Patrick may be a professional footballer, but he definitely doesn't like discipline. This can be contradictory at times, but it's not a difficult choice for him to make, and he mostly knows what's important to him. Human beings are forever torn between the rational and the emotional. Interestingly, rational choices are not necessarily the right choices, and emotional choices are not necessarily bad ones. The randomness and necessity of cause and effect of things have never been difficult to decipher, and human beings are still too early to play God.

This morning, Patrick got up with a glass of water, then went for a twenty-minute jog on the treadmill in the gym downstairs, and then he did a few sets of push-ups and pull-ups, which were some of the most basic exercises, and he didn't have the strength, only a warm-up, and Alice and Julian wouldn't agree with him. If Tina had found out, she would have been even more furious. He did like her slightly furrowed brow, it was sexy, but he never wanted her to be really unhappy. Still, after doing this, he was sweating.

He came out of the gym, and Zoe yelled at him twice, and he crouched down and touched her, and immediately stood up.

"Wait a minute, Zoe, I need to take a shower. After that, maybe we can have breakfast together, how does that sound?"

His voice was lighthearted, but Zoe soon couldn't hear it clearly, and couldn't follow it because her master closed the bathroom door.

It didn't take long for Patrick to come out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel. He walked to the kitchen, and Zoe hurriedly followed.

Patrick put two slices of toast in the bread maker, four boiled eggs, he wouldn't eat the yolks, that wouldn't do him any good. He thought it might be a little insufficient, so he poured another bowl of milk and added a lot of cereal with raisins and banana chips, which he liked. Another banana and there should be a cup of coffee afterward. He thought, bowing his head, and the pit bull looked at him pitifully.

Zoe is a French bulldog who is almost four years old, and his whole body is gray and white. Very curious, docile most of the time, and aggressive to a very few people very rarely, such as ...... The Spaniard. But Patrick always wondered, who could she hurt?

"Yes, I know. Patrick said to her, "Let's go, let's go see what you're going to have for breakfast today?"

Twenty minutes later, Patrick had finished his breakfast, and Zoe was already lying on the edge of the floor-to-ceiling window staring out, wagging her tail. The weather is nice today, at least it's sunny now. Patrick glanced at Zoe again before going upstairs, feeling a little sorry, but the boy who walked the dog would come over later to take her to a nearby park.

Patrick went to his bedroom, passed by the picture frame at the head of the bed, wiped his finger on his lips and nodded on the face of the girl in the photo, "Moing Sunshine Maybe I'll call you later." ”

The cell phone rings when Patrick is shaving. Patrick wiped his face and chin with a towel and glanced down at the caller ID. Benjamin. He put down his towel and picked up his phone.

"Hey, good morning, Ben. Patrick walked out with his phone. There was some noise on Benjamin's end, but it quickly faded away. He had no interest in assuming what he was doing.

"Good morning, Pat...... I was thinking, if you don't mind, how about I go over and pick you up?"

Patrick frowned.

It's the first week of October and the team has already finished playing Arsenal in the league yesterday. Most of his team-mates will report on the national team again today, and there will be another national break next month. He was injured and Benjamin was still not called up by Southgate, so both went on vacation. He and Ben had made an appointment to watch the race this morning after yesterday's race.

But, Benjamin came to pick him up?

"Oh, it's getting more and more like a date. Patrick scoffed, and walked over to his open closet. He didn't want to dress too formally. Neither will he.

"You don't mind, by the way, I did spray the ancient dragon. ”

Patrick came out with a light gray shirt and said, "No, not at all." But I'll say hello to you in advance, the boss is not with me, don't be too disappointed when you arrive. ”

Benjamin's laughter came from the other end, followed by his lighthearted voice, "Yes, I know...... She was here with me last night. ”

Benjamin took Patrick's first joke and took it too. Patrick didn't talk to Tina about Benjamin in since. He had already asked once, and she had told him, that she knew what Ben was doing and what she was doing, so there was no need for him to mention it again. But that doesn't mean Patrick doesn't have the intention of testing Benjamin himself. As for Benjamin's reaction just now...... This person has a pattern. Patrick could have continued the joke, but he didn't want to. So he said coldly, "Take that back, Ben"

"already done," Benjamin said, after a pause. He wasn't embarrassed at all, as if the conversation hadn't happened. "I'll be there in thirty minutes, is that enough?"

