Queens Park Rangers, who have won eleven consecutive league games, are facing a flood of onslaught from visitors Manchester City.

Gabriel Jesus is currently the top scorer in the Premier League so far this season, having scored 14 goals in the league. And QPR's top scorer, León Ferreira, who is currently close behind with 13 goals in the league.

At the moment, the Brazilian is using his bewitching dance moves to fool two defenders of the QPR and then go straight to the pass.

In the box, it was German Sane, who was extremely quick to get on to Gabriel Jesus' clever pass, but his German national team-mate Hans had already taken the lead and pounced on it with a shocking punch.

On the outside, QPR's Dutch winger Genk de Graf was ready to take the ball cleared by Hans and launch a counter-attack. The manager gave him a similar task for this game as against Everton.

However, City's new midfield signing, Gaspar Cardoso, a 181-year-tall and extremely agile Paraguayan player, suddenly appeared and got stuck in position, causing Genk to fall unbalanced and keep the ball firmly in control.

This player is not easy, and the idea immediately crossed Patrick's mind.

He's watched a lot of QPR games this season, and he knows that the winger Henk de Graaf that Tina has put a lot of effort into bringing in is very strong. But this Cardoso actually saw the opportunity to kick down at the moment when Genk was ready to take off, when his movements were a little loose. The timing is exquisite.

This scene also made Patrick miss the Premier League a little. He remembered the past against Everton defender Donny van der Bergh. What would you do if it were your own? Maybe the moment the opponent comes up, choose the way to pick the ball.

On the field, Cardoso had already fired on the spot, and a long shot was incredibly powerful -

The ball was saved over the crossbar by Hanskan.

Lu Ling's gaze followed the line of the ball, but fortunately he didn't enter. Like the home fans, she was also sweating a little in an instant.

Jorge Sampaoli's Manchester City, although it retains a lot of traces of Pep Guardiola, such as ground passes, such as group attacks, has completely changed in terms of the overall attack and defense. Physically fit and talented, the players are also very good at individual confrontations, both tenacious and cunning.

Sampaoli himself looked a little fierce. At just 172 years tall, the stocky, bald Argentine might be considered by some to be a man of swagger, but in fact his football is full of wisdom and precision. And he is a good combination of scientific training, fighting spirit and South American acting talent.

This may be called a kind of "South American style of all-out offense and all-defense".

Today, on paper, Sampaoli is in a 433 formation, but when it actually works, it becomes 3331, or 3313.

In fact, this style of play cannot be summed up in a few simple numbers, which is very similar to Pep Guardiola's football.

Unpredictable and unpredictable.

This is also the football philosophy of Sampaoli's teacher, Bielsa. A person that Lu Ling is very familiar with. Although Bielsa himself was too idealistic and was repeatedly defeated, this did not prevent him from enlightening future generations, including Lu Ling himself.

City players have been trying to absorb this new style of play for half a season, and although there have been inconsistencies in performance, it has now become more and more formed. They have beaten Arsenal, drawn with Everton and now challenge QPR, who have just risen to the top of the table.

Lu Ling has a plan to deal with it.

In the first 15 minutes, she deliberately used 4411 to block a section to give her opponent the illusion, but there was an arrangement to change the formation halfway before the game.

Lu Ling shouted the names of several players and made a "3" gesture on the sidelines.

Left-back Yu Zixiang received the order and immediately moved his position forward, and at the same time, right-back John on the other side immediately retracted and retreated, becoming the third central defender.

The qpr has also become 3331!!

"It's so interesting, now we're seeing exactly two formations, with 3331 on both sides, oh, these two Bielsa students really didn't disappoint us......" exclaimed guest Gary Neville on TV.

Patrick leaned over and lowered his champagne glass, still impressed by the style of play that Mr. Bielsa had brought to him two and a half years ago. He never hated the pedantic coach, even though he had been in office for a short time and his results were not as good as he could have been.

It's just that what Patrick didn't expect was that he would be able to see such a style of play colliding with each other on the spot.

