Chapter 260 – 2nd Pro Final Stage (3)
260
‘Well… What should I do with this?’
Leave the status window open and think about it for a while.
Decided to put it on hold.
The original plan was to invest a large amount of points during February, when the Champions League round of 16 and the EFL Cup final were held, but unexpectedly, I changed my mind as I easily won the first leg of the Champions League round of 16.
No matter how much football is, you don’t know until the end, but didn’t you win 3:0 in the first leg away?
Even more so, the second game is a home game.
There are often matches where the 3-goal difference is overturned, and even in the Champions League final stage, there is a ‘Miracle in Istanbul’, so you shouldn’t be vigilant… Lil against us?
Hmm… Even assuming the worst of the worst, the future of being eliminated in the round of 16 by Lil cannot be drawn.
Furthermore-
‘Was Manchester United such a difficult opponent?’
No.
I’ve already faced Man Utd three times.
Neither Man Utd, whom I met in the Europa League last season, nor Man Utd, who moved to the EPL this season, were not afraid at all.
You should do a little… A very, very tricky level.
Didn’t you actually record an attack point in every match against man utd?
‘I don’t think I need to spend points on this right now?’
So I decided.
To withhold.
It was never conscious of the meme that ‘Hong Min-joon in the second half is different’.
I never considered the evaluation of ‘Hong Min-joon becomes more scared when pushed’.
Really.
It’s just that Man U is content.
Both us and Manchester United are in the same position as desperate for a trophy.
Both are prestigious clubs that boast a long history, but Man Utd is a club that spent a brilliant golden age just 10 years ago, and Newcastle has a long history.
So, even if it was the League Cup, it was already predicted in the interview that Manchester United would do their best to ‘win’, and we expected Manchester United’s fierce resistance—
“Kassel! Stop that bastard!”
“Cover! Cover me!”
“Don’t tremble and make one serving! Completely block the area you are in charge of!”
“Thuck King Irish! Don’t talk with your mouth like a girl and move!!”
Man Utd’s strong resistance, which we were concerned about, was directed at each other, not at us.
‘… They really fight each other. It’s comfortable with me.’
Recently, there has been a lot of chirashi saying that the airflow inside Manchester United is unusual.
There are factional fights by race and nationality, and conflicts between pro-directors and anti-directors.
It was an unfounded rumor, but since the results this season were so bad, the atmosphere couldn’t be good. Even if it’s not serious, I thought there might be an internal problem… I never thought it would be soybean flour.
The Manchester United players, who played fiercely right after the start of the game, soon showed bankruptcy when the situation became difficult.
17 minutes in the first half.
As we actively participate in midfield battles as usual, our team maintains an overwhelming share.
In the middle of an active offensive based on a share of 7:3 in terms of experience, Jose Gaya’s unexpected mid-range shot split the net.
It was a goal with a pretty cool trajectory, but the shooter didn’t think it would go in either.
The dumbfounded expression soon changed to joy, and then a violent back-tumbling ceremony was held.
And in the meantime, the Manchester United players are fighting because who is to blame.
Tsk tsk. They say that teams that can’t do anything can’t do it, and if they do that even in the final stage, how often do they fight?
Well, if that’s the case, I’m fine.
What could be as easy as scoring a goal against a defense team whose limbs are out of sync and whose organizational power has collapsed?
Scoring a lot today
* * *
The most popular overseas soccer league in Korea is undoubtedly the English Premier League.
Of course, the war for money over the EPL’s broadcasting rights was fierce, and the broadcasting rights obtained in that way would have to be paid off somehow.
However, the broadcasting station’s efforts were only a small part of the EPL ratings.
In the first place, there was not much the broadcasting station could do because it was just a ‘relay’ that received and sent the video filmed by the EPL as it was. At most, the caster-commentator combination that viewers love.
In the end, what attracts viewers is not the broadcasting station’s efforts, but the performance of Korean players in the EPL.
In that sense, this season was truly a roller coaster year for the broadcasting station with the EPL broadcasting rights.
“When Bae Chan-sik and Yu Man-gi transferred to another league, my eyes were dark… I never thought Hong Min-jun would enter the EPL. It really was a godsend.”
It’s not a major tournament, but the control room where the sports director was seated for the final of the cup tournament.
The director’s gaze reaches the staff at a glance at the video of the relay members working diligently.
“How many pros are you?”
“7.8%!”
“Already? Hey~ This is the first sports bureau to break the 8% viewer ratings wall.”
There has never been a time when overseas soccer viewership has recorded 8%.
Far from 8%, the previous highest viewership rating was around 6%.
It was only twice that it recorded 6%, so the first was the Champions League final in the 18/19 season when Tottenham and Liverpool clashed, which recorded 6.3% at the time, and the second was Tottenham and Tottenham in the 21/22 season, where Son Heung-min won the top scorer. There was a Burnley match.
It never exceeded 6% for more than 10 years after that, but Hong Min-joon’s great success brought viewers to the soccer broadcast.
Even in Son Heung-min’s EPL scoring season, he failed to exceed the 6% mark, but Hong Min-joon’s popularity was beyond imagination.
