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After Ronaldo scored, Manchester City intensified their offensive to equalize.

Alex Ferguson lowered the defensive line and opted for a counterattack strategy.

[Manchester City attacking! David Silva has the ball and is looking around!]

With little time left until the end of the match.

[Yaya Touré! Driving the ball himself!]

The anxious Manchester City players recklessly pushed forward, losing possession in the process.

[Nemanja Vidić punishes the incoming attacker! Still showcasing his wall-like defenses!]

[Yes. That tackle was so clean, it brings to mind the saying “Form is temporary, but class is permanent.”]

And quickly, Manchester United launched their counterattack.

The ball taken by Vidić was passed through Michael Carrick to Son Jinho.

[Son Jinho sees Ronaldo up front!]

Son Jinho immediately sent the ball forward.

At the moment he received the pass from Son Jinho, Cristiano Ronaldo flashed a big smile.

Before he suffered a chronic knee injury from overexerting himself in the Brazil World Cup, Ronaldo showcased his dazzling skills and explosive dribbling as he entered the penalty box.

[Ronaldo hits!!!]

He looked at the corner of the goal and went for the shot.

Ronaldo smiled at the trajectory heading for the goal corner.

Just as Ronaldo, sensing a goal, was about to rush towards the corner flag.

[Joe Hart!! Joe Hart saves it once more!!]

His shot was blocked by Joe Hart’s brilliant save.

While Ronaldo, who expected to score, let out a wry smile.

[Wow—! That was a really hard-to-stop shot heading for the corner! And Joe Hart saves it!!]

The ball that hit Joe Hart’s hand went over the goal line, and a corner kick was awarded to Manchester United.

[Preparing for the corner kick is Son Jinho!]

Following that, Manchester United’s corner kick.

[Son Jinho takes the corner!]

Son Jinho, raising both hands, signaled and immediately executed the corner kick.

The corner kick taken by Son Jinho landed perfectly on Nemanja Vidić’s forehead.

[Vidić’s header—! Ah!! Crossbar hit!!]

Vidić’s header slammed into the crossbar.

In the ensuing chaos, Danny Welbeck shook off Pablo Zabaleta, who was grabbing his shirt, and sent another cross into the penalty area.

The cross sailed over the heads of the Manchester City center-backs towards Ronaldo.

But maybe the cross was taller than expected?

Seeing the ball pass over his head, Ronaldo used quick reflexes to use both hands to slam the ball into the goal, then darted straight towards the corner flag.

“Siuuuuuuuuuuu-!”

Naturally, the referee did not recognize the goal. It was a blatant dunk right in front of the referee’s eyes.

“Cristiano. It was obvious you used your hand.”

Son Jinho stopped Ronaldo, who was protesting to the referee with a look of indignation.

“Hmmm. Did it stand out that much?”

Ronaldo quietly whispered to Son Jinho.

***

[In the Manchester derby, no brother is better than the younger! Victory goes to Manchester United!]

└ ManUdoctor: Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut

└ What the hell is this spammer?

└ ManUdoctor: Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut, Man City cut

└ Damn it, it was quiet for a few days, and now it’s going crazy again.

[Son Jinho’s 46M super wonder goal as if casting a spell!]

└ Is he crazy? Trying to kick it from there?

└ The crazier part is that he did kick it in and lodged it in the corner, LOL.

└ Just a big flood, LOL.

└ Ho-woo, long time no see as a villain.

└ I’m not the Ho-woo villain!

└ Where did the Ho-woo villain go? Haven’t seen them recently.

└ Got a job and went to live life.

└ Traitor!

└ You should get a job too, you bastard!

[Alex Ferguson, “Son Jinho’s biggest strength is consistency.”]

└ What do you mean consistency is the biggest strength?

└ Scoring in every game is tougher and more challenging than just showing off in one match; he was praising Son Jinho for doing well every single game.

└ Praise is blah blah, LOL. Saying your brother has no strengths.

└ With no strengths, he’s in FIFA World Best 11, whoa!

[After the ‘dunk shot’, Ronaldo performs a dazzling celebration…]

└ Alley-oop, that was sick, LOL!

└ Damn, he just outright dunked it, LOL!

[Pep Guardiola, rift with Joe Hart? Insiders say they haven’t exchanged a single word.]

└ He was like that during his Barcelona days, and now here at Manchester City too.

└ Was there a problem during the Barca days?

└ Yeah, I remember there was friction with Eto’o and Zlatan.

└ From what I’ve heard, he didn’t even speak and treated him like an invisible person.

└ Uh… Isn’t that a method used by big corporations to kick employees out?

└ According to my father, that drives people nuts.

└ For real an awful boss.

