Sunday, March 17th.

The golden midday sun shone through the gaps in the stands at Goodison Park, and Nicholas covered it with his fingers to see what was going on on the field. Half of the stadium was in shadow, while the other half was flooded with bright sunlight, and he could see many fans in the stands doing the same thing as him.

He has never been a fan of games scheduled to start at 12 noon. The state of the players has not been fully improved, they are prone to injury, accidents, and this kind of "yin and yang field" under the sun is also very annoying. But there are always a few games in a season that are in this time frame for every team.

Today, though, is a little different.

The mood of the Spaniards is high right now. In four hours' time, Christine will be at Old Trafford against Manchester United, and he will be there at the end of the game.

Since it was international break, Nicholas was pretty sure the two would have at least twenty-four hours of good time. Maybe longer.

As the season is about to enter the sprint period, such a gathering is precious.

In the bustling Goodison Park, the name of the head coach is being sung. Nicholas once again shielded his hand from the sunlight and looked over. Damn, maybe he should have put on a hat, the glare of the sun didn't allow him to fully see the process of the first goal. Now, Mexican striker Felipe Delgado is kneeling towards the corner flag area in celebration, flanked by Ross Barkley and Ousmane Dembele.

The start was good.

However, this is only Leeds United, the weakest team in the league, who have been at the bottom of the league all season and look like they have no fighting spirit.

Such a game, two requirements.

First, try to reduce consumption and prevent injuries, Everton's current injury control is good, but not as good as his girls' QPR.

Second, brush more goal difference. Manchester City won 4-1 against West Brom yesterday and Nicholas will be hoping for a big win. This comes to the last minute, and it can be important. Two years ago, Christine suffered in goal difference and goals scored, and failed to finish in the top four in her debut season.

Nicholas found himself in a situation where he was distracted during the game, and no matter what he was thinking about today, he thought of Christine. In the breeze, her beautiful face, her raised hair, her soft earlobes, her arrogant eyes, and her stubborn chin...... And, of course, her graceful curves.

On the pitch, another goal was scored, Ross Barkley scored from distance.

Nicholas clapped his hands twice and turned around to wave his arms at the home fans in the stands, hoping that they would give the team more enthusiasm and shouts.

He had a hunch that it would be a big win.

He then immediately shouted out to the pitch to warn the players to stay focused.

In fact, he was reminding himself to stay focused.

****

On the club bus to Manchester, Tim stared at the score on his phone and was surprised: "Oh my God, Everton scored four goals in the first half......!

Lu Ling glanced at the assistant teacher's mobile phone and nodded.

Prior to the start of this round, QPR was the team with the most goals scored and the team conceded the fewest in the league. However, Manchester City have temporarily surpassed them in goals yesterday. It seems that after this game, Everton is also possible.

Lu Ling's mood fluctuated a little.

It may be because of Lu Yungui's recent chemotherapy situation. His first phase was coming to an end, and the attending doctor talked to her and there was no bad news, but there was no good news either. Just encourage him and her to keep going step by step and maintain an optimistic attitude.

She remembered that after she came out with Lu Yungui, both of them smiled bitterly. Both father and daughter understand that neither is a very optimistic person.

And the process of chemotherapy itself is very painful. She sometimes didn't dare to imagine what kind of pain Lu Yungui was experiencing. And he just talks less, smiles more.

What happened in New York, between father and mother, between father and Pat...... She still didn't know anything.

Or maybe it's because she's going through the busiest phase of her career and she's feeling a lot of physical and mental stress. Sometimes, she also wishes she could be a little more free, no one would ask her to win both the league and the Champions League, in fact, she knows that is not realistic...... This lineup can't do it! But both sides have come this far, and as she told reporters at the press conference, she can't ask for nothing.

*Too much, and you have to endure* what it brings, whether it's stress, pain, or something else.

She moved her neck and jerked herself up from her seat. She turned around, turned her face to all the players, and raised her voice and shouted, "Boys, play Manchester United later, you already know what to do, right?"

"yes!!" The shouts and howls echoed in the bus.

In fact, Lu Ling knew that there were several guys with headphones who hadn't had time to take them off, so he probably didn't hear what she said at all, but they were just coaxing. She knows that sometimes, peptalk works wonders, but sometimes, whatever you say, it's just a pile of shit.

Psychoactive effects do not always work like a certain drug, and even if it is a drug, the human body will develop resistance.

She shouted again: "This game is very important, we need these three points!"

The players were in high spirits and continued to follow suit.

