Ryan Giggs listened to his wife talk about Kristen Lu's father over dinner. He took a sip of red wine, turned his head and asked his wife, "Is that the exact news?"

The wife said, "I think so." The Manchester Evening News said it was revealed by an employee in Harrington. No wonder you haven't heard about it, I also saw it when I was cutting the onion just now, maybe it's the news of the past few hours. Ryan, you know, I hate cutting onions, every time I ......"

Ryan nodded, interrupting his wife, "Poor girl, that was a tragedy, and I think it must be hard for her right now. I should say hello when we meet. ”

The topic was quickly erased by the wife's enthusiasm for talking about a recent film. Ryan munched on the lamb and would echo his wife from time to time, but his mind was always about football.

At the pre-match press conference the next day, a reporter asked the acting manager of Manchester United this question. Ryan sat down behind the long table and said solemnly, "I heard about it from my wife, and I regretted it at dinner last night. ”

What's the point of this kind of question, Ryan thought, and he always has only one answer, showing basic respect and sympathy. Anyone with a little upbringing would do that, wouldn't he? He would even rather answer questions about the team's current standings, at least that had to do with football.

Two hours later, at the Harrington training base, Lu Ling was startled by a room full of reporters. She turned around and whispered a few words to Josh.

"I haven't had any news in the last two days other than my father's business, right?"

"I'm sure not. ”

"I refused to answer all the questions about my father, I really didn't understand why they knew about it, and I didn't understand why they were interested in it. Lu Ling said and glanced at the reporters, her mood was not bad, but it was far from pleasant.

"An employee may have overheard your conversation with someone close to you. Oh yes, and they should ask about Coach of the Year......"

'I'm only going to answer questions about the Manchester United game. ”

Josh said no problem. After they were seated, Josh took the microphone and said, "Good afternoon, everybody." Please only ask questions related to tomorrow's FA Cup game. It's time to go. ”

****

The TV commentator said: "Just eight minutes into the game, Manchester United had already led the QPR 2-0 away. ”

The sound of the treadmill itself mingles with the sound of his own steps, and Patrick has to keep the TV up to make it clear. He put down the remote control, wiped his sweat with a towel, and frowned. Tina on TV also looked a little agitated.

Everything has a clue. It was evident from the final stages of the last game against Stoke City.

After the Christmas-New Year fixtures, the QPR players were too tired and despite all the points they had in between, it was time to pay the price.

Anthony Martial cuts into the box from the right......

Patrick had forgotten the first time he had seen the Frenchman. But he remembered that Tina had said that he was a little bit like Martial at times. Thinking of this, he laughed inexplicably. Fans have long been fond of teasing Anthony Martial's calmalk. Is this what Tina is talking about?

'Anthony Martial is not technically a wide attacker and the wide is not his ideal position. ”

A few years ago, Tina said so. Patrick now has a deeper sense of this. However, not all players can be in the position that suits them best. There are a number of factors that can determine this. First, there is the universality of the players themselves, secondly, the configuration of the team, and thirdly, the preferences of the manager.

Anthony Martial must be a good player. He's just not good enough......

In recent years, at Manchester United, the central position has been occupied by Wayne Rooney, Rashford, Ibrahimovic and Griezmann, and he has very few opportunities to appear in the middle, but this player has the ability, so he sometimes starts, whether it is under Louis van Gaal or Mourinho, or now under Ryan Giggs, but the value he creates on the wing is really limited.

Patrick was born on the wing, and he knows very well that wide players can play in a variety of styles, and Martial can naturally play, but in terms of Martial's characteristics, the Frenchman cannot be regarded as a "qualified" wide player.

Anthony Martial has one characteristic:

I don't like to run.

"I'm not saying he's lazy, he's too rational. That's what Tina said.

Patrick added a speed of 1.0. As he ran, so did his thinking. He felt a drop of sweat on his right cheek fall firmly on his right thigh, a coincidental moment when two spots appeared on a plane 90 degrees to the floor.

In this world, if there is a player who is a "mad dog", then there must be a player who is the type of Martial. It's not that he wasn't involved defensively, but when attacking, Anthony often appeared nonchalant and stood still.

A lot of times, Anthony Martial thinks he can only run when he can catch the ball, but in fact a lot of running in football is sacrificial, so that his teammates can handle the ball more comfortably.

Anthony Martial is too rational, but from the perspective of the whole team, his playing habits are irrational.

