My Girlfriend Wants Victory

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“Waaahh─!”

“Heja! BVB! Heja BVB!”

Even after my opening goal, the match continued.

Objectively, VfL Wolfsburg is not a weak team. Currently ranked in the mid-table of the Bundesliga, they had talented players with notable skills and promising potential.

However, it’s just that we’ve grown.

Dortmund had changed a lot since facing FC Barcelona in the Champions League quarterfinals.

Isn’t it common for young promising players to grow in a flash when they take their eyes off the ball for just a moment?

Given the younger average age of the Dortmund squad, the confrontation with FC Barcelona wholeheartedly spurred the growth of the young talents.

And I, too, had changed a lot.

The match against FC Barcelona became a turning point for my own progress.

The countless practical experiences I had accumulated in my previous life began to break and merge into my body one by one as I confronted FC Barcelona.

“Jinho, be careful!”

As soon as I received the ball, the pressure from Wolfsburg followed.

Like Xavi Hernández had done, I quickly scanned my surroundings before receiving the ball, and with a gentle touch, I spun away from the pressure, nudging the ball in the direction where Wolfsburg was absent.

With ease, I shook off the pressure and saw a passing lane open up between the Wolfsburg defenders.

If it were before meeting Barcelona, I might have hesitated a bit. It was a risky and precarious passing lane that could have led me to voluntarily donate the ball if I made a mistake.

But now, I swiftly swung my leg and took care of the ball before the passing lane disappeared.

Even if I made a mistake, my teammates would cover for me.

“Lewa!”

A low and fast pass headed towards Robert Lewandowski, who turned his body towards the goal and made a smooth first touch.

In an instant, Lewandowski found himself one-on-one with the Wolfsburg goalkeeper thanks to just one pass and that first touch.

Sensing the perfect scoring opportunity, the Dortmund away fans started to rise from their seats.

Just as the Dortmund players raised their arms in celebration…

Lewandowski looked at the goal and took his shot…

[Thump!]

It soared up into the sky.

“Uh… The pitch isn’t in good condition.”

Lewandowski, who squandered the fantastic chance, awkwardly muttered an excuse and gave me a thumbs up.

“….”

Is this a taunt?

*

[Son Jinho’s pass heads towards Lewandowski again! Lewandowski! This time he has to score! Lewandowski! Shot!]

[Goaallll─! It’s in! Son Jinho and Lewandowski! The Son-Le duo strikes again! Dortmund takes a two-goal lead!]

└ Cough cough, I seriously thought he wouldn’t make it.

└ That water rocket shot was hilarious, and here he is panicking after kicking it and giving a thumbs up to Son Jinho, LOL.

└ Son Jinho’s expression after seeing the thumbs up was legendary, LOL.

└ Tsk tsk, strikers can sometimes miss. After all, strikers need confidence, but what good is it to give him the cold shoulder over small stuff…

└ But those upper-level guys are the ones screaming at the TV when a striker misses a goal in a national team match, right?

└ True, LOL.

└ My brother doesn’t give me the cold shoulder for missing goals, but if I miss three in a row, he stops passing to me from then on.

└ What’s the three-strike rule? LOL.

└ Ivan Perišić: ???

└ Perišić, just take some hints!

└ It’s nice how Dortmund fans greet you warmly, but when you see them ballooning shots into the stands that day, it made me clutch my neck.

└ Seriously, when I see someone ballooning a shot in front of the goal, I can’t help but yell “Aww, Perišić!” LOL.

[That’s right, once again, the Son-Le combination is lighting it up!]

└ People call it the Hore combination, but why do they say Son-Le on the broadcast?

└ It feels kind of wrong to call it Hore on the broadcast.

└ If you mispronounce it, it could turn into “Hore…” LOL.

[By the way, there are quite a few Korean players active in the Bundesliga, including Son Jinho.]

└ Overseas football is having its golden age! Whoa.

└ Bundesliga is pretty good, but I wish someone would go to the EPL after Heung-min.

└ It’s due to work permits, though.

