READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 100
Episode 98: Son Jinho’s Disparaging Remarks About Advertisement Items Have Been Deleted.
Consequently, the contents from the last episode have been changed and deleted.
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A month has passed since the news of Gyeouri’s pregnancy was announced.
The South Korea London Olympic National Team reached the semifinals, reigniting the passion in South Korea.
Although they suffered a crushing defeat of 0-3 against Brazil in the semifinals.
[South Korea suffering a defeat to Brazil, a moment filled with regret wondering what if Son Jinho had been there.]
└ Ha. If only the legendary first team including Son Jinho had come, we could have won.
└ Damn lol what’s this legendary first team lol
[South Korea and Japan face off for the bronze medal!]
└ Korea versus Japan has begun!
└ Yeah, it’s Korea vs. Japan lol
The match for third and fourth place ignited significant interest from the public.
South Korea and Japan.
[Without our Son Jinho, we’re not first team.]
[We also didn’t bring our overseas players, not first team.]
Netizens from both countries began sowing the seeds of defeat.
[The reason Son Jinho had to retire from the national team while he was thriving at Dortmund.]
Son Jinho’s retirement reason once again made headlines, and the football association was criticized.
And time passed until August 10.
The fateful Korea-Japan match took place at Principality Stadium.
[South Korea 2, Japan 0, a clean victory!!]
└ Kreee~ Even without Son Jinho, Japan was easily cut!
└ Yo! The older guys really helped. A 2-0 victory means if our Jinho-ham had come, you would have been done for~
With Park Juyong’s Kkachi Mask performance and Gu Jachil’s additional goal, Korea succeeded in winning the historic bronze medal in South Korean football, instantly transforming into an atmosphere of excitement.
Given the increasing interest in international competition results, attention began to shift toward football in South Korea.
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[Facing Bayern Munich, Dortmund aims for a sixth consecutive victory! The DFL Supercup announcing the season opener is approaching.]
└ Seeing a Korean player in Dortmund makes them a strong team, right? Then they should easily beat a weak team like Bayern Munich!
└ What are you talking about? Dortmund was nearly bankrupt just a few years ago!
└ Why are there so many football newbies?
└ Son Jinho… player… show the potential of South Korea!
└ More older folks are coming too;;
[Bayern Munich wishing to halt Dortmund’s winning streak.]
[Coach Jupp Heynckes, “Dortmund is a resilient team.”]
[Jurgen Klopp expressing confidence in winning the DFL Supercup against Bayern Munich. “Matches against Bayern Munich have never been easy. Tomorrow will also be a tough contest, but I believe in my players.”]
[Son Jinho, nominated for FIFA World Best Finalists! This is a crucial moment!]
└ Can he win?
└ If he wins, that alone would make him an all-time great Asian player lol
└ Honestly, last season’s stats are off the charts. I see potential.
└ Uh, but the opponent is the Euro champion~
└ Besides, winning three major competitions in a row could be tough.
└ The World Best voting isn’t a popularity contest, so no worries since it’s about stats.
└ Sorry, but FIFA’s World Best is genuinely a popularity contest lol
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DFL Supercup.
The DFL Supercup, where the Bundesliga champion faces the DFB-Pokal champion, is held in a one-off match at the home ground of the DFB-Pokal winner.
However, since last season Dortmund achieved a double in the league and the cup, Bayern Munich, who finished second in the Bundesliga, became their opponent.
[‘Runner-up Treble’ Bayern Munich, bringing in solid players like Javi Martínez, Xherdan Shaqiri, Mario Mandzukic, and Dante!]
Last season, with a successful transfer frenzy, Bayern Munich angered with their moves.
The Dortmund fans gathered at Signal Iduna Park early, eagerly awaiting the beginning of the regular season.
There were no special events planned; they just couldn’t sit still with the excitement of the regular season approaching.
For Germans, football and beer were irreplaceable parts of life.
The DFL Supercup held a week before the regular league’s start felt like the beginning of a new life for them.
Dortmund’s home fans settled in the stadium, and the cheers began to resonate.