"To ask a person to be rational at all times is in itself irrational, and in the same way, do you think that all your rational decisions must be right? How can you know? I want my players to make rational choices most of the time, but I want him to be distracted from the consequences sometimes. I know that my request lacks a certain logic, and that is like asking two very different personalities to be reproduced in one person. ”

Patrick looked at the distance he had run......

It's only a few hundred meters away from 10km. He added another 1.0 speed.

Rationality and disregard for the consequences......

The man on the treadmill had his hair soaked with sweat, and his eyes were always locked on the distance he was running, and the number on it kept increasing and increasing.

He had done so many things without regard for the consequences, so eager to get close to and capture that narcissus, and he finally got his wish. He had been so convinced that she would fall in love with him...... He rolled his chin and looked at the Queen of Spades, she was indeed in love with him......

In the end, he made a so-called rational choice.

Was that the right choice? He didn't have an answer. Perhaps, he thought, he would not know the answer until much later, or perhaps he would never know.

After 10km, it will automatically enter the cooldon state. Patrick didn't even realize it. He wiped his sweat in a trance, and looked up at the TV screen, which was already the replay of the in-cut one.

Anthony Martial's in-cut was successful, and after getting rid of Mensah, he crossed to the ground and Griezmann grabbed the ball and pushed the empty goal into the goal. Hans wanted to seal the near corner, but missed the far corner. 10 minutes, 3:0.

See, the irony is that the theory is one thing, the reality is that Anthony Martial will occasionally do well on the wings – but still, the average fan understands that he is not like that most of the time.

"Will the new Queen's Park suffer their biggest defeat in the FA Cup game since they were played?" the commentator threw out a suspense.

The treadmill was getting slower and slower, and Patrick picked up his phone and looked at it, and he received a message.

[I'm in Paris, maybe we'll meet at my hotel later tomorrow night?, of course, I don't mind a trip to Zurich.] Let me know sooner. —Amber

Patrick quit the hatsapp program after reading it.

****

Two goals from Sorin and John saved face for QPR in the second half, and the score was finally locked at 2:3.

Lu Ling made three substitutions at the beginning of the second half. She started the game with a semi-main squad – the FA Cup third round and the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg – and she had to make that choice after weighing it up with the coaching staff, despite playing Manchester United.

But after scoring three goals in the first half in ten minutes, Lu Qi was doused with a bucket of ice water from start to finish. Fortunately, the players on the pitch gradually calmed down and did not allow United to score again in the first half.

In the second half, she replaced Thorin, Genk and Ian, and in the main team, Leon and Zixiang were still resting. It wasn't just for the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final, but next week's league game.

The reporter's questions after the game all revealed that she was deliberately losing the FA Cup, she was in a bad mood, didn't say much, and didn't mind being misunderstood.

When she returned to her office at New Queen's Park, she drank a plastic glass of red wine in one gulp.

United didn't get better under Ryan Giggs, but their players were too tired. She also thought that maybe the reporters' speculation was also a little right, and deep down, she really didn't want to win this game that much.

If she had met Manchester United in the league, how could she have been so lined up and so calm after the loss?

She poured another little red wine into the plastic glass and pulled the zipper off her down jacket.

Later, she receives a message on her phone, which is from Patrick.

[I heard Steve say you won't go to Zurich tomorrow, is that true?]

Lu Ling felt a little irritable, and she replied casually.

[Yes.] 】

****

The annual FIFA Awards Ceremony was held as scheduled.

At the same time, at the Harrington training base, Lu Ling was having a meeting with her coaching staff. Tom Sr. is talking about a couple of Academy players...... Lu Ling's phone shook, and she took out her phone and slid it away to take a look.

[Believe it or not, this is my first selfie.] —Nick

The man in the photo is dressed in a dignified manner, with a white shirt, a black suit, and a scarlet bow tie. He also put on a lot of hairspray today. In fact, he is very suitable for applying hairspray...... She thought. The eyes are deep and charming, there is no smile, and it is even a little too serious. In the background are passionate fans and photographers filming him.

In fact, Lu Ling smiled when he saw this photo for the first time. That's because of Nick's selfie angle.

[Sexy. However, a little advice, next time you hold the phone higher, I know you have a handsome chin, but your chin is almost better than Hans square at this angle. 】

After she sent it out, she heard her name called. She looked up. It's Old Tom.