[Son Heung-min of Hamburg, and Gu Jachil and Cha Dongwon of Augsburg. Recently, I recall multiple offers going out to a player named Kang Chan, who is playing for Gamba Osaka in Japan.]

└ Kang Chan is doing well. He was the second-highest scorer in the J-League this season.

└ Yeah, LOL. But still, it’s just the J-League.

└ Don’t look down on the J-League too much!

[It seems Son Jinho and Kang Chan have a connection… Ah! Just as I mention it, Dortmund snatches the ball from the pressure from Shinji Kagawa!]

[Sebastian Kehl connects the loose ball to Son Jinho! Son Jinho has the ball! He spots Shinji Kagawa making a run behind the defenders!]

[Son Jinho’s through pass! Shinji Kagawa finds himself one-on-one! And the shot! Goaaalll─! It’s in! The score is 3-0! Shinji Kagawa’s shot seals the deal!!]

└ Wow, is that the Dortmund that got beaten up by FC Barcelona? My heart is swelling!

└ No, it’s not that Dortmund is weak; it’s that Barcelona is just nuts!

└ Whoa, he’s the King Jinho who scored two goals against a crazy Barcelona in two matches.

[With Kagawa’s goal, Korea’s pride Son Jinho races towards breaking the single-season assist record in the Bundesliga!]

[That’s right. The single-season assist record for the Bundesliga is 18 assists set by Zvezdan Mishimović, a player from Wolfsburg in the 08-09 season, right? With five matches left, Son Jinho currently has 16 assists, so it’s fair to say he’s close to setting a new record.]

*

At the Volkswagen Arena, the home ground of Wolfsburg, only silence remained.

More precisely, it was the silence of the home team’s fans.

“Today, we want victory! We’re going to win!”

Cheers erupted from the Dortmund away fans.

[Dortmund keeps piling on the pressure against their opponent, even with little time left on the clock!]

Lewandowski moved downward to receive the ball, drawing Wolfsburg’s center-back Felipe Lopez out of position.

As Son Jinho and Lewandowski exchanged glances, Son Jinho passed the ball to Lewandowski and sprinted into the space behind Felipe Lopez.

[Son Jinho’s pass finds Lewandowski, who flicks it through his legs!!]

Seeing Son Jinho charging forward, Lewandowski calmly used his heel to pass it between Felipe Lopez’s legs.

With a quick 2-on-1 pass, Son Jinho found himself one-on-one with the Wolfsburg goalkeeper and shot powerfully over the goalkeeper’s head.

[Son Jinho!! Shot─! Goaaalll! It’s in! Son Jinho records a multi-goal game! Dortmund is throwing a goal festival at Wolfsburg’s Volkswagen Arena!]

The powerful strike shook the net before the goalkeeper could even react.

“Hoowww─!”

“Borussia! Borussia!”

As the jubilant Dortmund away fans celebrated, the Wolfsburg audience began to rise from their seats with flushed faces, leaving the stadium.

Shortly after, the referee’s final whistle sounded, signaling the end of the match.

The score was 6-0.

It was a resounding victory for Borussia Dortmund.

*

[Dortmund, showing their dominance in the Bundesliga, shatters Wolfsburg.]

[‘ZDF commentator’ Stefan Effenberg commented on Dortmund’s developed play. “Since their match against FC Barcelona, Dortmund has become an entirely different team.”]

[Bayern Munich heads to Signal Iduna Park, where Dortmund devoured FC Barcelona.]

[Bayern Munich’s Jupp Heynckes demands focus from the players. “Dortmund is a strong team, and the match at their home ground will not be easy.”]

[Dortmund’s Jürgen Klopp. “The next opponent is Bayern Munich. As this match could determine the league title, we must not let our guard down.”]

[Only two assists away from tying the single-season assist record! Can Son Jinho break the record?]

[Talking about record-breaking, Son Jinho stated, “What’s more important than my individual record is the team’s victory. Winning trophies in the league and DFB Pokal Cup is my top priority. I won’t dwell on individual records.”]

[Son Jinho finishes off awkwardly with a smile about his professional contract with Dortmund. Dortmund fans protested, asking him not to leave.]