Although Phil was shouting "We're definitely going to kick Manchester United's ass", he muttered in his heart that he didn't let me start, didn't let me start, and didn't let me start, I'm going to call you Bitch again......

Sitting next to him was Jacob, a northeastern kid who looked rough but seemed to know what he was thinking. Jacob said to Phil in a thick voice, "Are you scolding the boss in your heart?"

"Bull*, I just want to start. Yankees, I know you're in the starting lineup, don't show it off to me. ”

The other "Yankee" in the front seat turned around. It's Ian.

"Phil, there's a good chance you're going to get playing time this game. Get excited. You've been training well lately. Don't forget, you've scored against Manchester City and Liverpool. ”

Phil looked at the red-haired Scotsman, he had always treated me well, but he seemed to treat everyone well...... But what Ian meant by this, it seemed that he was still pointing at me scoring against Manchester United, he thought about it and straightened his chest, turned his head and said loudly to Jacob: "Jacob, you don't want Manchester United to score too many goals, you play in the back, right? Just lose two, no matter how good I am, I won't have a time to score three ...... when I come on the bench."

Jacob didn't bother to pay attention to him, but Zixiang, who was sitting with Ian, also turned around and slapped Phil's head with his right hand, "What the are you thinking about all day long? Do you want us to concede two goals before you play? You're a professional player now, and you're still talking so headlessly, this No. 7 jersey is really insulting to the previous owner of this jersey when you wear it......"

Zixiang's voice was so loud that almost everyone heard it. Everyone was laughing, and there was a lot of noise in the carriage.

Phil didn't get angry because Yu Zixiang slapped him, nor did he get angry because Yu Zixiang mocked him stupidly, but what does it mean that "this No. 7 jersey is really insulting to the previous owner of this jersey when you wear it"?

In the laughter, Phil suddenly pulled the corners of his mouth and said loudly: "No matter how good Patrick is, he is not a player of QPR, am I qualified to wear this jersey, you don't count, anyway, the boss has already given it to me, it is mine!"

Lu Ling walked over to Phil's seat, Phil was shocked, and immediately told himself, I didn't say anything wrong!

"You're right, Phil, it's yours. Lu Ling whispered to Phil, and after speaking, she turned her head and said to Zixiang, "That sentence is unfair to Phil." ”

Phil raised his eyelids at Yu Zixiang triumphantly, and Yu Zixiang smiled at the head coach and didn't say anything more.

****

"How's it going?" Patrick looked at Barça's team doctor, Ricard, who was holding a stack of data sheets.

"Healing is good and I can jog already, but I still need to be careful. Ricard smiled, seeing Patrick's still somewhat anxious expression, and said, "You need to strengthen your lower body strength training during this time and prepare for your comeback." I know you want to catch up on your first race against QPR, but now it looks like you're going to need a two-week or so recovery time to get used to the intense workout. ”

"That means ......"

"I can't guarantee you'll be able to make it to that game, Patrick, but the second one will definitely be fine. ”

Patricknu pouted, "I see. I now go to the gym twice a day. By the way, I've eaten all the nutritional tablets I took from you last time, give me some more, I'm in a hurry, can you hurry up?"

"You speak Spanish so well now?Wait, wait, you're done eating? You're eating too fast, no, you have to ...... by dose."

The doctor's mouth was still moving, but Patrick's mind had drifted away, and he was anxious to go back to watch the QPR game against Manchester United.

****

Giggs's eyes were sparkling.

It was difficult for Lu Ling to connect the man in front of him to the Manchester United legend who had been involved in a sex scandal in the summer eight years ago. That incident was in the newspapers on the streets of England that summer, and it was boiling. The credibility of the transfer matter reported by The Sun may be 0, but the credibility of the gossip is 100%, and even the accuracy of the news in politics is okay. It's a magical tabloid.

Giggs, or Giggs's team, handled the affair so quietly that the seething sex scandal was soon forgotten, at least verbally.

Whether it's when she's with Pat or when she's with Nick, Steve likes to use the Giggs and Terry scandals as a case study to tell her how to do PR......

She told her agent every time: "I'm not a sex scandal. If I'm having an affair with multiple players in my team at the same time, or with multiple managers in the Premier League at the same time, that's a sex scandal. ”

Steve would say of course and then go on to tell her that she had better ......

Lu Ling likes Steve very much, and becoming his client must be one of the best decisions she has made in recent years.

In the Theater of Dreams, the sun is obscured by dark clouds. Giggs smiled kindly at her, but didn't speak. She didn't, but shook his hand with the same force as the man opposite.