"I'm tempted to say you're such a gentleman, but I'm finding this gay joke getting more and more disgusting. The look on Patrick's face confirmed his words. "Plenty of time. See you later. ”

"See you in a moment, Pat. ”

****

Benjamin drove a convertible version of the Aston Martin 09dbs, scarlet. This one is sexy, and Patrick has an identical one, except that it's not open-topped, parked in the garage of his villa in Barcelona. Of course, this may be a coincidence, perhaps, Benjamin wants to "please" him, perhaps, Benjamin just wants to find a topic to make this "date" start smoothly.

Patrick felt that if he considered the weather in England and Spain, he should exchange it with Ben. At the beginning of October, it was fine to open an open top in London, especially if the weather was nice today, but after another week, it would be a bad idea.

Counting the time they went to the antique car show together, this should be a "second date". Oh, bad second date. If it's really a second fucking date between lovers, then this time it's going to most likely determine whether the two will have sex later.

They certainly won't go to bed. Even if there is another girl, it will be disgusting. Patrick believes that most men don't have a crush on two-man and one-woman threesomes.

Patrick got into the passenger seat. Benjamin took off his sunglasses and teased with a smile, "I hope you don't care so much about your hairstyle." Patrick put on his sunglasses and pouted, "I can't care more." "Anyway, he smeared his hair wax, and it wasn't easy to blow too much.

"I still care about me. Benjamin said as he started the car.

"You can see it. Benjamin was meticulous in applying wax, while Tina often said he was scratching his head a few times. Patrick couldn't hide his smile when he thought of this.

The love of cars, the pursuit of speed and passion, very human male. Under the influence of male hormones, there is no doubt that most human males are more power-conscious and more aggressive than human females. This strong biological instinct drives civilization, albeit sometimes as an obstacle or even as a complete opposite.

Regardless, Patrick found that Benjamin seemed to be happy to share common ground with him, though Benjamin was equally happy to challenge Tina's bottom line in his affairs. He hoped that Benjamin already knew his bottom line, and that he liked a peaceful locker room. Most of the time, he was a peaceful man. Although, he holds the record for an average of one red card per season. Considering he's an offensive player, that's not a glorious statistic. He's not proud of it either.

The road wasn't too far, and Benjamin wasn't driving too fast.

"Pat, what are your thoughts on yesterday's game?"

Patrick didn't answer immediately, he was thinking.

Benjamin glanced at him with a smile and continued: "I think Tuchel's philosophy is very representative. Now many of the new generation of German coaches are playing like him. But their shortcomings are also obvious, so much so that in recent years, with the exception of Bayern, the rest of the Bundesliga teams have not achieved outstanding results in Europe. His voice was smooth and free, a kind of confidence.

Patrick knew what Benjamin meant. Arsenal's new boss Thomas Tuchel is one of the reforming coaches that has emerged in the Bundesliga in recent years. Among the players he brought to Arsenal were 'African Xavi' Jean Serry, as well as Julian Weigl, Christian Christian Pulisic and Timo Werner from the Bundesliga.

Despite this, the Gunners have lost a number of key players, including Novak, Saldo, Welbeck and Joao Mario, so Patrick was a little surprised that the Gunners were able to record five wins and one defeat in their opening six league games. It's a testament to Tuchel's ability to train – like many German coaches – and to the fact that Arsenal, with their technical tradition, don't struggle to accept a pass-and-control manager.

"Arsenal have been very good at passing so far this season, but they have increased a lot of movement. I think this is what the media has called 'new German football' in the last two or three years. They train rigorously and the system works well. Patrick said this, and was about to turn around.

