Chapter 187
The match between Man U and Man City flowed in favor of Man U ever since Ronaldo scored the first goal.
At the point when Cleverley was ruled out for the season due to injury.
[Strong pressure from Darren Fletcher! He succeeded in winning the ball!]
Darren Fletcher, back from injury after a year and four months, seamlessly filled the gap left by Cleverley, syncing perfectly with Son Jinho.
[Darren Fletcher passes to Michael Carrick, and Michael Carrick sends it long up front!]
Fletcher’s pass connected with Carrick, who immediately attempted a long pass to Robin van Persie.
[Van Persi drops the ball to Son Jinho!]
In the future, in a competition against Fernandinho, known as “Peno,” Robin van Persie claimed victory.
[Son Jinho charges up with the ball!]
While dropping the ball in front of Son Jinho, he sprinted at full speed towards the penalty box.
“Jinho!!”
He called out Son Jinho’s name with a heartfelt urgency.
The arrogant expression of Ronaldo, who had just scored the opening goal, stayed fresh in his mind.
Was it because Van Persi’s desperate call reached Son Jinho?
[Son Jinho crosses!]
Son Jinho’s cross flew perfectly towards Van Persi.
“Oh no!”
Ronaldo’s scream echoed on the ground as he saw the cross aimed at Van Persi.
[Van Persi heads it!]
Robin van Persi paid no mind to Ronaldo’s scream and redirected the incoming cross towards Manchester City’s goal net.
[It’s in! Robin van Persi scores! He successfully narrows the scoring king race against Cristiano Ronaldo by 5 goals with his 20th league goal!]
Van Persi’s header cleanly pierced Manchester City’s net.
“United are the team for me!”
Cheers began to erupt at Old Trafford.
After scoring, Van Persi ran to the corner flag to share the joy with the home fans.
Contrary to expectations of a tight match, Man U scored two goals within the first 30 minutes, pulling ahead.
Pep Guardiola called David Silva for instructions, contemplating,
“It seems I’ll have to pull Toure in the second half.”
The game resumed with Manchester City’s kickoff, and they struggled hard to score a goal.
[James Milner to David Silva!]
David Silva, who got the ball between Son Jinho and Darren Fletcher.
He evaded Fletcher’s pressure and slid a pass with his left foot.
Silva’s pass aimed for the half-space between Evra and Vidic.
[Oh! David Silva’s pass connects! Sergio Agüero!]
Silva’s pass successfully connected with Sergio Agüero, who was attacking the half-space.
Grabbing the ball, Aguero looked to the opposite side of the keeper and curled his shot with his right foot.
‘That’s well-placed.’
As he shot, Sergio Agüero gazed at the goal with a face full of anticipation.
[Aguero! AAAAAHHH! Agüero’s shot just skims past the goal by a hair’s breadth!]
Unfortunately, Aguero’s shot veered away from Man U’s goal.
[Pep Guardiola covers his head in despair!]
[It really seemed well-placed. It missed by a fraction.]
Thus, the first half ended, and the second half continued.
Both teams kept battling fiercely, but no additional goals broke through.
[The match has ended. Manchester United has successfully defeated their rival Manchester City 2-0 at home!]
The match concluded with a 2-0 victory for Manchester United.
***
[The victor of the Manchester Derby is Manchester United.]
[United completely dominated City at Old Trafford.]
[Only six games left until the Premier League’s unique undefeated championship!]
[Ronaldo, who scored the first goal, shouts towards Pep Guardiola, Woo-hoo!]
[Robin van Persi’s clean header goal and Ronaldo looking disappointed(?)]
[Alex Ferguson, “Until the match ends, it was impressive to see the players pursuing goals. I’m proud they didn’t let their guard down till the end…”]
[An anonymous key player from Manchester United, “I won’t reveal the behind-the-scenes for the boss’s mental health.”]
[Paul Scholes, praising Son Jinho right after the Manchester Derby, “You’re saying my replacement is Jinho? That’s hilarious. Jinho is not someone’s second, he’s the first Jinho.”]
[‘Joining King’ Michael Owen’s top pick for the best trio, ‘Son Jinho – Ronaldo – Van Persi’]
[Is Cristiano Ronaldo’s scoring rival also his teammate Robin van Persi?]
└ Yeah~ Anyway, the scoring king is my bro.
└ Tsk. Son Jinho seems unlikely to be the scoring king.
└ ??? I was talking about Ronaldo, not Son Jinho, what are you saying?
