Chapter 203
[Manchester United, Community Shield Champion.]
[With the first button successfully fastened, Manchester United senses a distinctly improved defensive stability compared to last season.]
[Michael Carrick shines with a perfect performance despite a sudden appearance as a center-back.]
[Sami Khedira, showing vigorous movement, completely erases Özil’s presence, and right after the match, he turns to the South Korean reporters… “I also like Choco Pie.”]
[Son Jinho, having heard Khedira’s remark. “I didn’t ask him to say that.”]
[Is Son Jinho back to jersey number 10? Did he get his number stolen from Ronaldo?]
[Ronaldo, who took Son Jinho’s number, repays with a phenomenal assist!]
└ What? Did my brother just get his number stolen?
└ That jerk, I can’t believe he took the score last time, now he’s taking the number too.
└ Didn’t we agree on wearing number 7 for last season? What the hell?
└ Yeah yeah, I remember buying Son Jinho limited edition jersey too hahaha.
└ But can you even call that limited edition…? hahahaha.
└ But it’s rare, right?
└ Seriously, I saw it already selling for crazy prices on second-hand trading sites.
[Scoring a dramatic winning goal, Son Jinho and Cristiano Ronaldo, who assisted the winning goal, release a double cheer!]
└ Hoouuu─!
└ When they both cheered at the same time, my pants got soaked.
└ Prostate issues, oh no.
└ Am, am I impotent?
[Premier League official opening poster… ‘2013 Ballon d’Or Winner’ Son Jinho placed right in the center!]
└ Wow haha, waiter, lower the shutter, I’m not going home today!
└ Wow… that poster is lit as hell hahaha.
└ The way he cheers is so cool hahaha.
└ I agree, even looking again, my knees feel weak.
└? Weak knees? That’s the hollow part behind the knee, how can that be weak?
└ Hahaha, my knees feel weak hahahaha.
└ This guy pees on his knees or what hahaha.
└ Oh, I see! Thank you!
└ ;;; Huh? Why are the responses so nice?
└ It seems like a kind act concept, idiot.
└ Uh… I’m just a student, so I don’t know much… sorryㅠㅠ.
└ Ah… I’m trash.
└ Hoou Alert: Buddy;;; let me seriously advise you for your future. Delete that community post now.
└ Hoou Warning: Yup, if you don’t delete that community post, you’ll turn out like that guy above.
└ Hoou Alert: Wow. That jerk is throwing such a serious curse on a growing sprout.
└ Damn, this guy knows he’s trash hahahaha.
└ Self-awareness level: genius hahahaha.
The Community Shield has ended, and even though the fact that my jersey number changed to 10 sparked rumors online that I got robbed of 7 by Ronaldo,
It was obviously not true.
With Cristiano Ronaldo’s return taking place after my signing, it tangled the jersey number situation.
Due to various financial factors related to issues like jersey refunds, it ended up that I was closer to wearing the number 7 for the entire 13/14 season.
Anyway, just before the new season began.
Having handed back the number 7 jersey, which I didn’t particularly care about, I thought about taking 13, which belonged to Jisong Hyung.
– Jisong Hyung: Hey, don’t really do that, it’s a burden.
Due to Jisong Hyung’s strong opposition, that plan was scrapped, and I chose the number 10, which I had used since my Dortmund days and was accustomed to.
Since the number had been vacant since Rooney headed to Real Madrid, there was no need for traffic control.
Anyway, upon my decision to change my number to 10, Edward, the treasurer of Manchester United, smiled broadly, satisfied.
Compared to last season, wearing a new number allowed the club to sell new jerseys to Manchester United fans and supplement finances.
Furthermore, fans with families were happy as it provided them with reasonable justification to buy new season jerseys.
[Son Jinho, surpassing Ronaldo, achieved highest jersey sales.]
└ Whoa hahaha.
└ He just sells like crazy in Asia.
└ If Chinese people buy just one jersey of Son Jinho each, damn~ how much is that?
└ But why do Chinese people like Son Jinho so much? What’s that about?
└ There was a story about the Chinese president loving the signed jersey from Son Jinho. Isn’t that why?
└ What the hell? Just because the Chinese president got a signed jersey doesn’t mean he will like him, don’t exaggerate haha.
└ But the Chinese president is actually a soccer fan.
Whether it was due to the change in jersey number or not, the jersey sales for Manchester United continued at a pace similar to last year when I transferred.