"Even so, Daniali Bernardino is the soul of Arsenal. Benjamin took his words as if he knew what he was going to say next.

Patrick's shoulders moved, affirming Benjamin's words. The young Italian brought in by Allegri, who moves behind the striker, plays tandems, dribbles and passes freely, and often inspires inspiration, is one of only Trequartista (nine-and-a-half) talent in Italy in recent years. Although Arsenal's passing and running ability has gradually improved this season, it is up to the Italian to make a difference in the end.

However, yesterday's game, that trequartista......

Patrick remembered how he sat in the stands yesterday.

As he grew up, he came to understand that he had a talent that others could only dream of. Even without Tina, he believes he will eventually leave Leyton East, albeit later, and even if Nicholas hadn't promoted him that Championship season, he wouldn't have been able to play in the lower leagues forever. But Patrick also understands the importance of the team's system to the players.

Some coaches want to be able to make the ball flow smoothly, so that the passing becomes precise and fast, and the movement becomes tacit and flexible. Tuchel's Arsenal have clearly adopted this system.

But Patrick is also keenly aware of what Arsenal have to sacrifice for the sake of such a system. Weigl at the back looked thin and not fast, while the other midfielder, Seri, looked short and weak. They are both very good passers, but the physical flaws are also obvious.

From the stands, he could clearly read what the blue and white player in the number 10 was trying to do, and the aerial perspective was completely different from Patrick's usual perspective on the pitch, which allowed the lines and spaces to become more geometric.

Benjamin Hamilton is just as good at passing, but he has something else. Not only is he skilled at his feet, but he is not bad in physique, both in terms of height, skeleton, and muscular strength.

Albeit...... This guy has been frequently teased by Phil lately for fitness problems. Patrick sometimes suspects that there is a system in his body that automatically blocks Phil's voice.

Patrick thought of this and glanced at Benjamin. He was dressed in the same way as him, with a solid shirt and a trench coat. However, Ben wears a tie and his trench coat is camel-colored, and Patrick himself doesn't wear a tie and his trench coat is solid black.

After yesterday's game, Alice also made a joke when Patrick and Benjamin were both there, saying that they should form a boy band, so that people would quickly forget about One Direction, just like people had forgotten about nsync and BSB.

Patrick and Benjamin looked at each other. Tina heard her turn back to Alice and say, "Honey, you've said it, people have forgotten about nsync and bsb. For Pat and Ben it's grandfather boy bands, and they have no idea what you're talking about. ”

Patrick and Benjamin nodded at A-Bomb together. The head coach was right, he and Benjamin were indeed very new to those two boy bands.

Alice was still sighing, "Oh shit, now I think I've lived a hundred years", and Phil was not to be outdone, "Then I should form a band with Jake, Hans, and Leon, and then people will forget about coldplay." "Phil always needs people's attention. But he clearly missed the point of Alice's words.

"The three of us are not bad, your nose is too crooked, and it must be noted that although we are not a boy band, there is still a minimum standard for the appearance of the band members. Jacob seriously teased Phil for being very lethal. Patrick sometimes feels that Newcastleers have learned a lot from Zixiang.

"Fuck you, Jake, fuck you, I'm at least fucking handsome than you! Besides, I wouldn't have this band without me, I just brought it up. Phil was bouncing around the locker room in a pair of white panties as usual. "Isn't that right, Hans?" he jumped in front of Hans, who once again pushed him away with one hand. "Stay away from me, wear diapers. ”

The German's words caused an unbelievable burst of laughter in the dressing room after the game, and Phil's white panties and diapers may really resemble them.

Tina was laughing, too. She was in a good mood yesterday, and when she smiled, her eyes were like a crescent moon again. Maybe Phil also saw the boss laugh at that time, so he didn't go to Hans to "trouble". Although, Patrick thinks that Phil can't cause trouble for Hans.

"Still thinking about Bernardino?" Benjamin snapped his face, interrupting Patrick's thoughts.

Patrick looked to the other side, "No. However, you played better than him yesterday and I think you know that. 166 Reading Network