Nathan Neal pushed him down, "I've watched football for many years, but I still don't understand the specific tactical definitions and details like alignment positioning. What about you, big star? I know a lot of players who play great but don't understand what the coach thinks. ”

Patrick stared intently at the field, muttering, "Tina says soccer is the hardest sport to understand. There are many variables and chaos, but under this chaos lies reason and logic. ”

Nathan Neal thought for a moment and bowed slightly, "No wonder Christine is passionate about this...... She does look like someone who likes this kind of thing. ”

Patrick didn't speak again, trying to make sense of what was happening on the field.

Lu Ling stood on the sideline with his hands on his chest.

This style of play has been slowly instilled in her training sessions since she defeated Nick, and she has been doing specialized training lately.

In order to deal with Sampaoli, it is one, and in order to add a set of "surprise soldiers" to the QPR, it is the second. The team will face a lot of strong opponents in the future, and it will need to be consistent.

In this way, the overall organization of QPR has also flowed, although it is not as skilled as Manchester City, but at least it can keep up with Manchester City's players in defense, so that the opponent will no longer be able to find a vacancy easily.

Isn't it a little passive?, Patrick thought to himself.

****

"I always felt that she was more influenced by Bielsa than you did on Christine. Juan's eyes were fixed on the TV screen. If it weren't for the team's game to play later, he would have stayed in front of the TV and never left for a moment. Because what this game has presented so far has been so much fun.

"Yes. Nicholas said.

Juan looked at the coach sharply, he actually admitted it?!

Nicolás also stared at the TV, oblivious to Juan's surprised gaze, and continued, "Bielsa is a person who treats football as an academic study, and I told her before he took over the QPR that she would definitely learn something from the Argentine. People always say that I am her mentor, and she says so herself, but I often wonder what I taught her?"

Juan sighed inwardly, could it be that Nick began to doubt himself because he lost Christine once?

"Nick, they won our ......"

"No, it has nothing to do with that game. Nicolás shook his head, he knew Juan had thought wrong, but he didn't want to elaborate, he just said, "She is indeed a good learner." ”

Very good learner.

A reporter from The Times once described her like that, and many fans mistook it for disparagement, but in Nicholas's opinion, it was actually the highest rating she had received so far.

"Maybe you can ask her. Juan said.

Nicholas laughed, "Maybe I will." ”

When Juan vaguely felt that Nicolas seemed to be talking about Christine a little differently, the Everton boss had already turned his eyes away from the TV, "It's time for us to go." We have our games to play and a win against West Ham we're back at the top of the table. ”

****

The ball falls into the net.

Referee Craig Paulson didn't give time to restart and blew the whistle for the end of the first half.

The Blues and Whites were on the defensive for most of the first half, but sharp counter-attacks created plenty of chances.

Every time the QPR launched a quick attack, the crowd chanted turned into a raging battle song, pushing the players towards the Manchester City goal. With such a home momentum, Manchester City also had to slow down the pace a little.

Despite the tightness of both teams, in the final minutes of the first half, holes inevitably appeared.

Manchester City player Zivkovic's slightly rash inward dribble was predicted by Ian and cut off directly. The Scot barely adjusted, playing straight forward with a long ball.

Genk started and "New Robben" shook off Manchester City defender John Stones and went straight into the penalty area, before receiving the 50-metre long pass.

His shot was saved by City's new goalkeeper for the season, Gironimo Rulli, but the QPR immediately launched a second attack.

Thorin Mitulescu sent in a cross and Leon slammed the ball in just when the City defenders were a little careless!

That's the last picture of the first half.

After that, the referee blew the whistle to signal the end of the first half amid the cheers of the audience.

QPR1:0 to take the lead!

This goal also allowed Leon to tie Jesus with 14 goals in the Premier League's scorer list.

Amid the singing of the home fans "poftheleague", players and coaches on both sides walked into the players' tunnel.

****

Entering the second half, the confrontation between the two teams became more and more intense.

Lu Ling has faced intense games in the past, such as the previous game against Everton or some games against Tottenham. But the fierceness of the game is not only reflected in the ferocious confrontation and running, but also in every part, the intrigue and mechanism of the two teams.

