My Girlfriend Wants Victory

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“Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart!”

As the cheers of Borussia Dortmund fans echoed in my ears, tears flowed from my eyes without my realizing it.

The comfort of the 80,000 spectators gathered at Signal Iduna Park made me feel like the wounds that had quietly accumulated in my heart were beginning to heal.

“Jinho─!! Hang in there!!”

After crying for a long time, I felt a bit refreshed in my chest, but… how should I put it…

“I’m almost 40, and I’m crying like a child. What is this?”

A sense of embarrassment washed over me.

“Have you calmed down? I thought you were a monster, but now that I see you crying, you look human.”

“I thought you were a football robot because you didn’t even show any disappointment after missing a shot last time.”

While I wiped away my tears with a mortified expression, Kevin Großkreutz and Shinji Kagawa playfully ruffled my hair and moved on.

“Jinho, you’re never alone! We’re here, and the fans are here! Anyone not cheering for you isn’t a true fan! Do your best for the fans who support you!”

Then, Mats Hummels approached me, offering comfort as I gazed at the fluttering Borussia Dortmund flags and resolved myself.

“While we can’t win every match…”

I wanted to ensure that, come what may, we would win at least this home game.

Beeep─!

As the referee’s whistle blew, motivated, I energetically stormed onto the pitch.

Although Dortmund’s recent performances had not been stellar…

It didn’t seem likely we would lose to Köln.

After all, this was Signal Iduna Park, known as the hell for visiting teams.

“Sasha! Back!!”

It felt like the cheers of the Dortmund fans were somehow unsettling the Köln defenders.

“Damn it!”

Sasha Rieter, startled by Dortmund’s unexpected forward pressure, made a rushed pass that went wrong.

I quickly dashed in before the opposing defender could seize the ball and successfully snatched it away.

As I turned my body and prepared to sprint toward the Köln goal…

Köln’s defender, Sereno, grabbed my uniform with his hand to stop me, disrupting my balance and causing me to tumble to the ground.

“Referee─!!”

While lying on the ground, I stretched out my arms and looked at the referee.

Felix Brych, the referee for this match, promptly pulled a yellow card from his chest pocket and warned Sereno.

“Jinho, well done!!”

“Danke.”

With the first half starting, having just given a warning to the Köln defender, I gripped Kevin Großkreutz’s outstretched hand and got back on my feet.

*

[In early moments, Son Jinho receives a warning for the Köln center-back! Son Jinho’s strong forward pressure pays off!!]

[Son Jinho showing great form right from the game’s start! Despite being back on the pitch after a month, he displays intact game sense!]

Now, a free kick for Dortmund.

[Son Jinho’s free kick!]

As the kicker, Son Jinho aimed the ball towards Kevin Großkreutz’s head in the penalty box.

In the chaotic situation, the ball reached Kevin Großkreutz’s head.

[Kevin Großkreutz!! He heads it down! Kagawa! Shinji Kagawa!! Shoot! Goaaaallll─!! The first goal for Dortmund is scored by Shinji Kagawa!!]

Kagawa successfully pushed the ball into the net after Kevin Großkreutz set it up.

With Kagawa’s opening goal setting the tone, Dortmund aggressively pressed Köln.

[Dortmund, riding high, starts pushing up the line. Hummels passes to Son Jinho! Son Jinho! Slips it through the defense of four!]

[Schmelzer infiltrates the penalty box! And shoots! Goaaaalll─! Son Jinho, back in the game and immediately contributing!! He assists Schmelzer’s goal!!]

In the 25th minute of the first half, Dortmund scored once again against Köln.

“The goats are shaking! Let’s all dig in and score one more goal!”

With Son Jinho’s words, the Dortmund players laughed and energized themselves to pressure Köln fiercely.

[Son Jinho takes the ball! Instead of shooting, he pushes it to the penetrating Lewandowski! Lewandowski shoots! Goaaaalll─!]

[Another explosion today! Son Jinho’s assist and Lewandowski’s finish! A fantastic connection between these two players!]

Just before the first half ended, Lewandowski scored, and Dortmund had successfully netted three goals in the first half.

“Krass! This is it!”

[Jürgen Klopp looks like a child with a huge smile on his face, filled with joy!]

[Son Jinho repays Klopp’s belief in him with a stellar performance!]

