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10:07 p.m.

Pierre Jonchet remembers the excitement of stepping into the Clerfontaine training base for the first time, and he remembers the frustration of quitting after more than half a year.

Not far from Paris, the Clairefontaine training base is the training base of the French national team and the mecca of French football youth training. When Pierre was eleven years old, he was still living in the suburbs of Paris, so a visit to Clairefontaine was a natural choice. There, the young players can get the best training. Pierre had easily garnered a lot of attention just a few days after he arrived, and many of the team's scouts began to gather outside the training ground.

To be honest, Pierre wasn't very used to the rules at first, but he quickly got used to it and got excited. Because of the many kicking opportunities and the many good opponents. Sometimes you can also see the national team training, including Zidane and Thierry Henry!

Gradually, more and more people came to see Pierre. When there are a lot of people, Pierre will deliberately make some moves to tease his opponent. On one occasion he picked up the ball three times in a row, scurrying from the centre circle of the pitch to the penalty area without the ball hitting the ground, and then scored with a volley. He likes the feeling of the ball at his feet, the freedom to play his own way, and the coaches who encourage him to express his personality. He loved that place.

Later, his parents' job transfer forced him to leave Clairefontaine and join the youth team in Lille. He didn't have any friends there at first, and he didn't have as many people to watch him train and play, and he was quite angry about that. But Pierre's mood never lasted long. Although he did feel a little lonely during those years. He chose to train more and play as much as he could. He imagines himself wearing a France jersey, or a Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United jersey. He would improvise tricks on the street, in the park, or in his back garden.

Almost a year after moving to Lille, Pierre's parents signed him up as a ball boy for the European Championship and he was lucky enough to be selected. The Pierre-Moruyes stadium in Lille is where he will be a caddy, not too far from his home. Pierre was thirteen years old at the time.

Finally the day of England's match against Portugal.

In line, Pierre found that he was not even as tall as the ten-year-old boy next to him. But he didn't care. He was excited. Because he was about to meet the 19-year-old England player – Pierre had been hooked on Patrick Amber from the very beginning of that tournament – and he went to YouTube to find his highlights and see the super goal against Burnley. He has been learning English since he was a child, but those ten days are the time when he practiced the most.

"You are very good, Mr. Amber, can you sign my name?" said that moment when the moment finally came, and he handed the Englishman his signature pen.

"Okay, what's your name?"

"Pierre, like the name of this stadium. I'm 13 years old and I'm going to play in the European Championship in the future. ”

Nineteen-year-old Patrick Amber smiled at him and signed the following line on his clothes:

Pierre, looking forward to your future performances at the European Championships.

Five years later, Pierre is 18 years old, and he has been carrying that signed shirt with him all the time, from Lille to Real Madrid, from Real Madrid to Everton, and back again.

Over the years, Pierre has seen many great players and has worked with or against many talented players. For example, Everton's poison dart frog Bruno Ergas's eccentric guy, such as poison dart frog's teammate Leon Ferreira, such as Gabi, the Brazilian talent in the current team. But to this day, Pierre's favourite player remains Patrick Amber. Although, they are now opponents.

And this is the venue for the Champions League final.

The match lasted 63 minutes. Pierre helped Real Madrid open the scoring in the first half, but was equalised by Mr. Amber towards the end of the first half.

Pierre thought that Patter's goal was wonderful.

But...... Pierre frowned, he didn't want Pat to score. Moreover, I am responsible for the lost ball, because I wanted to pass Mr. Amber on a whim, but it was broken, and the posture of the broken ball is too powerful......

Pierre quickly retracted his thoughts. Mr. Flores has already blamed himself, so it can't be like this anymore. Today's goal is to defeat Mr. Amber and Queen Christine...... The queen is so beautiful today, no, she will always be so beautiful, he secretly glanced at it several times when he was queuing in the players' tunnel, Zixiang also mocked and warned him in a low voice, on the night of San Siro, he went to the dressing room of the QPR with Zixiang, Phil Beasley was very strange, he called poison dart frog frogman, and he also laughed at himself for asking the queen's mobile phone number, maybe Pat was not very happy about it, ah it didn't arrive in the end, it's a shame......

Pierre retracted his mind for the second time, and today's goal is to defeat the Queen's Blue and White Army!

With Flores believing he lacked discipline to concede that goal, Pierre had been in good form so far in the second half, setting up a clear plan to help his team control the situation. However, after the Titans came up, Real Madrid had turned the tide, right?

Pierre glanced to the sideline, but Monsieur Flores did not give any instructions for the time being.

Pierre made a decision right away, and now is the time!

The ball was at the feet of Pierre, opposite the big man England midfielder Jacob Harding and the red-haired QPR captain Ian Parker were both there, and it was not easy to break through. The tall Titan, on the other side, attracted the attention of many opponents, but Pierre couldn't match him.

