My Girlfriend Wants Victory

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[Ah! Dortmund is strong! Really strong!]

└ It’s like South Korea’s football is a complete joke, right? lol

└ Damn, if only Son Jinho was in Korea, we could’ve put up a fight.

└ Yeah lol, you guys are just sucking up to Son Jinho while the Korean Football Association cut him off lol

After Son Jinho’s opening goal, the momentum of the match completely shifted to Dortmund.

No matter what anyone says, the key player for this match was Son Jinho.

[Wow! Son Jinho is really running a lot!]

[That’s right. Even though it’s a friendly match, Son Jinho is displaying an unbelievable amount of activity.]

Son Jinho was genuinely invested in the game, literally deleting the midfield of the Olympic national team.

Ki Sung-yueng, playing at Celtic, tried his best to keep the ball, but it was hard to shake off Dortmund’s strong and organized pressure.

[Ki Sung-yueng loses the ball! Son Jinho neatly takes it away!]

[Ah, in this case, Dortmund’s pressure is strong, so the players must actively move to offer support!]

In the end, the Olympic team lost the ball to Dortmund once more.

Dortmund’s counterattack followed.

[Son Jinho saw Lewandowski penetrating into the penalty box! Lewandowski shoots!!]

Having stolen the ball, Son Jinho immediately passed it to Lewandowski.

[Ah! Lewandowski’s shot just grazed the crossbar!]

Unfortunately, Lewandowski’s shot didn’t lead to a goal.

[Huff—! Right now, the Olympic team’s defense is still shaky, you know? It looks like they’re intimidated by going against world-class strikers.]

The Olympic team’s defenders began to feel the pressure from Dortmund’s threatening attacks.

Then, in the 33rd minute of the first half.

Lewandowski drew the U23 Olympic team’s defense to the left side of the penalty area, then sent a cut-back to the center.

[Waaaaa—! It’s in! Son Jinho! Son Jinho’s multi-goal!]

Son Jinho penetrated between the crumbled opponent’s defense line and casually tapped the ball with his right foot, sending it into the goal net.

[Ah. You can see now that all the defenders’ gazes were focused on Lewandowski, so they couldn’t see Son Jinho penetrating into the penalty area.]

[That’s right. Wasn’t Son Jinho’s shot good?]

[Yes. His last shot showed that it was indeed a pass, as he neatly slotted it past goalkeeper Jung Sung-yong, shaking the net. He remains very calm even at a young age.]

As soon as he scored, Son Jinho ran to the corner flag to celebrate.

[Ah! Son Jinho! He’s starting his reverse run!!!]

[Right! If he’s celebrating on one side, isn’t it only fair to celebrate on the other side too!!]

For fair fan service, Son Jinho begins his reverse run.

“Waaaaa—!”

“Adeba howl—!”

The crowd at the opposite corner flag cheered for Son Jinho’s fan service spirit.

Reaching the other corner flag at lightning speed, Son Jinho pointed to the fans with his right hand and performed the howl celebration.

[Oh! Fans wearing Son Jinho’s uniform from Geumsun High School erupted in cheers!]

As the broadcast camera quickly captured the stands, there were fans who had supported Son Jinho since his Geumsun days.

[Haha, come to think of it, Son Jinho has always been exceptional at fan service since his promising days, right?]

[That’s right. Unlike most promising players who feel shy in front of fans, Son Jinho was quite the professional, gaining attention for his fan service.]

*

A named user of the Howl Gallery, Kkurehow, visited Seoul Sangam World Cup Stadium with the early members of the gallery, excluding the troublemaker Manchester United doctor, to see his bro Son Jinho.

As the match started, Son Jinho showcased outstanding performances against the South Korea Olympic National Team.

“Wow, my brother’s form is insane.”

The early members of the Howl Gallery gasped at how much Son Jinho had clearly grown compared to his Geumsun days.

Unlike their initially awkward first meeting, two years and shared interests had transformed them into close friends.

Wearing jerseys with Son Jinho’s autograph from his Geumsun days, they watched.

When Son Jinho smiled, pointed his fingers, and celebrated,

“Wahhhhh, our brother hasn’t forgotten us! Howl—!”

They screamed in reminiscence of that first live match two years ago.

*

After Son Jinho performed his howl celebration in front of the people who had come to cheer for him during his Geumsun football club days, the game time flew by.

Matches like K League All-Star games or famous foreign teams’ exhibition matches were mostly events to create new soccer fans and draw them into the stadium.

However, the Olympic team players wanted to take the match seriously, and I accepted their request.

Exhibiting an insane amount of activity, I performed like I was burning everything out.

Just before the first half ended, I connected a volley pass to Marco Reus, who was diving into the Olympic team’s backspace.

“Waaaaaa—!”

The audience erupted in cheers for the fantastic volley pass.

Although it was an unavoidable decision to avoid the offside trap, it was undoubtedly a dazzling pass for the crowd.

