, the game resulted in a crushing defeat for the team.