My Girlfriend Wants Victory

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The match between Manchester United and Stoke City garnered quite a bit of attention.

[Busy Manchester United meets ‘speed bump’ Stoke City.]

Last season, wasn’t Stoke City the only team to almost stop Manchester United’s unbeaten title run?

[Injury warning blows for Manchester United.]

[Football fans are furious over Stoke City’s coach’s shameless attitude towards rough play. “What’s the problem with rough football being part of the tactics?”]

Although Stoke City faced a lot of criticism for their overly rough play after the match,

“Anyway, as time passes, people will remember only the winner. The process doesn’t matter.”

Tony Pulis, the coach who re-signed with Stoke City, didn’t care.

In original history, before the start of the 13/14 season, Tony Pulis had been mutually terminated after rising expectations from Stoke City fans following FA Cup runner-up and Europa League qualification along with the resulting criticisms.

[Stoke City enters Europa with shock and terror.]

└ Damn lol it’s hilarious how other league teams can’t handle Stoke City’s spicy style.

└ Honestly, thinking about it, it is kind of weird for them to be surprised.

└ Suddenly, it seems impressive how Musin-du didn’t budge against Stoke City.

In this changed history, they once again delivered last season’s performance, and currently, Tony Pulis was filled with confidence.

If Stoke City managed to take down Manchester United in this match, teams following their tactics would start coming out one by one.

Then, his manly football would establish itself as a trend like Pep Guardiola’s positional play or Jürgen Klopp’s gegenpressing.

[A master ahead of the trends, Tony Pulis says the secret is not ignoring the cry of something ringing within.]

[‘Manly’ Tony Pulis talks about the direction football should move forward…].

Imagining a future filled with golden light, Stoke City’s Tony Pulis smiled.

[Liverpool’s Brendan Rodgers. Charlie Adam, who choked Sanchez, faces fierce criticism…. “An unbelievable incident occurred in this match.”]

[Arsène Wenger of Arsenal, “Stoke City should be banished from the Premier League.”]

[Pep Guardiola of Man City vehemently criticizes Charlie Adam’s tackle on David Silva…. “Charlie Adam, devoid of a sportsmanship spirit, is not a football player.”]

[“Don’t carelessly define football. Football is war. If you’re going to claim childish assertions like sportsmanship, just stay home and play video games.”]

[‘Anti-football’ Mourinho, “I want to show those who criticize me. Is this still my anti-football?”]

[Pulis, facing ongoing criticism, says, “I don’t listen to the words of those weaker than me.”]

[(Stoke-on-Trent Live) Master Tony Pulis, who has defeated Arsenal, Liverpool, Man City, and Chelsea in the first half. “I am still hungry.”]

Despite the barrage of criticism, he fielded Charlie Adam and the deputy professor and action leader Ryan Shawcross.

[The match between Manchester United and Stoke City begins with the referee’s whistle in the Premier League Round 18.]

As the referee’s expression darkened sensing it would be a tough match for Stoke City’s starting lineup, the game kicked off between Manchester United and Stoke City.

[Ah! Right as the match began, Charlie Adam accumulates yellow cards with brutal tackles. Cristiano Ronaldo protests to the referee that it should be a red card, but the original decision stands.]

└ Wow, is that guy crazy?

└ Who is he?

└ Charlie Adam.

└ Didn’t that guy just get suspended for choking Sanchez last match?

└ Exactly, how did that guy start in the first place?

Charlie Adam succeeded in setting a record of collecting cards right after the match started.

[In fact, that tackle could have warranted a red card, right? This match seems like it will get quite rough, I suppose.]

└ Wow, how is that just a warning?

└ Seems like they were lenient on the foul right after the match began.

└ Wow. So how do you get a red card right after the match starts?

└ Maybe stepping on the referee’s foot right in front of him could work?

└ Damnit, what kind of football player would be using divine forces in that manner?

***

Perhaps due to history’s resilience, Charlie Adam ended up causing chaos during the last match against Liverpool.

Contrary to expectations that he would be suspended due to his penalty,

he merely faced a one-match ban and thus was eligible to play against United.

‘…Does that guy really have connections within the federation?’

That thought crossed my mind as it seemed unreasonable that the federation’s punishment towards Charlie Adam was excessively light.

In any case, aside from Charlie Adam’s murderous tackle on Ronaldo right when the game began, Stoke City, who had been cautiously watching the referee’s gaze, revealed their true nature after a shot from Manchester United narrowly grazed the net.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP─!

The atmosphere of the stadium grew increasingly heated with Stoke City’s rough fouls.

