My Girlfriend Wants Victory - Chapter 27



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I chatted with the children and responded to the countless requests for handshakes that poured in.

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“How do you know me? Did you come to the game that day too?”

“No! I saw it on the Internet!”

“Internet?”

“I saw it in the newspaper my dad was reading!”

Someone posted a video of me running backwards during the match against Schalke on the internet, and when it became a hot topic, the local newspaper ran a story about it.

“Hey! Can you sign it?”

“me too!”

“I’ll do it for you, so stand in line. I’ll do it in order.”

I skillfully lined up the children and started signing autographs for them one by one.

“Okay, here.”

“Danke.”

He turned his head slightly to look at Gyul-woo while handing over the written signature.

“What is your name?”

“Uh… My name is Han Gyeo-ul.”

Gyul-woo didn’t seem to have any problems adjusting to school. The kids paid a lot of attention to Gyul-woo, who came into the classroom with me. Like me, she was surrounded by kids and was being bombarded with questions.

Well… It seems like Winter is feeling a little burdened by all the kids that have come flocking in. But since he’s a strong kid, he’ll get through it.

“Where are you from?”

“I’m from Korea.”

The children waited patiently for Winter, who was still awkward with German, to answer.

“What’s your relationship with Hou? Your girlfriend?”

“I am a girlfriend.”

I burst out laughing at the cuteness of her answering in German so fluently, then lowering her head in embarrassment and just rolling her eyes here and there.

“Kuuuuu.”

“Hey! Son Jin-ho! Don’t laugh at me! How good are you at German that you’re laughing at me?”

Then Hanwha shouted at me, probably thinking I was laughing at her stiff German.

“I wasn’t the only one laughing.”

“Be quiet. Everyone else may laugh, but you must not laugh!”

Ah, this is a bit unfair.

Still, I felt relieved when I saw Gyul-woo starting conversations in German with the kids around him.

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When I had somewhat adjusted to life in Germany, I received a call from Kang Chan.

– Kang Chan: Hey

– Kang Chan: How is Germany? Is it a good place to live?

– Hou: Oh. I guess it’s a good thing I didn’t go to England.

– Hou: I ate a mint chocolate that was made in England, and I really can’t understand how they made something like this.

– Kang Chan: … Mint chocolate is delicious, isn’t it?

I knew that Kang Chan liked mint chocolate. In his past life, he was the kind of person who would get really angry if I asked him if his toothpaste tasted good. However, I didn’t know that he liked it already. I tried to gaslight him with anti-mint chocolate since he was little, but it seems like I failed before I even tried.

– Kang Chan: Anyway, we’re still undefeated lol

Kang Chan felt that the atmosphere was becoming strange and quickly changed the subject.

I already knew this story from other members of the Geumsun High School soccer team, but I wasn’t socially awkward enough to point it out, so I just chimed in.

– Kang Chan: That guy Choi Ki-hyun left and the coach took over as acting manager. Wow… Ferguson was crazy for giving tactical instructions. And all the substitution cards were also right?

– Hou: The coach seemed passionate and capable, and it looks like he’s doing well even after becoming interim manager.

– Kang Chan: And at the last game, scouts came to watch the game.

– Kang Chan: I think some of you had conversations?

– Kang Chan: Maybe there will be a lot of kids from Geumsun High School who will go on to become pros? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Whenever I heard Geumsun High School’s story, I felt that the future was changing.

Maybe that’s only natural. There are more than one or two things I’ve touched since I returned.

– Hou: Didn’t you get an offer from your brother?

– Kang Chan: He didn’t come ㅠㅠ

– Kang Chan: Well, I don’t plan on giving up though. I have to keep trying until I have all my strength. This time, no matter what happens, I won’t give up. Haha

Didn’t Kang Chan’s future change because he quit soccer because of coach Hojin Go?

– Hou: Then you will go to college?

– Kang Chan: Well… I think it will be difficult to go to college because of the Hojin High School issue, so I’m going to look into going abroad.

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– Kang Chan: As you know, the soccer team isn’t much different from a university, right?

I nodded to Kang Chan’s message.

In the past, during the U-19 national team practice match, wasn’t the match changed to Yonsei University of Technology because the soccer coach of Korea University of Technology was arrested for accepting bribes and improper requests?

