My Girlfriend Wants Victory

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The Champions League group draw has been completed, and each team’s fortunes have been mixed.

– Chelmo: Phew, I’m glad I avoided the hellish group.

– Science High School Chairman: I’m not worried about the group draw, haha.

– Chelmo: ???

– Science High School Chairman: Honestly, I feel like we’ll definitely make it to the Round of 16, no matter what group we’re in.

Arsenal and Chelsea, who were placed in a sweet group, wore bright smiles.

“Papa! City! City!”

Manchester City, which ended up in a decent group considering they were in Pot 2, also wore satisfied expressions.

“Ugh! That guy has totally bad luck.”

On the other hand, fans of Manchester United, placed in the death group, cursed the draw announcer.

“But we’re still gonna come in first, so it doesn’t matter!”

They didn’t even have the slightest thought of being eliminated in the group stage.

Well, considering Manchester United’s current power, it’s only natural.

[Manchester United confirmed in the death group – assigned to Group F along with Juventus, Bayer Leverkusen, and AS Monaco!]

The media sensationalized the death group to sell newspapers, but based on objective strength, it was almost guaranteed that they would finish first in their group.

[Juventus’ Massimiliano Allegri: “There are no weak opponents in the Champions League. The players must not be careless…”]

As for the team to watch out for, it’d probably just be Juventus, who made it to the Champions League final in the original history?

Although football isn’t decided solely by simple stats, the huge difference in strength would mean placing Manchester United among the Round of 16 teams while the other teams fight for the remaining spot was almost a given.

Well… There are instances like Argentina being taken apart by Saudi Arabia in the Qatar World Cup, or South Korea defeating Germany 2-0 in the Russia World Cup.

Honestly, if miracles happened all the time, would they still be called miracles?

[Challenging for a treble after 16 years? Well, let’s give it a shot!]

└ Wow, the meme selection is amazing.

└ Haha, picturing the chairman’s face saying “let’s give it a shot” is hilarious.

└ For a moment, I thought he was a godfather, haha.

└ Man, this is intense; these guys are insane.

As the Manchester United players brimmed with confidence about advancing to the Round of 16, time passed quickly.

[Manchester United, hosting QPR at home, successfully gathered three points despite rotating players.]

In the Premier League’s third round, Manchester United rotated their squad against QPR and won, preparing to face AS Monaco in the first match of the Champions League group stage at Old Trafford.

[Manchester Evening News shows a cheerful atmosphere among the players, confident in victory.]

Entering Old Trafford with confident expressions saying AS Monaco is an easy win.

[Bernardo Silva delivers a decisive assist against Manchester United.]

[‘Son Jinho’s age mate’ Anthony Martial scores the winning goal!]

└ This damn journalist is trying to get clicks by throwing Son Jinho’s name in there, haha.

└ But yeah, they are the same age. Son Jinho was born in February, and Martial was born in December, but technically they are the same age in Korean standards, haha.

[Fabinho blocks Son Jinho’s decisive shot with his body.]

└ As expected, the full-back is Brazilian, wow, he’s fantastic.

└ Manchester United Specialist: Hmm, this guy seems like he’d do even better as a defensive midfielder.

└ Some basement expert thinks someone who does well as a full-back would excel as a defensive midfielder, haha.

After suffering a painful blow from AS Monaco and being drawn into their ten-man defense, they decorated their first Champions League match with a defeat.

“…Is this real, damn.”

In that moment, I realized that miracles are more common than I thought.

“Oh, thinking about it, regressing is a miracle too, right? My very existence was a miracle.”

***

[Manchester United suffers a shocking 1-0 defeat to AS Monaco at home.]

└ That damn Manchester United, I knew they would lose.

└ Yeah, looking at how they played today, they won’t win a treble even if they came back from the dead.

└ Messi >> An insurmountable wall >> the duo of Hojop 🤔?

[AS Monaco’s Leonardo Jardim: “Don’t belittle our victory with the word miracle.”]

[AS Monaco fans taunt after the match: “Where is Son! Where is Ronaldo!”]

[A brawl breaks out over AS Monaco’s provocative taunts.]

[Son Jinho exits the field with a stiff expression.]

└ Why does Son Jinho look like that after the loss?

└ Wow, seems like he’s gonna tear them apart, huh?

└ Ho-woo Warning: You guys are in deep trouble. Our brother is mad now.

└ Ho-woo Alert: Just consider yourselves dead, haha.

***

Right after losing to AS Monaco, I felt my previously relaxed mindset tightening up again as the squad’s reserves were more apparent.

Maybe I had gotten too full of myself after winning the Ballon d’Or.