Lu Ling had thought of several plans to deal with it, but now that the game was a little out of control, she needed to press down the rhythm first.

Tim whispered next to him, "Claudio?"

Lu Ling also has this idea, but she hasn't decided who to replace yet. Bringing on Argentine Claudio Ramas may add to the team's technical profile, but another possibility is to break the existing containment system.

She couldn't decide for a moment.

On the other side, Sampaoli's roar could be heard by Lu Ling. City's players were driven by this shouting to fight even more ferociously. Paraguayan defender Cardoso has managed to intercept the QPR's attack on several occasions.

Lu Ling glanced at Sampaoli.

In fact, she knows Manchester City's weakness - it is England homegrown centre-back John Stones. She used that against Manchester City last season, but this game she found it difficult to do.

First of all, Sampaoli's formation allows players to protect each other, which somewhat makes up for some of Stones' ability deficiencies, and the other is that even if QPR uses trap pressure to let Stones get the ball, it doesn't work, because Sampaoli is not like Pep Guardiola, the Catalans are obsessed with the organization of the backfield players passing through the ground, but Sampaoli's Manchester City backfield players will step forward when they see the signs are wrong, and will never give you a chance to grab.

After she hesitated, she was still ready to change, but she had to change two people at a time. She sent Claudio Llamas to warm up with young winger Joey Freeman.

That's when the unexpected happened.

Mensah accidentally kicked it when he cleared the ball – probably because the pitch was slippery. As a result, the ball fell in front of Yu Zixiang.

Zixiang wanted to take advantage of the situation to get past Zhivkovic, who was fighting for the ball with him on the opposite side, but he was still one step behind. He was erased by Zhivkovich.

Next, the Serb took the ball -

It was a tricky diagonal lob that landed a little outside the left corner of the six-yard box. That's where Jesus plugged in. However, Hans has already rushed up.

Gabriel Jesus stopped the ball. He made a gentle bogus, but Hans didn't shake it.

Patrick's eyes were fixed on Gabriel Jesus' movements, and he knew that genius inspiration would decide everything in a matter of tenths of a second. But Hans is also a genius among goalkeepers, and the Kaiser in front of goal is already familiar with the characteristics of Jesus's movements.

However, familiarity does not mean that you can be restrained.

Gabriel Jesus didn't have a shot on goal. With all eyes on him, the Brazilian opted for a pass, a hidden left-heel bump that looked like a long eye in the back of his head to find Alex Sandro.

Manchester City left-back Sandro, who is also Brazilian, fired a powerful shot that slid past Hans with a strong wind and flew into the net!

Manchester City equalised in the 59th minute.

Lu Ling stood on the sidelines, probably not moving for ten seconds, like a stone pillar in the cold wind.

She is well aware that the responsibility for this ball will most likely go to Mensah and Zixiang after the game. But in fact, this is the result of the whole situation getting a little out of control in the past few minutes, and being washed out by Manchester City.

Whoever made a mistake, it may be accidental.

However, there will be mistakes in this situation, which is a high probability event.

She can be the first to anticipate against Nick, but she doesn't know Sampaoli that well after all. No matter how many opponents you watch, it's not as impressive as one game.

Lu Ling calmed down, stepped aside, and said a few words to Claudio and Joey, who were about to appear.

61 mins, QPR substitution.

Jacob was replaced, as was the somewhat tired Thorin.

The QPR has now been changed to a back five, with the physical youngster Joey Freeman covering the entire right flank, and the highly skilled Claudio and Ian sharing the tempo at the back.

City also slowed down the tempo after the equaliser, after all, no one can sustain the high pressure for 90 minutes.

A score of 1:1 may not be the best result, but in fact, it is not a bad result for both sides.

The rhythm is further depressed.

Tim got up from the dugout again and went to the manager's side, where he told her: "Man City seem willing to get a point away from home, what do you think, Christine?"

Lu Ling's mind was racing fast.