The ball bypassed the offside and reached Marco Reus. He accelerated and sprinted into the Olympic team’s penalty area.

“Jung Sung-yong, what are you doing! You should step out and block it!”

Was it because of Marco Reus’s incredible speed?

A slightly questionable judgment made Sung-yong look a bit awkward in a tricky position.

Thwack—!

Checking the keeper’s position, Marco Reus lightly chipped a shot that curved over the goalkeeper’s head, hitting the net.

“Howl—!”

Marco Reus immediately dashed to the corner flag and performed the howl celebration.

Since this preseason match was held in Korea, the players agreed to perform my celebration when they scored.

With Marco Reus finishing the slightly lacking howl celebration, the first half ended, and I exited the field to applause from the Korean audience.

As the second half followed.

[GOOOOOAL—! The South Korea Olympic National Team successfully scores a consolation goal just before the end of the match!!]

After a back-and-forth of one goal each, the match concluded.

*

[Despite being a preseason friendly match, Dortmund gives it their all to secure a 4:1 victory.]

[The lofty wall of the world! The South Korea U23 team suffers a crushing defeat against the German champion Dortmund!]

[Substituted after playing 45 minutes, Son Jinho shines with 2 goals and 1 assist under the watchful eyes of Korean football fans!]

[Newcomer Marco Reus displaying fantastic synergy with Son Jinho.]

[The Olympic team shows their stamina just before the end and scores a consolation goal.]

[After the match, Son Jinho expresses his gratitude for the heated cheers of the Korean fans. ‘Thank you for the support. I never expected such a warm welcome.’]

└ Damn, I’m so sorry, hyungㅠㅠㅠ

└ For real, I’m re-reading those comments, and I think our hyung doesn’t need to return to the national team, it’s all goodㅠㅠㅠ

└ Our hyung can’t be bashed just for maintaining his nationalityㅠㅠ

└ I thought the commentary was overly excited, so I searched it up, and I can’t believe how disgusting those comments are;;

[With an awkward smile, Son Jinho answers a reporter’s question about a return to the national team. ‘There’s nothing decided yet, and it’s hard to respond because the future is uncertain.’]

└ Reporter, c’mon, get a clue^^;

└ From now on, let’s just play happy football, hyungㅠㅠ

[Jurgen Klopp, the coach of Dortmund, is sweating bullets in the sweltering heat. ‘That was a moment where we could see Jin-ho’s mental strength. The weather was too harsh to play a match.’]

[After the match, Ki Sung-yueng lets out a hollow laugh, ‘I didn’t expect him to run with such determination, even though I said not to go easy on us.’]

[One Olympian team coach says, ‘Son Jinho is a world-class player, and Dortmund is the Bundesliga champion. It must have been a great experience for the U23 players too.’]

└ Can we do something about the defensive organization???

└ For real, the defense collapsed completely.

[South Korean football fans gathered at Incheon Airport to send off Dortmund returning to Germany!]

[Son Jinho’s friend, Ivan Perišić, expresses gratitude to Korean fans. ‘I received unforgettable memories in Korea.’]

└ Ivan Perišić is crazy lol. When he said, “Yo, can you get my dad a signature?” I was stunned lol.

└ Your dad must be looking pretty young.

└ For real, Ivan Perišić is super friendly, ㅋㅋ I was too shy to ask for a signature, but he came over, threw some insults, and then signed and took pictures, lol.

└ What’s this, a tsundere?

└ Wait, did he just take a picture and leave? Not the other way around?

└ Yeah, he came over and took a picture.

└ What is this? Is he crazy? lol

[Son Jinho’s friend 2, Robert Lewandowski, greets the fans that came out to see him off. ‘I am a triangular foot.’]

└ Damn lol, Son Jinho lol

└ I can feel Son Jinho’s annoyance from the small things lol

└ Lewandowski missed way too many assists from Son Jinho last season for real.

└ Is Dortmund not going to sign a new striker?

└ With someone like Lewandowski, he must be decent; it’s evident he’s improving every season.

└ True. He secured a starting position last season. He could end up being a key player this season too.

*

Excluding me, who still had things to do in Korea, the Dortmund players left for Germany.

Well, various events did happen, but Dortmund’s preseason successfully concluded.

I decided to quickly wrap up the tasks I had in Korea.

What I had to do in Korea was to establish an esports team.

Knowing how big the esports scene was growing, not getting involved would be unthinkable.

In the future, even sports stars would manage an esports team or two.

League of Heroes had swiftly gained popularity after its launch in Korea last year, and leagues were emerging.

It was a timely moment to advance ahead of others with a solid foundation.

As I waited eagerly, somewhat nervous,

The café door swung open.

A figure who would become a legend in the future emerged with the light.

“…Wow. Is that really Son Jinho? Is it a bug?”

It was Tae-sang Hyuk, the one destined to become a legend in esports, known as Ggeulgeosanghyuk.