"I'm sorry. She smiled, put away her phone, and said seriously.

Tim glanced casually at her side, pursed his lips and smiling. He rarely saw Christine wander in a meeting, but when he accidentally caught a glimpse of the photo, he thought it made sense.

In addition to Alice, Tim is also in the know, but he has never talked to Christine about it, except for the reason that the schedule is too close, and it is also related to Christine's father, and it always seems that there is no right moment.

****

Patrick didn't bring a female companion. Although the media and fans were expecting the two Amber to appear together, almost everyone could guess that it would not be possible. Two beautiful and sexy young men seem to have no desire/desire to have a serious relationship at all, they are always photographed briefly and then separated, and neither seems to be just dating each other. If Patrick did bring Amber today, then in fact their relationship would have begun to stabilize. However, Patrick-Amber came alone today.

Patrick was not far from Nikolaas, and when Patrick looked in that direction, the Spaniard was talking to Arsene Wenger, who was in attendance as a guest. And when Nicholas swept in the direction of Patrick, the Englishman was talking to Messi. The Everton boss even thought about it, but he learned Spanish very quickly.

Although the head coach of QPR was not in attendance, her agent and the coach of the first team of QPR still came, after all, Kristen Lue was nominated for Coach of the Year, and QPR also has players who may appear in the best team. That's Yu Zixiang. The only QPR player who could make it to the All-Star team.

But when the Team of the Year was announced, Yu Zixiang was disappointed. He was sitting behind Patrick, and when he saw Patrick chatting with Messi and Pique, he realized that one of his best buddies had a new friend and was actually playing for another club. But when he saw Patrick and Jesus all standing on stage for a photo, he sensed something else......

He also wanted to be on that stage, maybe not enough for him to be in the top three for the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year, but he was pretty sure he wanted to be on that stage.

Christine said he would one day be the number one left-back in the world, and Mr Flores said the same when he asked him to join Everton, but more than a year later, he is not. This made Yu Zixiang a little frustrated.

Steve advised him to leave QPR at the right time, Yu Zixiang knew he wasn't Ian, he wasn't going to stay at this club forever, he just didn't know when that right time would be.

Yu Zixiang smiled at his best friend on stage, and he was happy for Pater anyway, the only Englishman to make the Team of the Year.

****

Lu Ling had already finished the meeting, and she took out her mobile phone and glanced at it as she walked out of the conference room.

[Next time, we'll be together.] By the way, does that German kid love you?]

Lu Ling thought it was amazing, how could Nick know.

[Why do you say that?]

He replied quickly, and she guessed that the awards ceremony was actually a bit boring.

[I happened to see an interview with him who mentioned you like a twenty-year-old boy.] Bachmeier is like my age most of the time. 】

Lu Ling had already returned to the office, and she had not turned off the TV before leaving, which was showing Patrick's goal against Manchester City.

The goal that made the Catalans depressed, the goal that brought tears to the eyes of her and Tim, to all those who love football.

There will never be a goal like that again.

Bailey said that many of the classics he created could not be copied by himself.

Pat may not be able to replicate such a goal. Lu Ling thought, this is the most suspenseful award.

It was perhaps the most spectacular and magical goal ever scored in the history of football.

Sure enough, the Puskas Prize was once again won by an Englishman.

He was dressed almost exactly like Nick.

The mobile phone in Lu Ling's hand shook again, and she lowered her head, it was still Nick.

[It was the best goal I've ever seen, God gave him enough.] 】

If it was really God's gift, what was all the sweat and arc in Southwark Park? If it wasn't God's, why didn't so many hard-working football-loving kids become Patrick-Amber?

Lu Ling jumped onto his desk by himself.

[Nick, do you want to be on that stage? I mean being a great player. 】

He didn't reply. Until Tite won Coach of the Year, he didn't.

Lu Ling thought again, she had never had the opportunity to ask her father what it was like to regret her life.

****

With the other awards now in place, the final finale, Player of the Year (World Footballer of the Year), is about to be announced.

Highlights of Neymar, Gabriel Jesus and Patrick appeared on the big screen.

The guest of honour was the inaugural World Footballer of the Year winner in 1991, Matthaus, who dragged out a long voice and said:

"Neymar. ”

Patrick grinned and clapped. He knew he wasn't going to win. Neymar's Brazil beat themselves...... France also beat Paul Pogba and Dembele to win the World Cup.