From their perspective, Chan-i-hyung must be a burden. Chan-i-hyung didn’t personally report the incident, but from the outside, it would be seen as a similar thing.

– Hou: If it doesn’t work out, I’ll make you my agent later, so just try as hard as you can.

Maybe that’s why I cheered on the future of Chan-i, a soccer player who never gave up on his dreams.

Really. I hope it goes well. If possible, I hope it goes overseas and makes a name for itself.

– Kang Chan: Kid. I appreciate even just your words.

– Kang Chan: By the way, what is that guy Choi Ki-hyun doing these days?

The name of the person whose future changed the most was mentioned by Kang Chan.

Kihyun Shichi, who was enjoying the honey as the director of Geumsun High School, was currently being torn apart in real time.

My soccer study abroad was a little different from the soccer study abroad programs that the association has sent so far. Existing students have a time limit to return to their domestic schools and clubs, but I came to Germany with the active support of the chairman, so there was no such time limit.

The association, knowing this, planned a long-term study abroad program rather than a short-term one-year program, and was helping with administrative work such as residence visas in Germany and FIFA regulations.

And the one who had to handle this locally was Kihyun Shichi. Kihyun Shichi was communicating with the association and Dortmund and supporting my studies in Germany.

– Hou: Sucking on honey.

I answered Kang Chan, recalling Ki Hyun-shichi, who used to handle administrative work in a place where documents piled up. Since ancient times, anything that wasn’t my job was sweet.

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Time seems to pass so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that we finished the match against Schalke, and now it’s Sunday.

Unlike Korea, where games are played on Saturdays, Germany’s youth teams play every Sunday.

“The team we’re going to face this time is MSV Duisburg!”

The opponent of the Dortmund U19 team was the Duisburg U19 team.

MSV Duisburg is a team that moves between the first and second divisions.

Although this team is not well known, it has a connection to Korea.

During the 2006 winter transfer season, Ahn Jung-han was recruited and played for about half a season.

Failed to prevent the team’s relegation to the second division.

After that, An Jeong-han returned to Korea. MSV Duisburg was relegated to the second division and disappeared from the memories of most Koreans.

“Jin-ho! This game is on the bench! You know why, right?”

I was benched for this game. It wasn’t because of racism or anything, it was a sort of punishment for the last reverse driving incident.

Well… . Still, he was included as a substitute. If the game doesn’t go well, he’ll be put in in the second half.

anyway.

Beep─!

The match started with Duisburg U19’s lead at the referee’s whistle, and the Dortmund U19 players, wearing yellow, rushed to win the ball.

It was the gegenpressing commonly known to us.

Since Jurgen Klopp took over as coach of Dortmund in 2008, his signature tactic, Gegenpressing, and football philosophy have been passed on to Dortmund’s youth teams.

This later became the driving force behind Dortmund winning the German Youth Football Championship (Deutsche Fußballmeisterschaft der A-Junioren) four times.

“Ouch! It’s broken!”

“Stop it─!!”

Well… . It is still in a transitional period, so it does look a bit awkward.

“Shoot!!”

As Duisburg’s No. 8 shakes off Dortmund’s clumsy pressing, Dortmund’s beloved honeypot (backfield) is revealed.

Duisburg, possessed by a honey-crazed yellow bear, began to raid Dortmund’s defense.

The young bees could only watch blankly as the bear broke into their hive and stole their honey.

“Yeah─!!”

10 minutes into the first half. You can see that the Dortmund kids are flustered after conceding a goal earlier than expected.

“It’s not good….”

I looked at the ground and muttered softly.

One thing that can be said to be both an advantage and disadvantage of a young team is that they are very influenced by the atmosphere.

This is even more important in youth tournaments where there are no veterans.

There is a reason why high-scoring games are so common in youth soccer.

“shit!!”

And, as expected,

Duisburg, who had the momentum, pushed the struggling Dortmund even harder.

Dortmund conceded another goal shortly afterwards.

The Dortmund U19 coach, who saw the team faltering, looked at me and gave instructions.

“…Jin-ho! He’ll be coming in as soon as the second half starts!”

I nodded slowly at the director’s words.

It was the appearance of a giant hornet disguised as a bee.

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