Patrick stared at Timothy Fosu Mensah, who was wearing an orange jersey on the other side.

In the pre-match passage, Mensah has already hugged the four England internationals for QPR. After hugging Patrick, Mensah said to him in all seriousness, "I'm not going to show mercy, man. ”

Patrick tilted his head and gave him a gentle punch in the shoulder, "You know I'm too. Well, we will win. ”

But the first half of the game was almost over and England were still unable to score. The Dutch side kept their profile low – they relied on two of the most physical centre-backs of Bruma and Virgil van Dijk, as well as two of the best midfielders of Mensah and Donny van der Bergh to defend and then counter-attack.

England didn't fall on the top either. Against the strongest opponents in the group, both teams have the same mentality: they must not lose. Then, doing a good job of defense becomes the first consideration.

Unlike in the QPR or at Barcelona, Patrick, who played as a right wing-back, took on a lot of defensive tasks in this game, and at times, even went back to his own side's baseline.

Lu Ling, who was watching this game in front of the TV, was also a little anxious. This arrangement somewhat restricts the display of Pat's offensive talent, and he is too far back in the position to hold the ball.

Heading into the second half, the two teams continued to face off like this, and the game was a little dull.

However, in the 81st minute, the situation finally changed.

Patrick dribbled the ball down the right side of his own half, quickly past the opposition left-back Blind, and then burst into the middle.

Mensah stood in his way.

Patrick flicked the ball to the right and then immediately dunked it back to the left.

Then, he picked up speed so hard that his body got stuck between the ball and Mensah, past his own QPR team-mate.

He rushed into the box, only to find that Mensah had once again pressed back closely.

Patrick is not careless, he has already noticed the difference between the World Cup and other competitions.

It's a field where you can reach your full potential. In the league, or even in Europe, sometimes if you have been passed, you think that maybe your teammates can help you solve the problem, or it is normal to be passed. In short, you don't give it your all every time you fight and fight because you subconsciously feel that the season is so long that there will always be a next chance.

But it's not the same at the World Cup. Even the Euros don't have such a sense of urgency.

Everyone is doing their best, as if this is the last game of your life – the eyes of the world are on you, the honor of the whole country is on your shoulders, and you will fight to the death for every possession.

You are a soldier fighting for your country.

Mensah was like that now, he chased back like crazy, pushed Patrick with his arm, and then shoveled hard with his left foot.

Patrick's body was a little out of balance, he knew Mensah was good, but he still had a way. He flicked the ball and let it go over Mensa's leg, before jumping to his feet.

He crossed Mensa's blockade.

But Van der Bergh sprinted over from the side. Everton's iron waist reached out with his right foot and Patrick's left foot touched the ball at the same time.

Patrick withdrew his left foot as soon as the ball changed direction and forced another pass from the left. Vanderberg reached out and tugged, and Patrick fell to the ground.

The referee's whistle sounded.

ITV's commentator Sam Mateface exclaimed, "Oh, what a pity...... Amber stabbed like a sword into the heart of the Netherlands, but fell after being struck by two men. However, the free-kick was in a very good position. The person in charge of the punishment is undoubtedly ......"

Undoubtedly Patrick-Amber himself.

Lu Ling's eyes were staring at the TV screen without blinking, but her shoulders moved. Pat's hair was a little longer and longer, still short on the sides and long in the middle, with the middle hair neatly tilted to one side and some hairspray. Several players in the England squad also wore this hairstyle. His blonde hair was a little dull blonde with hairspray, but he looked a little more mature, especially now that he still had a stubble.

The camera gives him a close-up of his blue eyes, and his pupils shrink slightly. She knew that his attention must have been more focused than ever at the moment.

She also knows that his footwork will not be worse than that of David Beckham, who has the "golden right foot". In fact, Beckham was also present for this game. Previously, the ITV commentator also joked that he didn't know what kind of mood David would feel when he looked at Patrick now.

In fact, if you have to compare, these two people do have some similarities. But the similarities are not in the style of the ball and the personality or looks. Rather, these two men were beautiful blonde boys from ordinary London families.

Yesterday, the Daily Star also joked that if the two Amber dated, then Patrick and David have another similarity.