[Joe Hart denies the rift with Pep Guardiola. “There’s no problem between Pep and I.”]

[Joe Hart reveals his love for Manchester City. “The moment I become unhelpful to the team, I will leave myself.”]

***

After the match against Man City, Man City chairman Ferran Soriano congratulated the birth of his daughter by personally preparing baby goods adorned with the Man City logo.

“Ha ha. Here’s a gift. I was going to deliver it to your home, but I thought it’d be better to meet you and hand it over directly.”

Ferran Soriano replied with a friendly smile.

“By the way, as a fan, could I get an autograph from you?”

He started off with light small talk, leading the conversation in a comfortable atmosphere.

“Take this with you too.”

While generously preparing baby goods, it seems a club with a sugar daddy is different.

To give a gift to a player who scored against their own team like this.

I boarded the Manchester United team bus, clutching the baby goods Ferran Soriano had prepared.

The Manchester United players on the bus stared at me, who had brought along the baby goods with the Man City logo, as if I were a madman, but I didn’t care and hid the gift received before Ferguson boarded the bus.

Hmmm.

I wonder if I can take this home?

– Ho-woo: Can I take the gift?

Suddenly having that thought, I opened my messenger and talked to Gyeouri about the gift.

– Gyeouri: Gift???

– Gyeouri: (A bear with sparkling eyes.)

– Ho-woo: Yeah, my fan gave it to me as Haeun’s gift, can I take it home?

– Gyeouri: (A rabbit shaking a carrot.)

– Gyeouri: Of course!

Of course, leaving out that it was a gift prepared by Manchester City.

After all, a surprise gift is meaningful when the recipient is surprised, right?

And I did not lie.

Didn’t I reveal that Ferran Soriano is my fan through small talk?

– Son Jinho! I trusted you!!

Imagining how shocked Gyeouri would be, I couldn’t help but smile.

“Ahem…”

Before I knew it, I arrived in front of my house, lightly clearing my throat, and entered the house with a serious expression while holding the gift.

“It’s… it’s Satan!!!!”

Seeing the Manchester City logo engraved on the box, Han Gyeouri exclaimed in shock.

What’s important is Haeun’s opinion, not Gyeouri’s.

I approached Haeun with the uniform and placed it on her hand.

Was it because the quality of the uniform was good?

“Huiing…”

Haeun seemed satisfied.

“…My world has collapsed today.”

Hmmm.

Is it such a serious matter?

***

On September 25th, in the Capital One Cup against Liverpool—later known as the Carabao Cup—we sent out a squad of 1.5 teams.

I was given rest to fill in for Ronaldo and Van Persie’s absence in the Champions League.

[‘Son Jinho’s absence’ Man U wins against Liverpool 1-0.]

[Cristiano Ronaldo finishes six matches in a row scoring. Harshly scolds the rookies. ‘Overall, the performance was frustrating. To win the Champions League, more improvement is needed.’]

[Javier Hernandez scores after a long time.]

The match result was a 1-0 victory for Manchester United.

By extensively employing rookies and successfully conserving stamina, Manchester United went ahead with an early goal from Ronaldo in the next match against West Bromwich Albion.

However, they faced a blow just before the match ended, ending in a draw.

[Premier League 6R) Manchester United 1:1 West Bromwich Albion.]

[Cristiano Ronaldo fires up his scoring again.]

[Just before the match ends, Manchester United allows an equalizer.]

[Manchester United’s winning streak comes to an end.]

[Manchester United continues to struggle with defensive issues.]

[Man U fans say, ‘Signing a defender is urgent.’]

[Manager Alex Ferguson states, ‘Signing a defender? I’ll handle it.’]

[West Bromwich Albion manager Steve Clarke says, ‘I’m satisfied getting a point against Man U at Old Trafford.’]

Then came the Champions League away fixture against Celtic.

Manchester United displayed unsatisfactory performance in the away match against Celtic.

[Man U records a 0-0 draw against Celtic away.]

[‘Who is that defender?’ Alex Ferguson keenly observing Celtic’s center-back.]

If there’s one harvest Manchester United gained, it might be that Ferguson began keeping an eye on Van Dijk.

Anyway, while Manchester United remained trapped by their defensive instability, Manchester City was executing Pep Guardiola’s autocratic moves.

Pep Guardiola unilaterally excluded Joe Hart, just like he did with their player Mario Mandžukić, who did not fit his tactics.

I poured oil on the burning house.

[Leaving a cryptic post aimed at Joe Hart, who is ‘losing faith under Pep Guardiola’s regime.’ ‘Have your efforts been rewarded?’]

It felt like I was becoming the black-haired German Führer.

 

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