Lu Ling has no interest in Giggs's private life, and she felt the same thing in the Welshman during the last fight. He likewise had no interest in her private life. It was at the pre-match press conference that she was asked about her father's cancer, and this time, the United boss was asked directly by a reckless reporter at the pre-match press conference: "Ryan, do you think that the current close friends of the top two managers in the Premier League have made this league completely different from the league you were in as a player?"

Since becoming acting manager of Manchester United, Ryan Giggs, who is known for his toughness and seriousness, even laughed and said: "It seems to me that this league is changing every season. Didn't you like the story of Sir Alex Ferguson and Mr. Wenger before? I think that's what you want to ask, what do I think of Nick and Christine's romance? I'm not going to talk about that. It's not a big deal, but it's tiresome to talk about it constantly. I'll give you a little advice, don't ask another Premier League manager what he thinks about this, no one will like your question. ”

What a subtle way he said.

It's not a big deal, but it's tiresome to talk about it constantly.

Lu Ling was smiling as she walked to the away team's dugout, she liked the Welshman.

But after only twenty-five seconds, she couldn't laugh.

****

"Damn! Damn!" Lu Ling cursed incessantly, and rushed towards the fourth official, but the other party just shook his head firmly at her.

At Old Trafford, in a frenzied atmosphere, the home side won a penalty in the opening 25 seconds. It was a foul by QPR defender Glenn Mitchell, at least that's what the referee thought.

But judging by Glenn's wrongful gestures, he doesn't think he touched Martial at all.

Ian came over and pulled Glenn away, but the Yorkshire boy still received a yellow card.

Antoine Griezmann stands in front of the ball, runs and takes the ball in.

Manchester United leads QPR 1-0.

Due to the previous 4:1 and 5:0 wins of Manchester City and Everton respectively, this QPR must not be missed, but what I didn't expect was that the luck was so bad.

After losing to Chelsea, QPR is on a six-game winning streak in the league and two in the Champions League quarter-finals. But now, that state looks to be being challenged.

Rivals Manchester United, who have been in good form lately, are not the most motivated, as they are currently in the league for the top four and have put all the weight on next season's Champions League in the Europa League.

This goal made Lu Ling very annoyed. In the last two days of training sessions, she has done a lot of detailed planning, and the morale of the team was already high, but this goal made the team a little disorganized.

She shouted to the court, "Stay focused, the game has just started, we still have a lot of time!Ian, look this way!" and she made a "2" gesture to the captain.

The implementation of the second package needs to begin immediately, and it is urgent.

****

Nicholas was speeding down the M62 with a live broadcast of BBC Radio 5.

In a few moments, he will arrive in the Salford district of Manchester. However, the QPR just fell behind and it sounded like a very controversial penalty.

Oh, they've been in so good shape lately, maybe it's time for something to go wrong.

Before he left Goodison Park, Juan teasingly asked him, "Do you want that woman's team to win, or do you want it to lose?" ”

Juan deliberately called Christine "that woman" and also learned the eccentric accent and phrasing of the British. Nicholas naturally knew that Juan was studying with Dr. Watson, and thought of him as Sherlock Holmes. The woman, Christine, was Erin.

'If I say I want her to win, I'm not a good Everton manager, if I say I want her to lose, I'm not a good lover, if I say I want her to win, I'm not a boring man. Let me think about it......" Nicholas groaned for a moment, then suddenly changed his expression and said to Juan in Spanish: "I'm not the Englishman who pretends to be, I want her to lose, yes, you heard it right." ”

Juan was still in shock, and he was already in the car.

That's a competitive consideration, and it's the only answer.

But he didn't want her to be unhappy, how beautiful she was when she smiled, her eyes were smiling, and she was proud, he thought.

Maybe there's nothing to worry about. He took a look at the two starters and it looked like she had a lot of back.

****

The game was still going on, and the wind was blowing in Manchester, and the situation became extremely intense.

In the first 30 minutes of the first half, both teams had already received two yellow cards each, and referee Atkinson was very busy.

The QPR has changed the strategy. Because the end of this round of the league will be an international break, Lu Ling did not have too many physical scruples in this game, and she immediately asked the players to implement the second set of plans after conceding the goal, which is to be high-pressure throughout the game, making it difficult for Manchester United to advance.

Manchester United, a team, has had this major crux in the past decade: it is difficult to face the oppression of the opponent's high position. Right now, there are too many tall and strong players in this squad to handle the ball at the back, and up front, Manchester United's centre-forward Anthony Martial was beaten one-on-one by Mensah, and with Glenn in the back, he struggled to receive long balls.