As we all know, Amber was born into a wealthy family like Victoria Beckham, but the former is a typical Californian girl. Unlike Victoria, she is enthusiastic and unrestrained, although she is a well-known party girl in Hollywood, she has not had too many scandals since her debut, and she has many friends in the circle. The Daily Star listed a series of benefits that two Amber would bring to each other if they were really together, and the article concluded by saying:

Even without those of those things happening, I think people would love to see the sexiest man in the world and the sexiest woman in the world. And, Patrick-Amber does seem to like women older than herself. You know what I'm talking about.

At that time, Tim took his mobile phone and read the last paragraph to Lu Ling.

Lu Lingzheng replied to the email of the football director Meng Qi, and asked casually, "Do you mean me?"

"I think so, after all, you have been going on for half a season, until he went to Barcelona and the tabloids were studying your relationship. By the way, when did you break up?"

Nathan Neal also asked Lu Ling this question not long ago.

Before she was ready to tell the person to tell, people had already guessed a few. She gave Tim the same reply as Nathan Neil:

"It doesn't matter, the important thing is that it doesn't become a concern for you. I think that's what you want to see. ”

Nate was noncommittal, and so was Tim.

On another page of the Daily Star, news of a dinner dinner between the QPR boss and the Everton boss at the port of Banus in Marbella was long overdue. The news caused a stir on Twitter a few days ago. "Daily Star" was only released at this time, and it was already old news. The photo is nothing special, it's just a photo taken by ordinary fans from the window of the two people who look quite intimate.

Already came once last summer and again this summer.

The title is:

ragain

Lu Ling felt that she couldn't cry or laugh, and what she couldn't cry or laugh even more was probably that she had received countless text messages, emails or phone calls asking if it was true.

Even Nick joined in the fun and sent her a message:

You know it's easy to have a good night, I just need to get you drunk, but if it's like they say, I might need to get myself drunk too. 】

She found it difficult to understand the meaning of the sentence. He wanted to tell her that he was only still physically interested in her, and that he hadn't fallen in love with her again or what......ever?

Her reply was:

"Then I think we'd better not get drunk.] 】

He didn't reply since.

Lu Lingchai must be watching England's game against the Netherlands at this moment, after all, Everton also has two players on the field.

****

Patrick looked at the two top corners of the goal. In front of him, a tall Dutch wall had been erected.

This year, all the English media have been constantly rendering, and the hearts of all England fans are worried about him, just like Beckham and Rooney in the past, Patrick Amber is the hope of all Englanders.

This pressure can sometimes crush a person.

But this man is not Patrick.

Patrick runs, just like in training, with his right foot on the side of the ball and the inside of his left foot touching the ball diagonally upwards.

It was a perfect curling ball that couldn't be saved, and it got into the top right corner of the goal!

After the goal, Patrick frantically rushed to the corner flag area, and his teammates swarmed him.

All the England fans went crazy, they dragged the people around them in the stands, bouncing, hugging, and even kissing.

Patrick didn't make a ll gesture, and that had been going on for a while. But that didn't matter, Tina knew.

On the sidelines, Sam Allardyce is also constantly raising his arms. England's dugout was also like a raging flood, with everyone jumping up at the moment of the goal.

Lu Ling smiled in front of the screen.

As Patrick looked back into the stands after celebrating with his teammates, he saw that England fans were still mimicking his past celebrations. He lowered his head and smiled, his right hand brushing his left arm. His queen has always been there. On his skin, in his heart. And he knew that she must be watching him.

After that, Allardyce replaced Raheem Sterling with Yu Zixiang to strengthen the defence. The Asian boy also made his World Cup debut.

In the end, England scored from a free-kick from Patrick Amber to beat the Netherlands 1-0 and claim an important first group stage victory.

****

Lu Ling plans to watch part of the group stage of the World Cup, and all the knockout rounds after that. Her director of football, Monchi, is also keeping a close eye on the performances of some of the target players at the World Cup.

For the new season, Lu Ling needs to make a change of blood for the team. She now has one of the best football directors in the world – Monchi's past work at Sevilla has been well documented, not only helping Sevilla to dominate the Europa League, but also stabilizing the team in the top four of La Liga, all with an extremely limited transfer budget.

This season, with the team likely to sell Patrick Amber, the team will have more transfer funds than last season. Thinking of this, Lu Ling didn't know whether he should feel bitter or happy.

