As soon as Lu Ling pushed open the door of the locker room, he smelled the smell of stinky socks. In fact, she was stepping on top of a smelly sock. She looked down, then looked up again, meeting Joey Tomlin's gaze. It seems to be JT's socks. JT quietly looked away, and after half a second, he got up and was ready to pick up the sock.

Lu Ling moved his foot. She heard JT whisper sorry. She thought it was funny, but she didn't laugh.

JT silently returned to his locker, and after a few seconds, he seemed to forget about it and got back to Yu Zixiang's side.

There was a lot of noise in the dressing room, the music, the female voices in the show, and the scattered laughter and talking of the players.

"It's funny to watch it again. ”

"It's just so palette. ”

……

Lu Ling tried to filter out the noise, she turned her head, and Tim was holding the iPad and studying.

The shower on the side is constantly in and out of people, accompanied by the sound of showers and strange singing.

Hans was humming a German song when he came out of the shower with a bath towel, and when he looked up at the head coach, he quickly shut up, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his otherwise relaxed face.

Lu Ling turned his face sideways, pursed his lips, and smiled. Hans sings badly, but loves to sing. She'd always known it, and she often heard her teammates joke about it. It's not the first time she's heard it, but every time she hears it, she can't help but laugh.

Tim called out to her, and she turned and walked over to the assistant teacher.

Today, it's actually a little different than usual. When she returned to the dressing room from the post-match press conference, the players were mostly on the bus, but today everyone was slow – she hadn't seen a single player dressed up and ready to leave.

She then asks Tim what happened.

Tim looked up at her, his gaze eerie. After a while, the teaching assistant said, "They just watched a show together...... It's been a long time. ”

"What show?"

Tim's eyebrows twisted into strange shapes, "You really don't know? ”

Lu Ling sighed, then she lowered her head and zipped up her down jacket, and after closing it, she looked up and smiled and said to Tim: "It seems that they care more about gossip than the result of the Everton game." ”

****

Everyone finally got on the bus back to London. It was raining in Leeds, and the bus started in the rain and soon left the stadium.

Lu Ling looked out the window, it was already mid-November. This round of the Premier League will be followed by the last international break of the year. And when she returns from the international game, she will face Everton at home.

She swiped her phone again, and the score of Everton's game was still 0-0. She looked at the score, and her mind drifted a little farther away.

Over the past month or so, the coaching staff has put a lot of effort into perfecting the team's new style of play – possession in the centre circle and quick penetration. At the same time, the defensive training did not relax.

After beating Chelsea 3-0, QPR beat Bournemouth, West Ham and Newcastle in the league in quick succession, and just now they beat Leeds United 5-0 at Elland Road Stadium, which combined to make it five consecutive league wins. Although we didn't encounter the strongest opponents during this period, it was still not easy to score points consistently.

In those five consecutive wins, QPR have scored 16 goals and conceded just 1. The excellent record allowed Lu Ling to win the Premier League Manager of the Year in October, and also brought QPR back to the top four.

Lu Ling reached out and touched the window of the car, and the rain outside slid down her palm. From the fingers to the palms, it's cool.

In addition, Antonio Conte was sacked after Chelsea's defeat to the QPR.

A month ago today, Chelsea officially announced that 48-year-old Diego Simeone had officially taken over.

Former Atletico Madrid coach Simeone is known for his extremely aggressive and resilient defensive philosophy. He opted to leave the club where he had managed for six and a half years after his contract with Atletico expired in the summer and did not accept any offers in the summer.

Now, he's in West London. Lu Ling found it interesting, she had never played against the Argentinian, but in terms of defensive builds, she admired Simeone the most among today's managers.

She has also been keeping an eye on Simeone's games since taking over, with two wins and two draws in his first four league games in charge, taking eight points, compared to five points from Chelsea's first seven games of the season. In the space of a month, Chelsea have moved from near the relegation zone to mid-table.

What's even more difficult is that the two draws coached by Simeone were won against Everton and Manchester United.

That's right, it was Simeone's new Chelsea that saw defending champions Everton suffer their first winless game of the season when they ended an eight-game winning streak at the start of the league with a 1-1 draw at Goodison Park.

After that, Nick suffered another tough league game, scoring two goals each against Arsenal at the top of the table.

If Everton can't win this game again, it will be three consecutive draws, then ......

