Nicholas lowered his eyelids and moved his lips.

Lu Ling didn't hear what he said too clearly, and the sentence seemed to be "If that's the case, then I will understand it into another meaning." She wasn't sure. After that moment had passed, she didn't ask again, and he didn't seem ready to say it again. She turned her face, and the girl behind the bar kept her head down, and Lu Ling couldn't tell from this angle whether she was still playing with her phone or asleep.

On TV, Michy Batshuayi was limping to the sidelines by Alice, the team doctor. Phil slapped his teammate in a decent way, jumped twice on the spot, and stepped onto the turf of New Queen's Park.

Lu Ling's smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Nicholas turned his head to the TV, too, oh, that weird boy. Also born in East London, he grew up in Leiden Orient's Academy, but is much more eccentric than Patrick Amber.

He had to admit that he knew little about the player called "Phil Warren" before this game, but at that time he saw on the sidelines what Christine looked like when she finally spoke to this player.

This may not be your average player...... But it can't be stronger than Batshuayi.

If you have the physique of a center forward, you may not be able to play a good center forward.

That's what he thought at the time.

****

Located in a noisy pub in West London.

Phil was drunkenly dancing on the table with a vodka bottle in one hand. There was a group of people around the table who were heckling, except for a few of his good buddies, more of them were strangers.

Motd was also on TV, but there was not much to watch in the tavern, and except for this corner, more young people were chatting with their friends.

“…… Hey, bastard, what about you, put your phone away, don't fucking video!" Phil suddenly shouted at one of the people below. His own voice sounded drunk, but when he heard his own high-pitched voice, he sobered up a little. Wait,, it looks like there's more than one person holding up their phones...... If the fuck gets out, that bitch will definitely punish him for going to the reserves for a while......

"Phil, what are you afraid of? Your performance on the field today is like a fire, even if your boss knows, at most you will be fined......" one of the buddies shouted at him with a smile.

"Bullshit!" Phil yelled as he jumped off the table, "that bitch is given at least a fucking week's salary every time she is penalized, that's 6,000 pounds! I promised my mom that I'm going to buy her a house next year!!" And that Bitch said that she got bored with one thing easily, and if she got tired of being fined, she would kick him out......

In this half minute, Phil's vodka-filled brain was thinking extremely rationally.

", I have to go back. He put down the vodka and looked up at the TV.

How do you feel this afternoon...... Awesome, he didn't want it to be a one-off thing.

****

Less than 20 minutes into the game, QPR's new signing Phil came on full swing. As soon as he came on the pitch, he warmly beckoned his teammates to pass the ball to him.

The only thing Phil is happy with is that even if no one likes him, these new teammates don't like him and don't pass the ball to him like teenagers.

Yes, professional football.

Mario played a long pass, and Phil unloaded the ball beautifully. He felt a sense of pride in his heart and wanted to turn around immediately, but Van der Bergh poked the ball directly from his side.

There was a wave of regret in the stands. Tim acted as the coach from the sidelines, shouting "Phil, watch out for your tactical mission!" and pointing to his head to signal him to use his brain.

Phil shrugged, took a sip, and ran forward. He didn't really like the assistant move, like he was an idiot.

Everton's head coach has his eye on that player, Phil Warren, who is only 18 years old this year. He stopped a 50-meter high ball just now, which shows that the basic skills are very good, but the follow-up action is a little hasty.

Isn't this player the legendary "amateur player"?

Moreover, that follow-up action, although it failed, was actually very aggressive. This shows that this kid has no stage fright and dares to make moves in his Premier League debut and in the big scene of facing the leader.

The wall light has stabilized a bit and is no longer flickering.

Lu Ling didn't look at the man, but looked at the TV screen and asked, "Are you surprised?

Nicholas was noncommittal and took a sip of his wine. There's not much left of that big jar of Long Island iced tea.

****

Phil Warren began to carry out the tactical duties assigned to him by his boss and assistant coaches. Since he had just come on the pitch and the two centre-backs on the opposite side had already played 75 minutes, he was not at all afraid to play against Phil. However, even without this physical advantage, Phil would have thought that there was nothing to fear.

He held Rojas and Jimenez at one moment, and from time to time he moved between the two, and then he and his teammates began to make some echoes, stopping the ball and doing it to Leon or someone else.

Lu Ling, who was in the stands, was even a little surprised.

QPR's positional offense actually showed a more fluid posture after Phil came on the court, and Rojas's death entanglement was completely unplayable on Phil.

