08 09 Preseason (1)

Our first preseason schedule was in Japan.

It did feel like a bit of wasted travel, since we had come to Japan right after the last season ended, but there was nothing we could do.

We had to finish the negotiations before the Beijing Olympics began.

[D-30 until the opening of the Beijing Olympics.]

As the Beijing Olympics drew closer, the public's attention began to shift there.

[Union Berlin heads to Japan.]

Still, thanks to my moving a little quickly, I was able to promote the preseason matches to Japanese football fans before all the attention shifted to the Beijing Olympics.

[Park Chan-hyuk, pro-Japan? Stirring controversy over scouting Japanese players.]

└ Wow. Look at that article. If Park Chan-hyuk saw this, he'd be completely put off.

└ Seriously, after all he's done for Korean football...