My Girlfriend Wants Victory

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[Major Incident! Borussia Dortmund Defeats Defending Champion Barcelona!]

[FC Barcelona’s Pep Guardiola Confident in Victory, ‘The Second Leg is at Camp Nou.’]

[Son Jinho Shines Against FC Barcelona! The World Begins to Take Notice!]

[Dortmund in Crisis? Son Jinho is Helped Off the Field Right Before the Final Whistle!]

└ Wait, so how bad is the injury?

└ No important info in this article, just a copy-paste of what’s already circulating in the community.

[Dortmund’s Medical Staff Releases Statement on Son Jinho’s Condition. “Son Jinho, not seriously injured! Just a thigh cramp caused by fatigue and dehydration.”]

└ Seriously…. Is this even an article? Copy-pasting community posts isn’t journalism!

└ Even if it’s not an injury, he’ll probably rest for the upcoming VfB Stuttgart match.

└ Can’t say for sure; he might still play.

└ But the Champions League quarterfinal second leg against Barcelona is just four days after the league match?

└ Honestly, let’s focus on the league and cup and forget about the Champions League;; the next match is at Camp Nou, how do we beat them there;;

└ We won the first leg, but it still feels disappointing to give up like this.

└ We should let him rest, but if this keeps up, my brother might get injured.

[After the league match on March 31, Dortmund meets FC Barcelona on April 4. Fans express concerns over the overly tight schedule.]

└ For real, this is way too tight; is my brother going to end up with a glass body like Wilshere did last season against Barça?

└ Speaking of which, why does Wilshere keep getting injured like some game company’s legendary sword?

└ Legendary sword? What are you talking about?

└ Regular maintenance, temporary inspection, emergency check, extended inspection.

└ LOL Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.

└ Breaking News) Wilshere suffers an extended injury recovery due to a fatigue fracture in his right foot while recovering from injury, LOL.

└ Wait, what’s this season-ending diagnosis?

└ Extended inspection alert, LOL.

└ Extended inspection? Seriously, LOL.

└ Haha, achieving a record of 0 games played this season, LOL.

└ Is this funny? You little punk?

└ The fact that this isn’t funny probably means you’re an Arsenal fan, LOL.

└ Seriously, what the hell did this guy do at home to suddenly get a fatigue fracture?

└ What good is the UK’s top talent if he’s got such a fragile body;;

└ Guys.

└ Huh?

└ I haven’t watched football recently, but is Son Jinho fragile as well?

└ No, no! He’s like a steel king, super sturdy.

└ Then why are you worried?

└ Even if he’s strong now, if he gets a bad injury just once, he can become glass body in an instant.

└ Oh Klopp, please let my brother take a break.

[Jurgen Klopp firmly answers about playing time, “If he’s not feeling well, I have no intention of playing him. Player health comes first.”]

└ Kyaaa─! Klopp is awesome, a chocolate pie is coming into your mouth.

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After the Champions League quarterfinal first leg against FC Barcelona, Son Jinho became the most watched promising talent, surpassing the Bundesliga.

[Total Soccer Johan Cruyff Praises Bundesliga’s Top Talent Son Jinho’s Play. “Smart and intelligent player; that’s how football should be played.”]

[Kaiser Beckenbauer, “The best talent raised in Germany.”]

[Football King Pelé, “Unbelievably, it didn’t seem like he was 17 years old.”]

[God’s Hand Maradona Warns National Teammate Messi, “He looks like he can strike well, so be careful.”]

└ Why are we suddenly talking about kicking?

└ LOL Do you not know about Huh Jung-Mo’s taekwondo football? LOL.

└ OMFG he kicked Maradona outright in the World Cup.

Objectively lagging behind Messi and the Three Stooges, the football legends continued to praise Son Jinho, who showed a moment of brilliance against them.

[German Football Association Pushes for Son Jinho’s Naturalization. “It would be a great loss to football history if Son Jinho doesn’t play for the national team.”]

As Son Jinho’s performances continued in both the league and Champions League, the German Football Association, losing self-control and saliva over their excitement, proposed naturalization again.

The ones in a panic were the South Korea Football Association.

“Don’t even think about going home until you come up with a way to convince Son Jinho to come back to the national team! Got it?!”

Faced with the directive from above to devise a strategy to persuade Son Jinho, the football association employees let out exasperated sighs.

“…What the hell? How do they expect us to convince a player they retired with their own stupid actions? Moreover, he’s exempt from military service?

“And why aren’t we considering going to Germany in the first place to apologize?”

“Dashing over to kneel and apologize to some kid is a shameful thing.”

“Ugh, this is absurd. Seriously.”

“…Do you think we can go home today?”