Of course, this is due to the decline of the opponent's physical strength, but the way Phil fights with his opponent in hand-to-hand combat is very impressive. He's not afraid of the South American-style kraft defense of Rojas and Jimenez.

If his opponent pushes him with his elbow, he pushes him back with his elbow. If the opponent secretly pushes his crotch with his leg behind his back, or hits his waist, Phil will also make a small move to knock back when protecting the ball.

Moreover, he can maintain these confrontation moves while still ensuring a high success rate on every ball - perhaps due to the fact that he has been in the academy of professional football for a long time, and his fundamentals are solid.

However, he showed more than just the basics. Although Phil is a bad boy, he seems to have an innate ability to control football, like an instinct like a wild cat chasing a rabbit.

Lu Ling is more inclined to this as a talent. This also proves that I was right to take a fancy to this kid.

Rojas, who was brave in the audience, began to pant for breath.

And the time of the game is passing by minute by second.

Everton's manager was naturally anxious, but on the surface he was unmoved. This Phil Warren's appearance actually brought the "X factor" to the situation, Batshuayi's injury was a huge blow to QPR, but this rookie actually recaptured the scene? This was really an amateur player? Look at his actions, it is indeed very street wild and deceitful, this kind of thing can also appear in the rigid British?

Phil on the pitch at that time would not have known that the managers on both sides were paying so much attention to him.

He thought it was fun to play, but it was getting a little boring.

Every time I get the ball, I have to pass it to my team-mates, so what about the £800 goal bonus?

I didn't just come up to be a foil for others, Phil thought to himself.

The short central defender on the opposite side, who forgot whether it was a Spaniard or a South American country, looked too tired to do anything. Each time, the force that the defender threw at himself seemed to wane.

Then why don't I him once...... I haven't seen the goal since the fuck came on.

Jacob passes the ball to Phil, after which Leon immediately moves over and motions for him to pass the ball.

*, I'm going to score my own goals. Phil thought, suddenly stopped and turned, carried Rojas fiercely, and wiped into the penalty area.

Rojas didn't expect this, and immediately followed, but Phil elbowed, and without saying anything, he went straight into the penalty area.

There's the goalkeeper in front of him, fuck, this Portuguese goalkeeper like a big spider, although he bluffs, has already conceded two goals today, and there is nothing to be afraid of......

Phil tried to get past Renato, but his opponent was quicker than he thought. Phil could only force his acceleration and try to get past the goalkeeper to shoot into the empty net.

Renato pounced and stretched out his arms.

When Phil accelerated, he was still bumped by Rojas behind him, and his feet were a little confused. The ball was about to be saved by this goalkeeper......

Phil gritted his teeth, burst out with all his strength, and stabbed the ball hard.

Phil stabbed this time, but it was faster than Renato's hand, and the Everton goalkeeper was caught off guard and couldn't stop it, and as a result, Phil fell directly to the ground.

Mason points to the penalty spot – it's a penalty without a doubt!

With the clock ticking 85 minutes into the game, this penalty could well have led to victory for QPR!

The QPR players all pounced on Phil, who was lying on the ground, and patted him on the head.

Phil fell, and felt really painful, he struggled to get up from Renato, then turned his head and asked, "Can I be punished?"

D's show didn't let go of this scene, at that time, Lu Ling stood in the stands, and she couldn't guess what Phil said without even thinking about it, and later she asked Ian after the game to confirm, and it was true.

At this time, she laughed with wine in her mouth.

"Did he ask if he could take that penalty?" Nicholas smiled, but his smile was visibly sour.

Lu Ling swallowed the sip of wine and nodded, "He's like...... He's like, I don't know how to put it, his way of thinking...... It's funny. ”

"Don't you feel too immature?"

"Of course I like mature players. Lu Ling said, her speech began to slow down, it was the effect of alcohol, but she was sober, very sober, she continued, "But, most of the time, if a player is too mature in his style of play at a young age, then I think it is not necessarily a good thing for him, he is likely to hit the ceiling very early. Even a talented player like Pat has times when he's on the pitch ignoring my instructions and dribbling past several players and then shooting into the stands. And, what the eighteen-year-old Ronaldo and Messi were like, I think we all remember as well. ”

Nicholas admits that there is some truth in what she said, but the core is somewhat contrary to his thinking and philosophy.

Phil may have a chance to develop into a good player, but it's the kind of player that Nicholas doesn't think he likes much. It's not that he doesn't think he can control this type of player, it's just that he really doesn't have the interest and energy to wait for him to grow.

****

Phil stared at the TV.