“Who is the German champion? BVB Dortmund!”
The voices of the fans singing the anthem were filled with pride for their club.
Just a few years prior, they had to face the threat of financial bankruptcy, but now Dortmund was flourishing with two consecutive league championships.
Even though Shinji Kagawa, who shined in the second half of last season, and Lukas Barrios, the former top player, had left the team, they joined forces with Marco Reus, who had carried the team against Mönchengladbach.
With Son Jinho stepping up to replace Shinji Kagawa, the fans had lingering regrets but no worries about this season’s performance.
The only concern was that Son Jinho was still seen as a promising player and might veer off course.
[Dortmund’s star Jinho! Revealing his girlfriend’s pregnancy!]
└ Oh! This is the best news I’ve heard this year! Jinho! Congratulations!
Recently it was resolved that the fans began to express their high expectations for the season without worries.
By the way, many fans were worried that the prospect might stray, but they were the loudest in celebrating Gyeouri’s pregnancy with fervent cheers.
└ Alright! Now the chance of veering off-course has decreased!
└ That rascal Rooney also matured after getting married!
Isn’t there an unchanging law that can be poison to a promising player in this world? In the distant future, it would be known as the ‘Fundamental Theory of Januzaj’ in Korea, already learned by European football fans with ‘Seontong Hugak’.
And that was also the reason FC Barcelona swiftly released Ronaldinho, who fell into nightlife for the sake of team future Lionel Messi.
It was also the reason why Zlatan evaluated Barcelona’s strict exclusion against young talents as “like a school.”
[The DFL Supercup broadcast is SBK!]
Before long, the match time slowly approached, and the lineup was announced.
Son Jinho played as an attacking midfielder, replacing Shinji Kagawa who transferred to Tottenham.
South Korean netizens cheered and expressed concerns about Son Jinho in the attacking midfielder position.
[Son Jinho playing as an attacking midfielder in the DFL Supercup.]
└ As expected, our guy is starting ssssss
└ Oh. If he’s playing as an attacking midfielder, we can expect some highlights, right?
└ Based on what he did in Korea, at least twice should be possible lol
└ But wasn’t that because it was the South Korean Olympic team? The defense really crumbled like a sandcastle.
Central midfielders Sebastián Kehl and İlkay Gündoğan were on the pitch, with Robert Lewandowski positioned up front.
The formation was, as always, the 4-2-3-1, which could most effectively carry out Gegenpressing.
And the same went for Bayern Munich’s formation.
After FC Barcelona’s rise, if Tiki-Taka became the symbol of Spanish La Liga, then Gegenpressing became the emblematic football style of the German Bundesliga.
– Jurgen Klopp: “We cannot buy a 100 billion playmaker. Instead, Gegenpressing is our playmaker.”
Various reasons exist, but the biggest factor was that the 50+1 rule (no individual can own more than 50%-1 of the club’s shares) fits perfectly to the financial limitations facing the Bundesliga.
“If the smell of a goal is in the air, shoot actively.”
The master of Gegenpressing, Jurgen Klopp, instructed Son Jinho to aim for the goal just before the match began.
[2012/2013 DFL Supercup! With the Bundesliga opening right around the corner! The last season’s champions and runners-up are facing off at Signal Iduna Park, which is now familiar to South Korean football fans!]
[Indeed. And on the starting lineup is Son Jinho. Feeling nostalgic seeing a South Korean player holding a starting spot in the Bundesliga, a big league in Europe.]
└ Did you guys see that? Recently, Jurgen Klopp said?
└ What’s he saying?
└ “We can’t buy a 100 billion playmaker. But we picked up a playmaker worth 150 billion for free.”
└ Who’s he talking about? Son Jinho?
└ Yup lol
└ For real, this will be remembered as a divine move in Dortmund’s history.
[Ah! Son Jinho, who has been recognized as the first Son Jinho rather than the second Cha Bum-kun after both first and second half performances last season, is shown! The camera is unusually focused on him!]