└ Ah, hell. From now on, when I call him bro, specify where he’s from, you’re really confusing me.
└ Agree, so annoyingㅋㅋ
└ Wow. I just checked, and the three of them have already scored a total of 88 goals together.
└ No way;; they’ll hit 100 goals soon enough, right?
└ Considering the remaining games, reaching 100 should be easily doable.
└ Barcelona’s MSN already hit over 100 goals.
└ They are truly insane.
└ Real Madrid’s BBW line is also legendary haha.
└ BBW is insaneㅋㅋ.
└ Why is Rooney the only one with a name while others have surnames? haha.
└ But BBR rolls off the tongue better than BBW ㅋㅋ
[Son Jinho picks the Stoke City match as this season’s toughest match. “It was a battle that was challenging in a different way.”]
└ Damnㅋㅋ it’s hilarious that Charlie Adam’s football 3 was the biggest obstacle to an undefeated title.
└ The important thing is that football 3 couldn’t stop Man U haha.
└ As expected, the top club in the Premier League, Man U ㄷㄷ.
└ Man U Doctor: Premier League (x), the best sports club in the world is Man U (o).
└ Man U Doctor suddenly saying something right, huh?
└ Man U Doctor: Hehehehe.
└ Hits the mark.
└ Man U Doctor: ㅠㅠㅠㅠ That’s cruel.
└ Tsk! Don’t act cute!
[Arsenal fans are disheartened by Manchester City’s loss.]
└ Why are Arsenal fans upset?
└ The remaining teams are objectively lower-tier or relegation candidates, stopping Man U’s undefeated title is going to be tough.
└ Wow~ weaklings, don’t go against Huangyu haha.
└ Tsk tsk, don’t jump to conclusions. Relegation candidates will truly come at us with everything. It’s still uncertain.
└ Nez, you’re the next Arsenal fan haha.
└ But how many relegation teams does Man U face?
└ Norwich, Hull City, Sunderland, Aston Villa.
└ Wow ㅁㅊㅋㅋ 4 out of the 7 games are against relegation teams.
└ At this rate, isn’t Man U picking teams for relegation?ㅋㅋ.
└ Relegation maker ㄷㄷ;;
***
On the day they won against Man City, the atmosphere in Manchester began to heat up among the United fans.
With only 7 games left to take away Arsenal’s sole Premier League unbeaten title.
‘The remaining teams are Aston Villa, Everton, Norwich, Sunderland, Newcastle, Hull City, Southampton.’
Considering the other teams lag behind Man U, this Manchester City match turned out to be our last hurdle.
By beating Manchester City today, we successfully overcame that last hurdle.
Some impatient Man U fans started up an event for the undefeated championship.
“Well, we still can’t let our guard down until the end.”
Although Manchester was festively transformed, we firmly armored our minds.
***
[The festive atmosphere in Manchester.]
[Champagne popped early, will Man U complete its undefeated title safely?]
[Manchester United heads to Aston Villa away.]
[Lionel Messi shows excitement for the upcoming Champions League quarter-finals against Man U, “They are a good team, so I’m looking forward to it.”]
[Son Jinho enters the stadium with a serious expression. Is he struggling with his condition?]
***
Manchester United set off for an away game at Aston Villa’s Villa Park.
The Man U players led the match confidently amidst the hostile Aston Villa fans.
[Manchester United wins 4-0.]
They accomplished a 4-0 victory.
The standout player against Aston Villa was none other than Son Jinho.
Entering the stadium with a serious expression, Son Jinho brought aggressive movements right from the start, and just before 10 minutes passed,
When Aston Villa’s keeper saved Ronaldo’s shot, he calmly slotted the second ball flowing in front of him into the net to open the scoring.
Afterwards, Son Jinho added 2 goals and 1 assist, becoming the protagonist of the match.
With a boost in form through the match against Aston Villa, Manchester United welcomed FC Barcelona to Old Trafford.
***
Time flew by quickly.
On the day of the match against FC Barcelona.
“Jinho, let’s make today’s game fun.”
Lionel Messi found me, greeted me with a bright smile, and shook my hand.
*Phew…*
Honestly, shouldn’t Lionel Messi just accept it if I take him down by the ankle at this stage?
But one can’t spit on a smiling face.
“Alright, this time I won’t let you off.”
I smiled and shook hands with Lionel Messi.
“I’m looking forward to it.”
Huh? Did this guy just understand German?
Seems like this could be problematic.