At that time, after he asked, everyone was a little stunned. It was captain Ian who immediately said: "Leon came to take the penalty, he was the first penalty taker, but you did a fantastic job, Phil. ”

The Phil on the TV calmly stepped aside.

I look so mature, I'm so generous. He picked up the vodka he had just put down again and took a big sip.

Beside him, several good buddies looked at each other twice and shook their heads. This guy just said to go.

Leon held the ball and put it on the penalty spot.

The goalkeeper on the opposite side is not easy, but the Uruguayan is undoubtedly very confident.

Leon like usual, run-up, swing legs, shoot!

The ball went into the bottom right corner!qpr reversed the score to 3:2 in the 86th minute!

"Fill, why the didn't you take that penalty?" one buddy asked in his ear.

Phil tugged at the corners of his mouth, "What do you know, it is estimated that there will be four or five teammates on the field before it is my turn." ”

He actually really wanted to be punished.

800 pounds.

****

The game time was running out, and Nicolas didn't have time to say anything, urging the players to hurry back to their positions, launch the final attack, and successively replaced two strong substitute attackers, Bolacier and Andone.

It was the hardest attack the QPR has ever suffered, crosses, breaks, shots, one after the other, furiously storming the blue and white penalty area in the space of a few minutes.

There are four minutes of stoppage time.

Everton won two corners in quick succession before picking up a free-kick from outside the area.

Lu Ling, who was sitting in the stands, felt that his heartbeat was getting more and more intense. And she can't do much now but pray for luck.

Gaya played the ball into the box and it was fast.

Mexican center Felipe Delgado jumped up and rubbed his scalp to let the ball go past Mario's defence.

The ball flew towards the far post......

Knocked into the net by Vanderbergh!

On TV, the QPR coach who had stood up in the stands covered his face at that moment, and under the stands, the QPR assistant also hugged his head.

There was a loud sigh from the whole stadium, but it turned into cheers in an instant.

The goal was blown off!The linesman raised the flag for offside!

The Everton manager near the touchline protested loudly with his arms raised, to the referee to the linesman, and finally he ran to the fourth official......

****

"At that time, you were out of control, right?" Lu Ling asked Nick suddenly.

"I don't want to answer that question. That was a miscalculation. I've said this 100 times in TV interviews and in the post-match press conference, and this is the 101st time. His voice suddenly became much colder.

It was a miscalculation. Lu Ling thought to himself. It was on TV that Ross Barkley was a little offside when Delgado rubbed the ball, but the scorer Van der Berg was not offside.

However, we suffered at Goodison Park last season (Lukaku's goal was suspected of colluding with the goalkeeper) and Rojas should have been sent off this time. She said all of this in her post-game press conference, and she wasn't going to argue with Nick about refereeing in this tavern.

After referee Mason whistled out the Everton goal, the QPR was still in the lead. It's been more than 91 minutes.

The QPR players on the field immediately tried their best to delay time.

But just a minute later, Everton came back. It's a corner.

All the Everton players came up, including goalkeeper Renato.

After the corner kick flew up, in the box, Mensah jumped high and headed the ball out of the box. And almost at the same time, Phil rushed out of the penalty area like an arrow from the string and got the second landing point.

Then he immediately dribbled the ball from the back and began to rush towards Everton's half, empty in front of the opposition goal!

He glanced at it, the opponent's goalkeeper was still desperately chasing back because he had just participated in the fighting attack.

Looks like 800 pounds is mine!

Despite his excitement, Phil was no fool and knew that it was not feasible to hang the door at half-time, and he didn't have that footwork.

So he began to desperately lead forward.

That was a problem, with Van der Bergh, one of the fastest in Everton's team, chasing back at high speed and sticking up.

Phil is very good at back-to-back duels or short-distance dribbling, just like he just made. But the distance is long, and he is actually a little bad.

Vanderberg had already flung his braid over one shoulder, which caused Phil to stumble.

On the other side, Genk de Graaf had also rushed forward at high speed, shaking off the defence and shouting Phil's name.

In addition, Everton goalkeeper Renato has already run back through the centre circle.

Phil was very unwilling and had no choice...... It's better to pass it out than to be cut off, and it would be too embarrassing to be cut off here.

He slammed back into Vanderbergh's shoulder to make some room and quickly moved the ball forward.

Genk was extremely fast, and the ball was a bit big, but it was still received. Renato chased back into the penalty area, and Henke made a slight adjustment and shot directly.

The ball is in!

It was the winning goal!

QPR finally defeated Everton with a score of 4:2, and the whole new Queen's Park fell into a frenzy. 166 Reading Network