[Such a grand appearance! We hope he shows a great performance today! With the referee’s whistle, the match begins!]
└ By the way, did our guy help Dortmund get back on their financial feet?
└ Yeah, he recently got a sponsor deal with GL or whatever.
└ Helping them secure a sponsor deal, Son Jinho;;
└ Goddamn GL;; of course, home appliances should be from GL
└ Not only that, our guy has already brought home three trophies since joining Dortmund ㄷㄷ;;
└ There’s a reason the Dortmund fans adore him.
└ For real, with this level, he seems like a championship specialist.
└ Ha, let’s just win the Champions League this season. Then as a Dortmund fan, I can support him until the day I die.
└ Support what? Gross;;
└ As a true Dortmund fan who suffered through the dark times, shouldn’t you just support our guy quietly? lol
└ Our guy debuted in the first team, so…
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As the referee’s whistle sounded, the DFL Supercup between Dortmund and Bayern Munich commenced.
Right from the start, the two teams fiercely clashed.
[Franck Ribéry has the ball. He’s the player to watch out for in Bayern Munich, right?]
[That’s right. He’s famous worldwide… huh? No way! He’s totally through! Dortmund is in trouble! They need to block this!!]
In the 6th minute, Ribéry tore through the side and delivered a cross, allowing Mandzukic to score the opening goal.
[Oh… Goal. Mandzukic’s header shakes the net. Bayern Munich takes the lead.]
└ Damn, is this a national team match? Why’s the commentary like this?
└ Openly biased commentary, is it Dortmund’s turn to get roasted lol
└ For real, the defense is crumbling, just like how the commentary is totally making this feel like a national team game lololol
Dortmund, who had started to fall behind early in the first half.
From the moment they conceded, they raised their line and went on the attack in search of an equalizer.
[Son Jinho has the ball! He’s looking to Marco Reus on the flank!]
[Marco Reus has it! He penetrates and shoots with his right foot!!! Whoa──! He blocked it!! A super save by Manuel Neuer! He manages to stop it!!]
[Wow, that was a beautifully curved shot! It’s impressive that he could stop it. We can say he’s well struck and well saved.]
In the 45th minute of the first half, feeling frustrated as they couldn’t find the opening against Bayern Munich’s goal.
[Ah! İlkay Gündoğan’s passing mistake!! Dortmund faces a counterattack! They’re in danger again!!]
Dortmund almost conceded further during Bayern Munich’s counterattack.
[Son Jinho!! Son Jinho’s quick cover saves Dortmund from disaster!]
[That could have made the match difficult.]
Thanks to Son Jinho’s rapid recovery, they narrowly avoided another goal.
And then Dortmund launched a counterattack.
As the saying goes, after the crisis comes opportunity. The balance of attack and defense for Bayern Munich had already crumbled.
[The balance of Bayern Munich is down! We have to counterattack right away!?]
With the ball snatched from Bayern Munich, Son Jinho swiftly transitioned to the attack.
Son Jinho’s long pass connected with Marco Reus, who was penetrating down the left flank.
The referee, just about to blow the whistle to end the first half, pulled his whistle out of his mouth.
Just before the first half ended, Dortmund was given one last chance to attack.
After passing, Son Jinho sprinted forward like crazy.
Taking advantage of Bayern Munich’s attention focused on Lewandowski, Marco Reus, and Mario Götze.
[Son Jinho penetrates into the penalty box!!]
Unexpectedly hitting the penalty box, Son Jinho succeeded in laying his foot on a low, fast cross coming toward him.
[Uwaaaaaaa─! It’s in!!! Son Jinho finds the equalizer! Today the signal rings out at Signal Iduna Park!!!!]
As soon as he confirmed the net trembling, he rushed towards the tens of thousands of home fans to perform a cradle celebration.
[The home fans of Dortmund are applauding and congratulating Son Jinho, who has become a child’s father!]
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At the same time.
A netizen watching the DFL Supercup match wrote a post filled with a sense of urgency.
[What if our future son gets stolen by the German national team?]
└ Huh?