The QPR table was next to Everton's, and even Yu Zixiang's chair was next to Ross Barkley's, and the two England team members had been talking for so long that they had completely forgotten about their club team-mates. There are no lights offstage, all the lights are focused on the stage, where a rapper is performing.

"Last year they also invited guest performers, I really don't understand what they think, is there a person here who is here to listen to the concert?"

In fact, the Everton manager's seat and the QPR manager's seat are also very close to each other. When Lu Ling stared blankly at the rapper on the stage, Nicholas leaned back and whispered this sentence in her ear.

She turned her head stiffly, and in the faint light she saw a smile on the man's carved face. She took half a second to think about what he had just said, and then smiled, showing her white teeth, "You know you don't have to come, it's just an award from the Professional Players Association." ”

"I want to come. The Spaniard stubbornly said, "Didn't you come too?"

"I have a number of players from my team who have been shortlisted for the awards. ”

"Oh that's funny, isn't my team the same?"

Lu Ling shrugged at the Everton manager, then picked up the wine glass on the table and took a sip of champagne. She glanced at the stage again, and the rapper seemed to be in the high/high part of the rapper, his body movements increasing, and his emotions and voice getting higher and higher. Actually, if the guy was there, he might have enjoyed the show. He loves (famous rapper). And the style of the singer on stage seems to be a bit similar, oh my God, she must have been led by him to listen to too many of these kinds of songs.

"You shouldn't expect Osman (Dembele) to win the best player, right?" Lu Ling put down his champagne glass and suddenly asked.

Nicholas tilted his head and looked at her with a weird smile, "Do you know that you might have heard that Osman just now?"

Lu Ling then went to see the young Frenchman. He might have heard it, for he smiled perfunctorily at her and quickly turned his face, and when he turned his face, the smile on his face disappeared immediately.

Lu Ling was a little embarrassed, but it only lasted for a second or two. She's telling the truth. Gabriel Jesus is clearly the favourite for the awards this year. It's just that the smile on the Everton manager's face grows more and more gloating.

The rapper's show is almost over.

"I shouldn't have mentioned your father that day, I apologize. Instead of leaning back this time, Nicholas simply moved his chair towards the QPR manager.

His move was caught in the eye by QPR player Hans Bachmeier, and the German joked in all seriousness, "Are you going to join us at the table, Mr. Flores?"

"Not now, but thank you for the invitation, Mr. Bachmayer. Nicholas's teasing voice was not low, and the players at both tables heard it and were all laughing. The players on the QPR side laughed a little more presumptuously, and the players at Everton may be afraid of the manager's usual majesty and be more restrained.

Lu Ling glanced at the table, and John and Leon, who were laughing the most, finally covered their mouths symbolically.

There were Manchester City and Arsenal players who glanced at this side, and they were probably a little curious about what the Everton and QPR players were laughing at. This season, the battle between these two teams should be considered the most intense, and the managers of the two teams have a deep relationship, and it is a little strange for outsiders to think that the two teams are so harmonious now.

In fact, earlier tonight, Tim also told Lu Ling about it. The QPR assistant said the organizers may have deliberately put the first and second teams in the league together. Lu Ling didn't think much about it, after all, this was an internal award, and many details would not be exposed.

The rapper had walked off the stage, the lights on the stage dimmed and lit up again, and the emcee was back on the stage.

"I accept your apology. Lu Ling looked at the stage and responded to what the Everton coach had just said.

Nicholas didn't speak again, and he turned his eyes to the stage. She hadn't actually laughed all night, he thought.

The big screen on stage began to show the highlights of the season when the best young player candidates were selected.

QPR has three players nominated:

Leon Ferreira, Ian Parker, Hans Bachmeier.

Lu Ling talked to Tim, and they all thought that the probability of these three players winning the award was not high, and those three players must know this in their hearts. Manchester City's Brazilian talent has been dazzling in every way this season.

Sure enough, the master of ceremonies read the name of Gabriel Jesus. The audience burst into applause. And later, Jesus took the stage again. He's swept the PFA Player of the Season and Young Player of the Year, just like last year's Patrick Amber.

Yu Zixiang lowered his head and said disdainfully while sending a message: "It's not that Pat is gone, otherwise where will I get that Brazilian kid." He didn't care about the volume, even the players at the Arsenal table next to him heard it. His England team-mate Oxlade-Chamberlain snorted at the side: "Tell Patrick to let him go back to England in the summer." Oh forget it, I'll see him next month, I'll tell him myself. ”

[Aren't you really going to come back and kick Jesus in the ass?] 】

Yu Zixiang put away his mobile phone after sending the message, and talked to Chamberlain a few more words. He received a response quickly.

Jesus didn't steal anything from me. Is she still talking to the Spaniards?]

Yu Zixiang glanced up at the head coach, then looked left and right, and replied: "Are you on the scene? How do you know that she is chatting with him? 】

[Ian and Rose told me.] Is she there?]

Yu Zixiang looked at the head coach again.

[No, she's talking to Tim.] It's over, Pat, you've made a decision hergo.]

Yu Zixiang did not receive a reply.

That night, the PFA also presented the Team of the Season:

Hans-Bachmeier (QPR);

John O'Connor (QPR), Glenn Mitchell (QPR), Jose Jimenez (Everton), Yu Zixiang (QPR), Ousmane Dembele (Everton), Frank van der Berg (Everton), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Andrea Zivkovic (Manchester City);

León Ferreira (QPR), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City)

Yu Zixiang, who was angry last year, was finally selected for the PFA best team this year, and when Lu Ling hugged him, he was a little speechless. Lu Ling thought he was just excited, so he patted him on the back of the head, and he didn't say anything in the end.