The team's number one player, Paul Pogba, was asked by Ryan Giggs to drop back to get the ball. In Lu Ling's view, this is not unexpected, but it is also a failure.

If it were her, she would have sent Pogba forward to receive a long pass, so that United's formation could be pushed forward and the pressure of the QPR would be broken. However, based on her research and knowledge of Ryan Giggs, this tactic will not occur.

There was a time when British footballers were obsessed with long passes. However, the emerging wave of local coaches now regards long passing as a demon, which is naturally related to the popularity of pass-and-control football in the past decade. Starting with the success of Pep Guardiola in '09.

This thinking limited Giggs's tactics. Of course, he also has the wings of Sir Alex Ferguson, but today John and Zixiang were extremely fast and in place on both wings, so that Carrasco and Pinto on the wing of Manchester United could not fly at all.

Under the leadership of team legend Ryan Giggs, Manchester United have a rather strong style, but that does not hide tactical naivety.

What looks like a chaotic situation is actually very good for QPR, who have three shots on target so far, bringing their total number of shots on goal to seven. Manchester United, on the other hand, had only two shots on goal after scoring the penalty.

This time it was a corner kick and Mensah leaped high in the air to press down on Smalling's head and slam the ball towards goal......

De Gea didn't react, and QPR was a little unlucky.

There was a huge boo from the audience, which was given to Timothy Fosu Mensah. The Dutchman was friendly to the Dutchman when he left for QPR and refused to celebrate after scoring a goal against his former club.

However, in this game, because he broke Martial several times with big but non-fouling movements, and indirectly caused Martial to fall to the ground and was injured and treated for two minutes, so the boos of Manchester United fans were sent to Mensah mercilessly.

The 21-year-old, despite his tough style and fierce defence, is actually a player with a bit of a delicate heart - Lu Ling knows that he has always had a deep affection for Manchester United, and he was also very determined to join QPR at that time.

At the moment, he was clearly hurt a little emotionally, and after the corner kick, he pushed his former team-mate Smalling, which immediately sparked a second altercation on the pitch today.

Ian is on the pitch trying to keep his players out of controversy. The Scotsman dragged Mensa away and said a few words to him.

The referee showed Mensah a yellow card.

****

The first half was over, and the score was still behind QPR.

Patrick got up from the couch and was ready to add some food, and he would do strength training afterwards.

He listened to the commercials on TV and made himself a sandwich that would be a bad sandwich, he thought, but he had eaten worse......

As he munched on his sandwich, he thought that some time ago, Steve had asked him if he was interested in returning to the Premier League - Manchester United were the most interested buyers, willing to shell out £200 million in transfer fees and pay more than Barcelona.

Patrick refused. He wanted to play for Manchester United as a teenager, he wanted to play for Arsenal, he wanted to play for Liverpool, he wanted to play for the big clubs in the Premier League. Until he was eighteen years old, any of these clubs would want him, and he would be so happy that he couldn't sleep all night.

But he's twenty-two years old, four years have passed – that's the long wait for a World Cup, and he's no longer the obscure East London boy.

His exact words were: "Tell them that I don't want to be an enemy of the QPR. ”

At that time, the draw for the Champions League match had not yet come out. But now we still have to meet after all.

He finished his sandwich and the second half of the game was about to begin.

****

Arriving at the hotel, Nicholas heard the whistle for the second half on the car radio.

But just as he was about to turn off the engine, he heard the BBC commentator say: "Oh my God, it's unbelievable! At the start of the second half, Manchester United striker Antoine Griezmann fell in the box, this time for a foul on Mensah. And, this time, it looked like there was no problem with the decision, it was Mensah who tackled Antoine Griezmann......"

Another penalty!

Just like in the first half, it was all at the beginning of the whistle, which was too bad for the manager to make the deployment that he had just done.

Nicholas frowned, but after a second he smiled again, which was not a bad thing.

Always so contradictory.

The commentator's voice continued: "Next, referee Atkinson reached into his pocket...... Took out a yellow card, then a red card!"

Mensah picked up the second yellow of the game and was sent off.

The buzz of the United fans was clear on the radio, and now Antoine Griezmann was standing in front of the penalty spot......

United are likely to have a two-goal lead and there are only 10 men left on the field.

Nicholas continued to listen, not in a hurry to turn off the radio.

Hans Bahmeier saved Antoine Griezmann's penalty! The score was still 1-0 and United missed a good chance to extend the score!"

The corners of Nicholas' mouth curled slightly, pulled out the key, opened the door and got out of the car. 166 Reading Network