*

23 minutes into the second half.

“Jinho─!!”

As the winter snow cheerfully cheered for Son Jinho from the stands, she immediately turned on her smartphone and accessed the Ho-woo gallery as soon as she saw Son Jinho being substituted off the pitch.

[Title: Our Bro Subbed Out. İlkay Gündoğan IN]

[Title: Dortmund fans giving a standing ovation….]

[Title: Highlight reel of Jinho’s first-half performance]

[Title: ㅠㅠ My brother is crying ㅠㅠ Those damn reporters and the federation brats ㅠㅠ]

[Title: Dortmund fans cheering for Jinho with card sections ㅠㅠ]

Because it was an evening match—not an early morning game by Korean standards—the Ho-woo gallery was bustling with activity.

[Title: Ha. Son Jinho really isn’t that great.]

Author: Manchester United Doctor

My heart feels the same☆

└ The crazy girl is acting up again.

As Han Gyeouri, who wore a satisfied expression at the posts praising Son Jinho, wrote a compliment post and added an angry rant against the football association for the scars her boyfriend had received, she penned:

[Title: What exactly did our country’s football association presidents do wrong?]

Author: Manchester United Doctor

Did they try to appoint a coach on their own? Or fire one while ignoring procedures? Or sacrifice my boyfriend and when things backfired, resign everyone but themselves and shift the responsibility onto lower-level staff? What exactly did the president of the football association do wrong?

└ Lmao, you really nailed it.

└ Looking at it this way, they’re just trash;; Since my brother has retired, the Korea Football Association should just close shop. I can’t bear to watch national team games anymore.

└ Wow…. Do you guys want to hear something spine-tingling?

└ Oh? What is it?

└ The author of this post is Manchester United Doctor. This is the first time I’ve seen him say something right;

└ No, it wasn’t even right, there’s a boyfriend mention mixed in there, lmao.

└ Ah lol, I’ve gotten so used to it that I just skipped over it.

└ Crazy girl, why are you my brother’s girlfriend!?

While humming and browsing through comments, Han Gyeouri stumbled upon a bothersome one.

[Title: Aahㅠㅠ How could this happen ㅠㅠ My brother is crying ㅠㅠ]

Han Gyeouri quickly searched for the nickname and checked the written post.

[Title: ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Jinho oppa is so handsome ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Can’t he date me after breaking up with his girlfriend who has big tits?ㅠㅠ]

She felt a wave of anger wash over her.

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End of the match.

[Dortmund wins against Köln with a resounding 6:0.]

[‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ echoes at Dortmund’s home ground, Signal Iduna Park. The love of Dortmund fans for Jinho fills the air.]

[Son Jinho, shedding tears at the support from fans. It’s a time when he needs reflection as a human, not just a reporter….]

└ …Is the reporter saying something correct?

└ There are surprisingly quite a few normal reporters. The problem is that they are a handful compared to the entitlement-ridden idiots.

[Son Jinho records 2 assists, delivering a stellar performance to break Dortmund’s losing streak.]

[Son Jinho showcases a perfect performance in his comeback match! “Thanks for the support from fans.”]

[Jeong Do-cheol, the candidate for the next association president and Medieval Car Manufacturer, states, “It’s a daunting position, but I’ll do my best.”]

└ No way, why is it Medieval again?

└ I think Jeong Do-cheol could be trusted.

└ Jeong Do-cheol has always had a keen interest in football.

└ And if it’s not a medieval figure, it would be Ha Seung-pyo or Seon Moon-sin becoming the president, and that would mean Korean football would really collapse.

└ ??? Aren’t those two football reformers? Why would Korean football collapse?

└ Seon Moon-sin and Ha Seung-pyo sent college students to the 1992 AFC Asian Cup and almost got banned from AFC after getting eliminated, lmao.

└ Back then, the quote from the head of the benefiting group…. “If I ever talk about football with Ha Seung-pyo and Seon Moon-sin again, they aren’t humans but dogs.”

└ For reference, Guus Hiddink really tore into Park Kwang-rae and Seon Moon-sin.

└ Didn’t Seon Moon-sin also criticize Cha Bum-kun? I think he once called him just an average player.

└ To be precise, he said, “Cha Bum-kun is not such a successful player.”

└ Lmfao, who exactly is a successful player in Korea now?