And the biggest regret for the QPR coaching staff and the rest of the QPR players is that Ian Parker didn't make the All-Star team. To be fair, the midfield competition is too strong. Even Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Chelsea's Eden Hazard were not selected. Van der Berg's performance was too eye-catching, and he overtook Ian as the only defensive midfielder. But Hans being the best goalkeeper is exciting and undisputed, with QPR conceding the fewest goals in the league so far, and Hans' performance in saving the team on multiple occasions this season has been convincing enough.

In addition, Lu Ling somewhat felt that Glenn Mitchell's selection had a lot to do with him being English. Although in her mind, Glenn does have what it takes to make the All-Season team.

On the offensive line, Gabriel Jesus and Leon have no suspense, and they are currently the first and second scorers in the list.

On the whole, the best team evaluated by PFA this season, and QPR is actually the biggest winner. This is more or less than everyone expected.

For Lu Ling, she finally didn't waste this night's time in vain.

She glanced through the crowd to Gabriel Jesus and Pep Guardiola before leaving. Previously, on stage, the Catalans looked a little absent-minded when they praised the Brazilians. She thought that if it weren't for the high probability of Jesus winning the award, he might not have come to London at all if he had to attend as manager.

Pep Guardiola has been at Manchester City for two seasons and has not won a single prestigious title, which is very different from his situation at Barcelona and Bayern Munich. He may be experiencing the biggest bottleneck of his career. Recently there have even been newspapers that he may leave the Premier League at the end of this season and return to Barcelona. But Lu Ling always felt that with the personality of the Catalans, he would neither delay until now or even later to decide his future, nor would he give up the battle for a league so easily.

She also thought that if Pep really returned to Barcelona and Pat chose to stay at Barcelona in the summer, then next season, Pat would be his player.

Pep did like Pat. However, Messi is still in Barcelona. Wasn't one of the reasons the Catalans left Barcelona in the first place because the superstar was devouring his system, and if he returned, he would face two superstars. No, Neymar, and Suarez – how does he balance the ball and the firing power of these four super-attackers, and how does he balance these four superstars with his system, which is almost impossible to change radically?

It's a painful conundrum.

Do you want the system or the stars who go beyond the system, if you want to be compatible, how can you be compatible?

When Pat was in QPR, the system was naturally built around him, and he was gone, so she had to tear everything down and start over. But all she has done now is to tear it down, she has not yet completed the reconstruction of the system, and she needs more time.

There are a lot of very capable players in this world, and many managers are willing to build the whole system with him as the core.

Ronaldo at Manchester United, Neymar at Brazil, and now Eden Hazard at Chelsea......

"Christine. "Someone was shouting her name.

Only then did Lu Ling realize that his mind was diverging chaotically. She turned to look at the man who called her name, frowned slightly, and asked, "What were you thinking when Messi scored that goal at Camp Nou?"

Nicholas had no idea she would ask this question.

In fact, it took him several days to fully accept his exit from the Champions League. This is his first Champions League campaign as a manager, and the results in the quarterfinals are already very good. Equalled Everton's best European record in 1971. But he doesn't want these stupid records, he wants the Champions League semi-finals, or even the title.

He was standing near the touchline at Camp Nou when that goal happened, his mind blank. He didn't show extreme anger, he didn't have time, and when that moment passed, he had no more to vent, and in any case, the fate of the team's elimination was inevitable. In fact, he thought of her later. Remembering what she deliberately said in her pre-match press conference when she played him for the first time this season:

“…… Neither Nick nor I had control over what was happening on the court......"

She knew him, so she stressed the inability to control.

Lu Ling waited for several seconds, but Nicholas didn't say anything. As she expected, it made Nick uncomfortable. Just like Pat's last-minute barb at Goodison Park. At the tactical level, he has obviously done well enough, but he still can't stop a superstar from bursting out of inspiration in an instant.

Nicholas looked at her, her face in the incandescent light, especially clear. In fact, he thinks of her face every day, but when he thinks about it, he feels that it is not her. Neither is the one on TV. After a few months, when he saw her again, he thought, oh, that's how she is. There were a lot of players and journalists around, and a lot of them were watching them, consciously or unconsciously. But he couldn't feel the crowd and the buzzing voices. He just wanted to reach out and smooth her frowning brow and feel the temperature of her skin with his lips. He sobered up from his imagination and chuckled, "You know, I used to be a great player myself, so I understand very well that sometimes a player is on the pitch. ”

"Isn't that true for Pep? You were all very talented players in the past. But you're not players who are out of the system. She was blunt.

"So maybe I'm jealous of Messi. He looked away, "And ...... Patrick. He coughed dryly, his gaze fixed on her face again, "I'm looking forward to your fight against Pep." It's not just the result, it's the process. ”

If she wins against Manchester City, it will be a huge threat to him at the top of the table, and if the QPR gets a draw or a loss altogether, as long as Everton themselves don't make too many mistakes, the Toffees and Espanyol may be in the bag.

"Pray that your fellow Spaniards will help you. She said proudly.

"Oh?"

"Isn't the result you'd love to see a draw?"

He was noncommittal and gave a wry smile, "See you next month, Christine." Hopefully we were all in a better mood than we are now. Oh, and you know Pep prefers to call himself Catalans. Good night. ”

Lu Ling also politely said good night.

****

The song on the way back to Surrey played all the way.

“baby

...

....

mychest

she...

thehead...”

"Pate, please turn it off......"

“itortureyou

takemys

rtureyou

i's

i'mjustasuckerforpain

achainyouup

atieyoudon

i'mjustasuckerforpain...”

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