“I’ve already told my wife I can’t come back.”

That day, the building of the Korea Football Association became a warm beacon shining brightly on Jongno until late at night.

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March 31, 2012.

[Son Jinho Left Out of the Squad in the League Match against VfB Stuttgart. Will he be able to play in the Champions League quarterfinal second leg against FC Barcelona?]

Jurgen granted rest to the physically exhausted players in preparation for the second leg against FC Barcelona, as he had stated in his interview.

I felt like it was the right time for a rest.

The last Champions League first leg against FC Barcelona had revealed the limits of physical stamina in Dortmund’s starting players.

Well.

I was just as exhausted.

Having lightly strained my muscles from pushing myself too hard, I followed the medical team’s advice and rested at home.

Thus, left off the roster for the home match against VfB Stuttgart, I watched the game with my family.

The now-familiar Signal Iduna Park appeared on the smartphone screen.

“Son Jinho! Have an apple!”

Gyeouri handed over an apple that her mother-in-law had peeled, as if she had done it herself with the fork.

“Doesn’t it taste better since I gave it to you?”

“Yeah.”

While my mother-in-law glanced at Gyeouri in disbelief, the starting lineup for Dortmund was announced.

[First, here’s the starting lineup for Dortmund. Roman Weidenfeller will don the gloves. …(cut) And up front, Lucas Barrios will start.]

Dortmund’s lineup, with the exception of goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller, was made up entirely of substitutes and rotation players.

Could this be the cause of the numerous absences in the starting lineup?

[GOOOOOOOOOOAL─! Stuttgart scores first! And the first goal is scored by Julian Schieber!!]

In a somewhat chaotic atmosphere, it was Borussia Dortmund who conceded the first goal.

[Just when the Dortmund players’ defensive focus dropped, they allowed a clean shot as the opponent got behind them.]

My expression stiffened at Dortmund’s conceding.

It was only natural to worry, considering that until now, any small wobble had led to a total collapse for Dortmund.
However, unlike before, Dortmund did not easily crumble.

Thanks to watching them fight tooth and nail against FC Barcelona without giving up, Dortmund, despite conceding, became more aggressive in their movements and took control of the match.

[Ah… there’s not much time left in the match.]

They didn’t give up until the whistle blew.

[Zdravko Kuzmanović with the tackle! It was deep!]

Just before the end of the match, they managed to create a good opportunity.

[Referee Michael Weiner has blown the whistle! Dortmund gets a free kick in a good position! The kicker is Ivan Perišić!]

It was a situation where a Stuttgart player committed a foul about 23M from the goal.

The referee declared a free kick for Dortmund, and stepping up to take it was Ivan Perišić.

“If you don’t score, I’ll be really angry.”

“Angry? Like a mine?”

Amidst the pun banter with Gyeouri, the referee’s whistle blew, and Ivan Perišić began his run-up.

Could it be the effect of our individual training after practice?

Ivan Perišić’s free kick struck the top left corner perfectly.

[GOOOOOOAL! It’s a fantastic equalizing goal from Ivan Perišić’s free kick!! Dortmund manages to equalize just before the final whistle!!]

Dortmund, who had been trailing to VfB Stuttgart, successfully drew thanks to Ivan Perišić’s dramatic equalizer.

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[Dortmund Resting Their Starting Players! Draw Against Stuttgart at Home!]

[‘Son Jinho’s Best Friend’ Ivan Perišić Scores Dramatic Equalizing Goal from Free Kick!]

[Champions League Quarterfinal Second Leg PREVIEW. Dortmund vs FC Barcelona.]

[Football Experts Discuss Dortmund’s Chances to Reach the Semifinals. “It’s slim, but not impossible.”]

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Before the match against FC Barcelona, a practice match took place.

“Jinho! Play just like those Barcelona guys!”

“Ja!”

Since Dortmund was about to face FC Barcelona at Camp Nou, we focused on defensive training. Following Jürgen Klopp’s orders, I disrupted Dortmund’s defense.

Thanks to the practical compression training I received from Messi and the Three Stooges, my ability to read the field and the flow of the game seems to have widened.

Things started to become visible that didn’t before.

“Scheiße!”​

With just a simple body feint, I easily shrugged off Sebastian Kehl’s pressure and delivered a pass into the space in front of Marcel Schmelzer, who was overlapping from the left side.

‘This level should be enough to compete with FC Barcelona, right?’

With a confident expression, the training ended, and the next day.

We headed to Barcelona, Spain.

And on the day of the match.

The stadium of Barcelona, Camp Nou, which can accommodate 100,000 spectators.

“…Is this the Demon King’s castle?”

There, cheers from nearly 90,000 culers began to echo.