A number of players in the squad, such as Matt Phillips, such as Nathan Raymond and possibly even Eduardo Vargas, are all in danger of leaving. However, Lu Ling has not yet finalized it, and he has not informed these players.

In addition, Alice is currently having a great time in Harrington. Of course, the season preparation hasn't started yet, and she's not busy. But the replacement work is more complicated, and she still has a lot of player information to see. When those players come back to the team, she needs to be like the team doctor before her, knowing their past injuries and physical condition.

Lu Ling sometimes went to the Thames with her for a drink in the evening. Neither likes alcohol that is too strong, sometimes a pint of cider, sometimes a vodka martini.

Now the taverns by the river are full of fans from all over the world. London is a city home to many immigrants from all over the world. Even without the England game, the tavern was buzzing.

This afternoon is the group stage of Group F, Spain vs Portugal. Now the tavern is occupied by fans of these two countries, surrounded by the flags of both countries. There was a rush of people, and you could hear the calls of Spanish and Portuguese all the time.

Lu Ling is very interested in the game between these two teams, and has been talking to Alice about Spain's new midfield combination, the control that Koke and Thiago bring to the team, and the solid tactics of Portugal coach Santos, in addition, she also thinks that Cristiano Ronaldo's forward position is a bit less aggressive when Portugal counter-attack, but she can also understand Santos's arrangement.

Alice suddenly asked: "Christine, when you watch the game, do you put yourself in the mentality of the managers on both sides?"

Lu Ling admitted: "Yes. Only in this position can you comprehend some of the complex psychology of the person. Sometimes to the onlooker, who to use or who not to use, and what style to use, seems to be just a casual conversation. But in fact, you have to think about a lot more than you can do tactically. Players are, after all, people, not machines. ”

Alice finished the little bit of Martini in her glass and said with a smile: "That's why I didn't choose to go the coaching path in the end, and my personnel management and leadership skills are not outstanding in terms of tactics." ”

"It doesn't make sense, you're just humble. ”

"Anyway, you're better suited, look, aren't you doing a good job right now, and I've got what I'm good at, and I love what I'm doing. Looks like you're going to watch this game and maybe I should go get another drink. ”

Lu Ling's eyes were fixed on the TV, "Oh, actually, I can go back to Harrington to watch the second half." Of course, if you want to go ahead and have a martino, I don't have anything to do with it, by the way......"

"Your annual salary is so high, and you want me to invite you to drink. Alice feigned a frown. But the girl next to her was all focused on the ball game, and she didn't look at her at all.

Lu Ling took out twenty pounds from his jeans pocket, "This round is mine." But, my dear, you speak as if the club were paying you two thousand pounds a month. ”

Alice snatched Queen Elizabeth from her fingers, "In any case, how can I compare to you, isn't your annual salary now fifth in the Premier League, higher than England manager Sam Allardyce." ”

Lu Ling glanced at Alice with a smile, "Okay, okay, the wine money in the future will be mine...... Not because I'm a goddamn rich man now, though, but to repay the money you paid for my drinks during those years in college, and to borrow me a bunch of condoms. ”

Alice turned around as she prepared to walk through the crowd, "It's better that you can also cover my condom money in the future, considering that I won't get married and have children in the near future, it's not a small amount." ”

Lu Ling smiled and shook his head.

Sometimes, she wonders if it's a good idea to recruit her friends to her team. If something unpleasant happens at work, will it affect the friendship? Tim is perfect, assertive, but not aggressive and flexible. Lovely Liz is different, she has some similarities to her personality. That's why they love each other. It's not like I've had a fight before, but it's always a glass of wine that solves the problem. One year, after the Christmas and New Year holidays, Alice didn't return to the dormitory until after 12 o'clock that night, but as soon as she heard that she was having a bad night, she went to the convenience store in Off-Se to buy two bottles of cheap red wine and went to her rented cottage. In fact, they had a big fight before the holidays began.

On TV, Spain scored. Alice also returned with two martinies.

Lu Lingzheng received a message, it was Nick.

[hmmm, I'm wondering, if I hadn't been injured, would I still be in the national team now, would I have appeared in this game......]

