The match against Manchester City was played at the Etihad Stadium and QPR had their first away game of the season. This article is written by: Debuted this Sunday, the sky was overcast. Heading into the northwest of England, the good weather that had been going on for a while came to an abrupt end. However, on the team bus to Manchester, the mood of the QPR team was extremely high.

There's only one reason for that, Benjamin thought. He looked diagonally ahead.

Patrick Amber. He showed up on the bus. Against Manchester City, the Ballon d'Or winner will be on the bench.

During this week's training, Patrick earned everyone's respect. Not only respect, but also amazement. There are quite a few people in this squad who have never played with Patrick, Briel Embolo, Henk De Graaf, Thomas Lemar, Sadio Babaca, Sorin Mitulescu, as well as Gonzalo, Marcelo, Phil and Benjamin himself. The former "pretty boy" of footballers who was always called "pretty boys" by the media conquered each of them on the training pitch.

When Patrick picked two people in quick succession with his left foot, and then volleyed the ball into the net with his injured right foot, Benjamin saw that even Phil had his mouth wide open. Marcelo went straight up and pounced on Patrick, muttering excitedly in Portuguese. This funny Brazilian move stirred up a bunch of stupid guys, and six or seven of them pounced. Benjamin thought of this, and his gaze jumped to the seat in front of Patrick. Today, the former Real Madrid legend will also be on the bench. At the moment, Marcelo was chatting with Gonzalo.

Benjamin withdrew his gaze and looked out the window. They passed through large meadows, flocks of sheep, cows, and three or two horses, and deep in the meadows lay idyllic in the mahogany houses, except that the sky was gray and the clouds were low. He saw a nearby tree, its branches swaying dramatically. He knew the wind was blowing. The climate in the north-west of England is more rainy and several degrees cooler than in the south of England. Benjamin suddenly realized that the weather was affecting his mood.

After joining QPR, Benjamin found that there was a lot to do. He'd been throwing his Imperial College homework away for a while, and he wasn't too worried, after all, the assignments and papers weren't too difficult for him. He has recently spent a lot of time studying the video of the competition. He had already applied to the director of football, Monchi, for access to the club's video system, so he could be a "football nerd" from the comfort of his couch at home, watching past matches from his opponents, video clips of his teammates, and even some of Kristen Lu's past games in the QPR. This may sound a bit "pathetic" or "weird", considering that he is a young man of twenty years old, and he thinks he has a good appearance and a cool personality. So, Benjamin thought it would be best not to let the girls or buddies know about it.

He watched Manchester City's 4-0 first-round win over Wolves again last night. Judging from the video, this team is not as strict as Chelsea at the moment, but this one, the opponent is playing at home after all.

Manchester City have spent £1.1bn to bring in two men so far this summer, including Angel Correa, an Argentine striker who has had a career high, and Dusa Novak, a senior striker poached from Arsenal. The rest of the time, City are cleaning up players. It is said that Jardim is still hoping to bring in a superstar for Manchester City before the window closes. Benjamin was skeptical.

In fact, Benjamin has been thinking about how he should deal with Manchester City this week, how to open the gaps in the opposition line, and how to guard against the opposition's passing routes......

But yesterday afternoon, the manager announced his starting line-up for today's game......

He lost again.

It seems that a stunning performance from the bench and an assist could not convince her.

Benjamin no longer felt sorry for himself at the bad weather outside the window, and he looked at the front row of the bus.

He told himself, you're not stupid, don't complain, at least you have to make yourself look calm enough.

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The Etihad Stadium is not scary for Lu Ling, after all, she has won against Pep Guardiola here. As for Manchester City's new coach Leonardo Jardin, she, like Tim, is not too worried. This is probably the first mistake.

On this gloomy afternoon, after the whistle, Manchester City dominated the game. At one point, the QPR looked very ugly on the scene.

The second half was drawing to a close, and the QPR boss was sweating profusely on the sidelines. The temperature doesn't exceed 13 degrees Celsius, and it's a damn August day in Manchester as if it's already early winter, and the icy sweat makes her shirt stick to her back and shiver when the wind blows. She hurried back to the dugout and asked Tim for his coat.

Tim didn't know where her suit jacket was, but Patrick, who was sitting in the back row, picked it up from the ground and handed it to the manager. Lu Ling held it in his hand and felt how the fuck it was so thin. Alice knew she wasn't satisfied as soon as she saw her expression, and directly stuffed her with a down jacket from the club.

Lu Ling said to Tim as he put it on, "That big man is really unsettling. She turned around halfway through the sentence.

The QPR boss is talking about Manchester City striker Dusa Novak, a Czech international who is over six feet four tall, and he is constantly harassing Glenn and Mensah's defence like a tower, leaving two excellent centre-backs overwhelmed, and Mensah has already received a yellow card. Moreover, although Novak is tall, he is quite mobile and fast by the standards of a player of this size. As a result, even the two full-backs, John and Gonzalo, had to bear the pressure from City's high forwards.

Manchester City's new boss Jardin is a champion of strength – something Lu Ling and Thiem have known for a long time, and Novak is almost perfect at defining 'strength'.

Dusa Novak created a terrifying penalty area from the first minute. Behind him, the trio of Zhivkovic, Bernardo Silva and Angel Correa are constantly cruising, using their technical ability to launch dangerous attacks at any time. Even without Champions League for the time being, Manchester City is still talented enough to beat any opponent.

Even though the QPR is in the lead right now, how long it might last, she really can't guarantee. Lu Ling stood motionless on the sidelines, the sound of the wind whistling in her ears.

The goal came in the last minute of the first half. City were in great control, but in the final moments of the first half, QPR opened the scoring with a somewhat lucky corner – Mensah headed the ball to the ground and City defender John Stones subconsciously cleared the ball and deceived his City team-mates.

Phil Warren shoveled the ball into the net before goalkeeper Ederson could make a save. With two league goals in a row, the blue and white No. 7 ran frantically to the away fan zone and once again triumphantly pointed at his No. 7. As if to tell everyone that he deserves the number.

'The second goal is always the hardest to come by. "Football commentators and commentators like to say that, and the truth is that there is a statistic that shows that.

At halftime, Lu Ling emphasized many times in the locker room that he could not be satisfied with a goal, and also gave a lot of detailed requirements in terms of tactics.

Unfortunately, in the second half, Gonzalo made a mistake. This could be the second mistake in this game. Mistakes that no manager wants to see.

Gonzalo landed with both feet on 166 Reading Net