We're the top team at home, and any opponent in the Premier League will be happy with a point at the new Queen's Park. Tim's words, logical.

She struggled to scavenge through the footage of Sampaoli's game she had seen in the past, her head aching a little from the lack of sleep the night before, but she was forcing herself to think.

Patrick in the box was also looking at the figure on the sidelines.

What was Tina thinking? The situation of the game......

In Patrick's sight, the figure suddenly turned and walked towards the bench.

Lu Ling suddenly realized that the opponent was not what Tim had speculated.

The cunning and spicy Sampaoli, when he faced this chaotic situation in the past, he would always take risks to win, but now he is just forbearance and accumulation......

I had to strike first.

QPR is ready to make a third substitution. Fortunately, everyone has basically warmed up before, and now they can directly make substitutions.

Normally, Costa Rican Hoel Campbell would be a good substitute if they want to attack. He's smart, he's hardworking, he's technically good, and he's capable of playing multiple offensive positions and helping defensively.

Phil looked at the face of the manager across from her, who seemed to be scanning all the remaining substitutes.

There is only one last spot left...... it's not my turn. I've played and I've played before, but this bitch will definitely get that Costa Rican kid to play...... Everton brought me on because Hoel was injured and the woman was sent off by the referee at that time, so she wanted to pull me up. Now this bitch looks sane, the pace of the game is not fast, and with the way she treats me, I'm going to fucking be out of the way this time. Phil muttered to himself. If this continues, the five-goal bet is a lost one......

Phil pursed his lips and looked off the field, not looking at the manager's gaze.

"Phil, you're ready to play. ”

The bad boy looked at the boss in surprise, the voice of this evil bitch was even more wonderful than that of his favorite rapper at this moment.

He tried to control his excitement, stood up, and quickly took off his training shirt, for fear that the boss would change his mind in the next second.

And then...... The training shirt also strangled the Adam's apple. After taking off the three and two, he jumped down and immediately wanted to run towards the middle line.

Lu Ling grabbed his arm, "Wait a minute, listen to me......"

"Boss, I know. Isn't it just a stupid defender who replaces the Belgian (Michy Batshuayi) and carries the opposing team's back, and you are not allowed to fucking shoot indiscriminately......" Phil was a little impatient and a little embarrassed when he spoke.

"You know the! I'll tell you......" Lu Ling pressed Phil's head down and told him to bow his head and listen to his command.

Phil felt so embarrassed. The action of this bitch...... It's like he's a little kid. If it weren't for the game, if he wasn't going to play soon, he would have pushed her away.

****

For 70 minutes, Phil Warren stood on the sidelines.

Patrick stared at the guy, and the memories of his teenage years immediately activated. The kid with a bloody face at the time was a guy who could be impressed by the sight.

He's still the same. Patrick couldn't help but laugh. Tina should replace center forward Michy Batshuayi with him, right?

However, when the fourth official's sign was raised, it was not Batshuayi who was replaced.

"Oh, it looks like we guessed wrong, Kristen Lu replaced Phil Warren with ...... Winger Genk de Graaf, who did quite well in this game?" On TV, the commentator's tone was very surprised.

Very unexpected. This was Patrick's first thought. Today, Genk led most of the QPR's counter-attacks with his individual ability on both flanks. Against Everton, wasn't it the Dutchman's assault ability that turned the tide of the game on QPR?

But she must have her own considerations.

Either way, this change doesn't look like a defensive reinforcement.

****

Phil shook his head and shook his shoulders, this bitch just pressed his head, and the strength was not small.

He thought that H's voice seemed to be quite good...... No, no, it must be an illusion.

Phil jumped twice to welcome his substituted teammate Genk.

Oh, the Dutchman has a bad face...... But who the is happy to be replaced after playing well the whole game? Phil coughed and pretended to be mature: "Boy, you played well!"

Henk didn't even look at Phil, clapped his hands, and walked off the bench.

Phil didn't care about Henk's mood. He had understood his task, which was actually quite simple. Moreover, he enjoyed the task. 166 Reading Network