She replied: "Don't think about it, you're too old. Anyway, if I were the Spanish manager, I wouldn't take you. 】

Alice casually asked who it was, and Lu Ling smiled and said it was Nick.

Alice's eyebrows move very interestingly.

"What's wrong?"

"So it's a cliché story of two men and a woman?"

"As long as it's not (3p), I don't mind clichés. ”

"Have you tried?"

"What?"

“.”

Lu Ling's attention was still on TV, but now he was startled by Alice.

Alice laughed, her chin lifted slightly, and a little smugness flashed in her charming eyes, "I tried." ”

"In Germany?"

"Don't try to lie to my story, you'll have to trade your story, dear. ”

Lu Ling rolled his eyes and sipped Martini. Another message came, she glanced at the phone screen, stunned, this time, there was no reply. Nick Says:

[Sweetheart, I'm not that old, and no one knows this better than you. 】

****

Patrick Amber's brilliant free-kick and England's performance in beating the Netherlands caused a huge stir in England. Numerous media outlets covered the match with sensational headlines.

In this country of football, the craze for the World Cup is heating up. Countless Three Lions fans are looking forward to it.

On 20 June, the second round of Group B kicked off, with England taking on Ecuador. Sam Allardyce used a more attacking approach in this game, with Yu Zixiang appearing as the starting left winger and Ross Barkley also pushed forward to link up with Patrick in attack.

The game was very open, and England narrowly won 3-2. As Lu Ling had predicted, Latin American teams are definitely not easy to deal with.

But Patrick is once again a national hero.

His header opened the scoring for the Three Lions, and Ecuador's Ecuadorian Eina Valencia scored twice in a short period of time to take the lead. In the second half, Patrick latched onto a through ball from Ross Barkley and fired a low left-footed shot into the net to equalise.

It was 80 minutes later that England scored the winner. Patrick broke through the opposition defence and crossed for Raheem Sterling, who slotted the ball in.

The goal gave England a win in both games and a round of qualification.

In two World Cup games, Patrick contributed three goals and one assist. But that's not the most amazing performance of the World Cup yet.

Brazil's striker, Gabriel Jesus, scored a hat-trick against Ireland.

Patrick's QPR team-mate, Leon Ferreira, scored four goals in Uruguay's game against Panama – becoming the eighth player in World Cup history to score at least four goals in a single game, and the first since 1994.

In addition, Lionel Messi, who has announced that he will retire from the national team after the World Cup, scored a goal against South Korea to go to Longtan alone, becoming the best goal since the start of the World Cup.

In the third round of the World Cup group stage on June 25, England rotated, and Patrick and other main players did not play. In the end, England drew 0-0 with Iran.

With 7 points from three games, the Three Lions entered the knockout round as the first in Group B.

From the moment England qualified, major media outlets began to analyse the opponents England might face in the knockout rounds, as well as the best route to qualify. And after the dust has settled in the group stage, England's knockout opponent is Poland, who are second in Group A. This is not an easy opponent, with Poland boasting a prolific Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski.

However, there is a lot of optimism in England. It was not long to discover that if England eliminated Poland, they could face Brazil, the tournament's favourite, in the quarter-finals.

Brazil have won three big games in the group stage, scoring 12 goals and conceding just one. Gabriel Jesus is tied for first place in the scorers' charts with four goals alongside Uruguay's León Ferreira.

Meanwhile, captain Neymar is tied with England's Patrick and Spain's Alvaro Morata with three goals. In addition, Neymar also contributed 3 assists, and is the current assist leader of this cup.

Brazil's opponents, Italy, are a strong team in decline, and public opinion is generally not optimistic that the Azzurri will be able to get past Brazil's two talents. Of course, since it's Italy, the game won't be easy.

In the England dressing room, Dilly Alli joked: "It's hard for Italy to beat Brazil, but if they can get rid of Neymar or Gabriel Jesus, we'll be more relaxed." ”

Patrick frowned slightly when he heard this.

Ross Barkley said directly: "Let's beat Poland first." Otherwise there is little point in talking about this. ”

This serious topic didn't last long. Because soon, everyone started teasing Patrick.

Amber just posted a new photo on Instagram and named Patrick.

It's a picture of her wearing England's No.7 shirt.

And now the owner of England No.7 is none other than the much-anticipated beautiful boy Patrick Amber. 166 Reading Network