The ‘average viewership’ exceeded the previous highest level of 6% and reached the level of 7%.
What remained was the 8% level of magic that was considered impossible.
“Oh, Gol! Goal is out!!”
“Who! Are you Hong Min-joon!?”
“No. This is Jose Gaya.”
“Ah, write! What else is he!”
“Chief, camera, camera… “
“Ah. Uh hmm.”
The inside of the control room, which was being relayed in real time, froze fiercely to record the historic moment of breaking the 8% barrier for the first time in viewer ratings.
— ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ ㅋㅋㅋ What came out
—Jose Gaya Who is listening?
—That old man is the director? But I don’t know if I can go to Jose? Don’t know how?
—Chief director, abusive language scandalhaha
— Pronunciation seems to be savory, write~ beehaha
The chat window, which until now seemed frozen and motionless, became active in an instant.
The situation where all the staff were holding their breath at the appearance of the director with a hardened face.
“Uh, uh… Goal again! Another goal!!”
“Who are you this time!”
“Hong Min-jun, this is Hong Min-jun!!”
Immediately after Jose Gaya’s first goal, Hong Min-jun’s consecutive goals broke out.
“The news of Hong Min-jun’s goal has been posted on social media!”
“7.9%! 8%! It’s over 8%!! Keep climbing! 8.1, 8.2%! 8.2% instant viewer rating!!”
“Yaaa!!”
At the audience rating graph soaring in an instant, the director released his neck tie and shouted cheers.
And the bone surface that is regenerated.
“Hey… You scored a goal well this time too. The real Hong Min-joon is good even when he scores goals.”
As soon as the game starts, the Newcastle team rushes into the Manchester United camp.
As the Manchester United team faltered, Hong Min-jun, who caught the ball, took off the pressure with the Marseille turn, which became his signature move, broke through the dribble, and scored a goal.
—Ah~ I swear it won’t collapse like this~
—The best things,,, Latte,,,, Man United was the best! Limit man,,, I don’t know!
— Ah Jae-yo, now I’m Jae-Hong Je.
—Hong Min-joon You fly aroundhahaYou score goals in every game
As evidenced by the skyrocketing traffic, the rapidly increasing chat window.
The director’s hearty smile goes to the ratings graph.
“Hat trick… Hat trick please… “
The origin of the coat of arms is not known.
『Minjun Hong scored 4 goals in the final stage!!』
『”Fort Trick”, Hong Min-jun stands tall as the conqueror of the EPL!!』
Because he smashed United with 4 goals instead of 3.
『Korean’s feat!! Ratings soared with Hong Min-joon soaring!! The highest viewership rating at the moment is 9.1%!!』
—Kya, that’s the dignity of a superstar
—If there are 7 billion Hong Min-joon fans in the world, I would be one of them.
If there are 100 million Hong Min-joon fans in the world., I would be one of them.
If there are 10 million Hong Min-joon fans in the world, I will still be one of them.
If there are 100 Hong Min-joon fans in the world, I will still be one of them.
If there is one Hong Min-joon fan in the world, that person would probably be me.
If there is not a single Hong Min-joon fan in the world, then I am not in this world.
Hong Min-jun, my love.
Hong Min-jun, my light.
Hong Min-joon, My Darkness.
Hong Min-joon, My Life.
Hong Min-joon, my joy.
Hong Min-jun, My Sorrow.
Hong Min-joon, My Pain.
Minjun Hong, My Rest.
—No, I write comments alone
—I’m crazy
—To commemorate the victory, I will write a three-line poem with Hong Min-joon
Hong Min-jun
It is the pride of the nation and the treasure of the nation.
Jun Junna is a great treasure
—Have you got this bastard satan?
— Looks like we’re going out to lunch!! Looks like we’re going out to lunch!! We’re going to go out to lunch!!
—Quarantine these lunatics
—You’re fucking drunk, really, but Hong Min-joon seems to be okay with drinking alcoholhehe
* * *
There have been several trophies in Newcastle’s history, but the only recent one is the Second Division title.
A championship is a championship, but it is an unsatisfactory championship cup.
In that sense, winning the League Cup belonging to the’majors’ is tantamount to proof that Newcastle’s development is bearing meaningful fruit, so it was a clear proof that the fostering-centered reform, which was criticized by fans after the club was taken over by Dubai, was successful.
The club’s leadership rejoices at the success proved by winning the championship, and the fans are excited about a major championship they can’t even remember, and the festive mood continues.
『League Cup Winner Newcastle FA Cup eliminated in round of 16!』
In the next match, the FA Cup round of 16, it was eliminated after being caught by Brighton, a relatively weak team.
『League round 27 Wolverhampton draw』
“Shock! Newcastle lost to Stoke! Hong Min-joon struggles to score 1 goal』
He quickly got out of the festive atmosphere by eating two league games in a row.
Somehow, I thought everyone was floating.
In the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 that followed, Newcastle regained their momentum in a 2-0 home win against Lille with one goal and one assist from me, and their next opponents were—
“The opponent of Newcastle in the quarter-finals of the Champions League is… This is Barcelona!”
It was Barcelona.