[Son Jinho’s game-worn jersey number 7 from the 13/14 season traded at high prices on resale sites….]
└ It’s like they’re buying tons in China, what the hell?
└ Damn;; was it true that the Chinese president is a Son Jinho fan?
As the previous jersey is being treated as a limited edition with considerable resale value forming,
[(Premier League Opening) Manchester United faces Newcastle at Old Trafford!]
Having fastened their first button in the last FA Cup Community Shield, Manchester United successfully secured a victory against Newcastle in the opening match of the Premier League.
The score was 3 to 0.
Due to Robin van Persie’s injury-induced departure, the triangular formation was dissolved, and they couldn’t show the overwhelming firepower they displayed at the beginning of last season.
However, thanks to Virgil van Dijk, who has fully adapted to the Premier League, and the newly joined players, they demonstrated a more balanced appearance compared to last season.
We maintained control of the match throughout, successfully securing 3 points.
Objectively speaking, looking at the performance, I can confidently say we played a much better game than last season.
Last season, we managed to hit a rare clean sheet right from the first match.
Even though we were overshadowed by the overwhelming attacking line of me, Ronaldo, and Van Persie, without the strikers and goalkeeper, Manchester United’s squad was disappointingly weak, unthinkable for a big club.
Thankfully, signing Virgil van Dijk in the winter transfer window took a weight off our shoulders, allowing us to achieve an undefeated championship last season.
[Son Jinho’s heat map creates a stir, with clear differences from last season!]
Anyway, if I played a bit more defensively last season due to focusing on defense, seeing that our defense is stable now, I thought I could trust my teammates and venture out more aggressively this season.
***
[“Son Jinho, multi-goal” Manchester United easily crushes Burnley.]
After securing victory in the opening match against Newcastle, Manchester United successfully won against Burnley in the second round of the Premier League without breaking a sweat.
[MK Dons coach, “As long as you don’t give up until the end, there’s always a chance to win.”]
And two days later on August 27.
Having recorded a shameful loss of 4 to 0 against a third-division team in the original history, Manchester United faced MK Dons in the second round of the Capital One Cup.
[“Son Jinho absent…” The team scores a 4 to 1 victory and advances to the Round of 32!]
Alex Ferguson rotated all players except goalkeeper David De Gea and managed to easily crush MK Dons.
[MK Dons coach, “I’m proud of the players who gave their best despite the power difference.”]
[MK Dons prospect Dele Alli catches the eyes of big clubs with a fantastic wonder goal!]
During this time, Dele Alli, playing for MK Dons, showcased his talents and fired an amazing wonder goal, quickly catching the attention of first division teams.
[MK Dons, Dele Alli. Will he receive a call from Alex Ferguson?]
***
At the time Manchester United was on a three-game winning streak after the start of the 14/15 season.
[Bayern Munich, who forgot mercy, overwhelms Hamburg with a 7 to 0 victory.]
After having suffered four defeats in the final match and failing to lift the Big Ear, Bayern Munich swept through the Bundesliga, brewing resentment.
[Juup Heynckes, “There will be no mercy for Munich anymore.”]
As the manager of Bayern Munich and being called the Demon King by Japanese football fans, Juup Heynckes openly declared his ambition to lift the Big Ear as the Champions League group stage draw approached.
[Jurgen Klopp of Dortmund, “The club that faced bankruptcy lifted the Big Ear in the Champions League. The fairytale has long begun.”]
As Borussia Dortmund, emerging as the only counter to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga by digesting the legacy left by Son Jinho, also began to crave the Big Ear.
[Zinedine Zidane, ‘We will complete La Decima this season.’]
[Lionel Messi, “Our goal this season is the same as last season.”]
In La Liga, Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid and MSN’s Barcelona entering the second year both set the Big Ear as their target.
[Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri, “It’s time to reclaim the glory we lost long ago.”]
[PSG’s main striker Zlatan Ibrahimović, “People will witness the myth of Zlatan.”]
After achieving three consecutive championships in Serie A, Juventus and the absolute ruler of Ligue 1, Paris Saint-Germain, also announced their intention to lift the Big Ear.
And time fast-forwarded to August 28, 2014.
As the Big Ear, coveted by renowned clubs throughout Europe, appeared on the screen,
[Manchester United, grouped in the death group with Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, and Monaco in Group F!]
The Champions League group draw began.