As Stoke City took a rough approach, Manchester United retaliated even more fiercely.

If we displayed any timid behavior against Stoke City, other lower-ranked teams could also come at us as fiercely as Stoke did.

This was a necessary choice for the sake of safety.

“Please calm down, it’s only been 5 minutes since the game started!”

The referee worked hard to soothe the escalating atmosphere, trying to ensure they could play a football match, not a boxing match.

But the referee’s efforts felt as futile as pouring water into a bottomless well.

“Oh! They’re fighting over there!”

“Bloody Hell…. Where now!”

In the brief moment when the referee’s attention shifted to the fight,

POW.

POW.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Charlie Adam quickly exchanged punches.

“SIUUUU!”

“Haha!”

Cristiano Ronaldo unleashed his S-tier invisibility technique, and Charlie Adam, with a bloodthirsty look, smirked mockingly at Ronaldo’s punches.

“What’s this noise?”

Upon hearing a dull sound from behind, the referee turned his head to see Charlie Adam and Cristiano Ronaldo brightly smiling, linking arms, and giving a thumbs-up to the referee as if nothing had happened.

The two showcased their incredible teamwork, and as the referee once again turned to the front, they simultaneously lowered their thumbs down.

“…Why do you two match so well?”

Were they bonding while fighting?

***

In the match against Stoke City, the existing Manchester United players were accustomed to striking back, whereas.

Some new players in their first Premier League season displayed difficulty adapting to Stoke City’s rough play.

A prime example was Sadio Mané.

The famed Marco Arnautović, known for his roughness, shoved Sadio Mané hard from behind as he passed by, sending him sprawling.

“…This isn’t football!”

Experiencing Stoke City for the first time, Sadio Mané cried out in a daze.

“Welcome to the EPL.”

“Fresh newb scent wafting in here!”

The Stoke City players smiled brightly at the downed Sadio Mané.

“Sadio Mané.”

“Wh-what?”

“Forget the old ways of football.”

I approached the mentally crushed Mané and spoke earnestly.

“From now on, for us, football is murder.”

***

The match between Manchester United and Stoke City continued.

[Like Moses parting the Red Sea, Son Jinho successfully navigates past the Stoke City players.]

The crowd, who worried about injuries before the match, began to burst into admiration for the spectacular fighting… no, football skills displayed by the players.

[Here goes the shot… Ah! Steven Nzonzi stops it with a foul.]

And at that moment.

Son Jinho was sent tumbling across the grass after getting rammed by Steven Nzonzi.

[Son Jinho rolls on the ground in pain. The referee pulls out a warning for Steven Nzonzi, and boos erupt from Old Trafford.]

Old Trafford was filled with fierce boos directed at the Stoke City players.

[In agony, Son Jinho cannot get up, ah… I hope the injury isn’t serious.]

[Huh? Son Jinho is smiling!]

[That was a body check unrelated to the ball! If you were in his position, you’d find it utterly ridiculous!]

***

When I rolled about three times on the grass from that body check, I felt my reason slipping away.

‘Santa, with the powers you’ve granted me, shall I return another one today?’

The referee issued a warning to Steven Nzonzi and declared the foul, but the anger rising within me didn’t cool down.

The ensuing free kick situation.

“Jinho, don’t you dare seek revenge.”

I half-listened to the referee’s concerns with a smile, letting them go in one ear and out the other, and decided stealthily to take my revenge to avoid getting caught by the referee, filled with punitive spirit.

‘About that much.’

After observing Nzonzi’s jumping ability in pursuit of the aerial ball, I calculated exactly where his head would be positioned.

With power sufficient to cause pain but not endanger life, I attempted to shoot.

However, sensing my hostility, Nzonzi flinched the moment I kicked the ball, causing my timing to skew, and the ball sailed smoothly over Nzonzi’s head, shaking the Stoke City net.

It looked like it was going to miss the goal, only to suddenly drop—leaving the goalkeeper frozen in shock.

The roar of the Manchester United fans echoed in my ears at the fantastic score.

Of course, I let out a sigh, disappointed that I didn’t hit Nzonzi’s crown.

“Ahhhhhhh—!”

As the referee’s gaze turned skeptical, I quickly converted my sigh into a roar.

Just when I thought I scored while soothing my troubled heart,

“Thanks to Son Jinho, you scored, so you owe me an assist.”

As usual, Cristiano Ronaldo, claiming he contributed to this score, approached me.

“What did you do?”

I questioned with an expression of disbelief.

Ronaldo responded with a bright smile.

“I sent my soul. Son Jinho.”

Crazy dude. What does he think he is, a voodoo sorcerer?