“Let’s remember the Dortmund days where I gave my all even against weaker teams.”

Regaining my original mindset after a long time, I shaved my head to not forget this feeling.

“Buzz, buzzzzzz─!”

When Dad shaved my head short, it triggered an event where Haeun burst into tears.

But after a little while, she seemed to get used to it and started patting Dad’s head here and there.

“Oh~ Son Jinho with a buzz cut looks good too~”

As the cold winter approached and she patted my head.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen Jinho with a shaved head.”

My father-in-law and mother-in-law reminisced while talking.

“Back in first year of middle school, you didn’t want to shave your head and almost quit football.”

“Oh right. The middle school coach was so flustered that he came to our house!”

Hmm. Was that a thing?

Well, that was over 20 years ago, so I didn’t really remember well.

Anyway, the day after I shaved my head.

When I headed to Carrington Training Ground for recovery training.

“What’s this…? Shadow Clone Technique?”

The shaved heads welcomed me.

From veterans like Rio Ferdinand and Evra to rising stars like Marcus Rashford.

Everyone was participating in training with their heads shaved.

Just as I was moved by the realization that my thoughts were connected with the Manchester United players.

“Son Jinho.”

Cristiano Ronaldo, who had a buzz cut similar to mine, approached me cautiously.

“Did you possibly run into Alex?”

Behind Ronaldo, the Chairman poked his head out and looked at me.

For some reason, I couldn’t help but notice the chairman’s gaze, which was directed at my head, holding a buzzer.

Soon enough, he displayed a satisfied expression and gave me a thumbs up.

‘Hmm… since I’ll eventually shave it anyway, I might as well get some points.’

***

[‘Shaved Head Fighting Spirit?’ All Manchester United players join the buzz cut movement.]

[Alex Ferguson: “I heard that sometimes players in Korea shave their heads to focus on games, and when I shared this story at Carrington, the players spontaneously showed their willingness.”]

[An anonymous training ground manager tells a ghost story: “That day, a specter with a buzzer was roaming Carrington.”]

[Alex Ferguson: “What we lose is hair, what we gain is a valuable victory.”]

[‘Honest Statement’ Son Jinho: “Honestly, if losing hair means gaining victory, that seems like too big a loss.”]

[During the interview, Son Jinho is called away by Alex Ferguson.]

[Cristiano Ronaldo jokingly tells the surprised journalists: “I guess my survival instinct is a bit low since I haven’t experienced the Chairman much yet.”]

[Son Jinho, dragged away by Alex Ferguson and returning: “No individual is greater than the team. What Manchester United needs now is to unite under the great manager Ferguson. Everything is within the team, and nothing exists outside of it that opposes the team. All for one, One for all! By shaving our heads, we have become a great unity instead of the weak majority. Glory shall accompany the great leader Alex Ferguson!”]

[Premier League Round 4, shaved head spirit Manchester United vs Sunderland’s Korean Derby!]

***

As the Premier League Round 4 approached, facing Sunderland.

– Jisong-hyung: Jinho… please save me.

I got a message from retired Jisong-hyung.

– Ho-woo: Face your punishment, my brother.

Well, there’s nothing special going on.

It seems that the Manchester United players, who were unexpectedly forced into shaving their heads due to Jisong-hyung’s remarks, wrote an angry 5700-character message to him.

In total, 62 messages were delivered to Jisong-hyung.

Considering Manchester United’s first team roster is 25 members, it’s an unusually high number of messages, but there was no reason to be suspicious.

– Jisong-hyung: Chris, why’d that guy send 37 messages by himself?

That’s because Cristiano Ronaldo existed within Manchester United.

– Ho-woo: You either have to write a 5700-character praise message for Ronaldo or openly praise him in an interview to escape.

As Jisong-hyung accepted my advice and praised Ronaldo in an interview to survive the message barrage from Ronaldo.

The Premier League Round 4 away match against Sunderland ended with Manchester United’s 4-0 victory after rotating their squad ahead of the Champions League.

***

[Manchester United, revenge for lost hair? They crush Sunderland with a score of 4-0.]

[Lee Cheong-ryong sighed during an interview with a Korean reporter: “I don’t get why they take their anger out on us after getting slapped by Monaco.”]

[Manchester United departs for Torino to face Juventus in the second match of the Champions League group stage.]

***

After winning big against Sunderland, Manchester United arrived at Torino Airport to face Juventus.

Handed a totalitarian mindset from Ferguson, Son Jinho inherited the Germanic spirit that the best defense is an attack and took the initiative before the Italians could launch racial taunts.

“Is this the land of fascism?”