It's hard to say that the individual efforts of Neymar or Gabriel Jesus brought Brazil to the top. But they have won the highest glory in world football, and naturally they deserve the highest glory of the individual.

At least that's how the public sees it.

Unbeknownst to Patrick, the camera swept across his face. At that moment, a mixture of hope and confusion flashed across his face.

What he actually thought was that it would be nice if one day he and she both sat under this stage and stood on that stage.

It's as if the Oscars for Best Actor and Best Actress are a pair of lovers in a movie. And that kind of story should be a fairy tale.

****

Nicholas is not keen on Coach of the Year awards, whether from the Premier League or FIFA. All he wanted was a championship. Both as a player and as a coach. As the former's regrets, it is irrevocable, and as the latter, he knows that he still has enough time.

The question Christine asked, stupid.

But it's also very true.

No boy at the age of six or seven dreams of becoming a football coach, they don't want to be Alex Ferguson, Lippi, Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, they don't care if they are a back four or a back three, they don't understand what tactics mean to football. They want to be Pele, Maradona, Messi, Ronaldo, Patrick......

Yes, every boy wants to be Patrick.

Nicholas wondered if every girl would want to marry Patrick, including his girls.

On the other hand, if he wins Coach of the Year and she doesn't, it may mean that she lost to him in the Champions League final. Of course, it could also be that she won the European Cup or something, he won the Champions League. But is she going to leave QPR? She doesn't have a home, that club is her spiritual home.

Perhaps, he could give her a home......

In the spaniard's whims, the annual FIFA Awards Ceremony has come to an end.

****

Steve didn't expect Christine to win the Coach of the Year, but he did expect Yu Zixiang to be selected for the Team of the Year, but unfortunately this customer still disappointed him. But Patrick never let Steve down. Never.

After the award ceremony, interviews continued. Neymar is naturally the target of the most media attention, but Patrick has not been left out in the cold. Steve never had a chance to say a word to him.

Nicholas walked over to Steve.

Steve turned his head and saw the Everton manager. Steve thought it would be nice if he could make him his own client. But he knew that it was unlikely, and his clients were almost all British.

"Long time no see, Steve. Nicholas said with a charming smile.

Steve figured he wasn't disappointed that he didn't win Coach of the Year.

"Yes, long time no see. Steve smiled, "It's a pity that last year was a World Cup year, otherwise I think you would be the best coach of the year." ”

Nicolas nodded politely, "Tite led Brazil to a sixth World Cup, and that was extraordinary. I don't regret it at all. I'm just sorry that Zixiang didn't make the Team of the Year, he's already the world's No. 1 left-back. ”

Steve responded politely with the same politeness.

On the other side, Patrick ended the interview and walked over with Yu Zixiang.

Yu Zixiang hugged and whispered a few words to Nicholas Flores. But Patrick, who was also in the old department, only nodded to the Spaniards.

On the other end, Barcelona's teammates were greeting Patrick, and it seemed that something was looking for him. Patrick said hello to Yu Zixiang and prepared to go over.

But the Sipluck Tooth stopped him.

Not only was Steve surprised, but Yu Zixiang was also surprised.

Both of them wear scarlet bow ties and dress very similarly.

"These two people have the same taste, don't they?" said Yu Zixiang to the agent after the two men walked a few steps to the side.

Steve, however, frowned. He didn't know what was going on. That's all he can feel. He looked over there.

Nicholas put one hand in the pocket of his suit pants and the other on Patrick's shoulder, and he whispered, "Thank you for making the right decision and not ruining her career." ”

Patrick didn't really mind the hand on his shoulder, he didn't mind his weird Spanish accent, what he minded, he didn't know. From a long time ago, he didn't know. He was silent for two seconds, then nodded and said quickly, "Yes, I have to." But, I suppose you saw her new tattoo, and I don't think I need to tell you what that means. ”

The hand on his shoulder suddenly strengthened.

……

Patrick couldn't remember how he left, and he couldn't remember what Zixiang had said in his ear.

He only remembered Nicholas's last words, and he only remembered the disdain with which he said them.

"How do you know it's still there? I'm sorry, I forgot to congratulate you on winning the Puskas Award, it was a wonderful goal, it's a shame you're not a QPR player anymore. ”

****

Lu Ling didn't receive a reply from Nicholas until before going to bed.

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