Just thinking of this, Lu Ling's mobile phone screen lit up, and a score popped up:

Everton 1:0 West Brom (Delgado 93min)

In the final moments, Everton completed the stunner, and it was Mexican again.

As soon as the game ended, Lu Ling opened the BBC app to check the standings after 11 rounds of English overtaking:

Everton 9-2-029 22-7

Arsenal 8-3-027 23:12

Manchester City 8-2-126 23:8

qpr8-1-225 22:5

Liverpool 7-3-124 min 23:13

Tottenham 5-6-021 20:14

Manchester United 5-3-318 12:9

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(11th) Chelsea 3-4-413 12:14

Tim's head also came over at this point, "In that case, it will be crucial for us to play Everton. I think Arsenal and Manchester City will certainly be eager to see us meet Everton. Oh, by the way, Manchester United have had a terrible season......"

"Recently there has been news of Jose Mourinho's possible dismissal. ”

"What do you think?"

"I don't know, even if there is a possibility, it will be next month at the earliest. After all, the season is not over a third of the way, and the points gap is not so wide. Clubs like Manchester United may still have some patience. ”

They chatted a few more words, and Lu Ling could see that Tim had always had something to say, but was hesitating.

She actually knew what he was trying to say. She glanced out the window again, and the rain seemed to be much lighter. In a little while, it's time to London.

"Did you watch that show?"

Finally, she heard the TA ask.

Lu Ling shook her head, and then, she turned her face and smiled a little far-fetched, "I don't have time." ”

****

It was the evening of a training day two weeks ago. Lu Linggang returned to the office after a meeting with the coaching staff. The team's results are picking up and stabilizing, and she feels happy and calm. But as she sat on the couch about to enjoy a warm cup of coffee, she suddenly received a message.

The content of the message is simple:

[Hey, Tina, how are you doing? I don't want you to know about this from anywhere else, I have a date tonight, with Amber. 】

At that time, her thumb was on the phone screen and she was shaking a little. She replied to the message before she could think about it:

[I'm fine, thank you.] Have a nice night. 】

She had been thinking about it since that day. Actually, she didn't think about it purely, but it seemed that no matter what she was doing, it was in her head.

It seems that missing someone is the same. You don't do nothing and think only about that person, but whatever you're doing, that person is there. He doesn't show up deliberately, but he's everywhere.

Another week passed, and various news from the two ambers began to appear in the newspapers. When she was on the training ground, she could also hear Yu Zixiang and John talking about those things.

That didn't actually bother her, at least Lu Ling didn't bother her.

Last night, Amber appeared on an American talk show and talked about it in public for the first time. In fact, it's been on social media all over the place, from last night until now. Excluding current events, this should be the most exciting news of the past 24 hours.

Amber confessed on the show that she was indeed dating Patrick and recounted how they went on their first date.

The bus stopped, and it didn't rain in London. But when Lu Ling got out of the car, she trembled violently. She realized that she had spent the past twenty-four hours pretending not to know about it.

But so many surging voices were all poured into her ears at this moment, accompanied by the sound of the wind.

As soon as she walked into the locker room, she heard a female voice on Yu Zixiang's mobile phone saying:

"Yes, I just had my first date with Pat. I can't say he's my boyfriend, but I can tell you guys that our first date wasn't bad. ”

Later, when JT picked up the socks, Amber said:

"I said, tell me about yourself. He sat across from me and didn't speak for a long time, and I thought at first he might be a little nervous, but then he started talking and I knew he wasn't nervous, he was just ...... You know, he's just very Patrick. ”

Later, when she looked at Hans with a side-face, Amber learned Pter's accent and intonation, saying:

"I'm ordinary. I'm a normal young British guy who loves all kinds of sports, golf, boxing, football, video games, FIFA, Call of Duty, adventure movies, alcohol, sunny beaches, pizza. So, if there's a second date, why don't you go to my house, we can order pizza, and seriously, I prefer pizza to this. ”

Everything becomes clear and real. That's the quintessential Patter.

He shouldn't be so unhappy now, she thought.

Lu Ling wrapped her scarf tightly, said a few words to a few players, and said a few more words to Tim, and then she walked towards the building.

It was a wonderful November, and she got the Coach of the Month trophy at the beginning of the month, and she told someone that it looked silly, like a box of red wine. 166 Reading Network