Pierre had a clever idea for a moment...... It should not be considered a violation of tactical requirements.

The French kid shouted forward, "Gabi!"

Gabriel Jesus, who was moving forward in the middle, immediately turned around when he heard this. Pierre knew he had an excellent understanding with the Brazilian. Pierre certainly knows that the Brazilian grew up in a completely different environment than himself, but he really feels that they can understand each other and he likes to work with Gabi.

In fact, the cooperation in the first half was very successful, but unfortunately, Mr. Amber, who was stronger at that time, was also here. Now...... Pat is far from here.

The red-haired captain had noticed, and Gabi was moving back, and he immediately adjusted his body to interfere. That's when Pierre's ball was delivered.

Gabi was not high, but he didn't suffer in the confrontation, Pierre gave the ball a moderate amount of power, and QPR's tall midfielder Jacob Harding immediately moved over.

"Give it to me!" Pierre rushed impatiently in the same direction. Harding saw his plug and immediately tried to squeeze him again. But Harding couldn't. Pierre adjusted his running route and quickly dodged his opponent's block.

"Give it to me!" called out Pierre a second time.

Even Gabi took half a second to understand his intentions. But Gabi still passed the ball back, and the force was so appropriate, which was great.

Gabi grabbed the QPR captain and held the guy firmly with one hand, so that the redhead couldn't move away quickly, and the two were completely close together, about seven or eight meters in front of Pierre, in the middle, and close to the QPR penalty area.

The stands in front of him were full of supportive fans, and they were all looking forward to it.

Pierre felt as if he had returned to Cleifontaine at this moment. But now there are countless times more people watching, and that's the best.

His black hair was stuck to his ears because of the rain and sweat, and he didn't care. The ball came to life at his feet.

He rushed to the right of the two men in front of him, and as he stepped forward with his left foot, he gently knocked the ball forward with the heel of his right foot.

The ball went between Gabi's legs and also between the legs of the QPR captain, rolling over the turf and mud that had been turned up, bouncing slightly.

Pierre Jungkai pierced his teammate Gabriel Jesus and his opponent Ian Parker in one fell swoop!

The happy Pierre had already crossed Ian, he knew he was fast, and now it seemed to be faster, and on the other side came another big man, QPR defender Glenn Mitchell, who seemed to be dragging behind. Now he can't help it, he has to come up? Pierre has never hated to ponder these tactical details.

Outside the box, the French boy's right foot slammed the ball into the top corner of the goal -

Glenn Mitchell couldn't stop the shot in time, and he watched the trajectory of the ball, and the German goalkeeper was also kicking hard and then pounced on the top corner......

That guy is so big, and he's still moving so fast. Pierre stared at the ball.

The big man's left little finger rubbed the ball, then hit the underside of the crossbar, then ...... out Bounced out!

Pierre was angry, he didn't slow down after the shot, he had already rushed into the box, pointed at the landing point, and continued to shoot with his left foot!

The two QPR players pounced together, but neither of them touched the ball, but after the German hit the ground, he actually stood up again, and the ball hit him hard in the ribs and bounced off the bottom line!

Pierre was very disappointed, but after that moment, the Germans seemed to be in pain. He had fallen to the ground once a few minutes before......

Hans Bachmeier stood up again.

On the other side, two centre-backs had already run up and Antonio (Rojas) urged Pierre to hurry to take a corner.

By the way, when Toni (Kroos) went down, he took a corner kick himself. It was Real Madrid's first corner of the second half and to make good use of it, we have the 196-year-old Greek!

When Pierre stood in the corner flag area on the left, he had a better idea.

He took two steps back and kicked the corner.

The ball is extremely fast, with a sharp spin, and it makes a sharp arc and flies straight to the goal in the rain!

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10:08 p.m.

Nathaniel Lawrence was upset about the situation on the field after Nicholas was replaced by the tall Greek. He didn't hide this uneasiness, so Brandon Hamilton next to him was also aware of it. Whether Brandon is a fan or not, he's always an Englishman, he's always Benjamin Hamilton's older brother, and he's sitting here, of course, supporting QPR.

Even Brandon had previously sighed, "That's not good." ”

Nathan Neal was silent. He looked down at the data on his phone.

Before the Titans came on the pitch, the QPR had 73 per cent possession, and after that, it plummeted to 48 per cent. This really doesn't bode well and is the QPR players running too much? The Americans are feeling the stage, the players are looking a little tired, and Real Madrid's possession seems to have improved further.

In fact, during this time, Pat is still full of threat as long as he gets the ball, but because the team can't completely suppress Real Madrid, his chances of getting the ball are relatively few.

In recent periods, the QPR have had just two shots on goal, one from Patrick and one from León, but neither has scored.

After that, Real Madrid relied on the Greek's strong pressing power to play a wave of forward attacks, and then Nathan Niel saw the French boy's pass. It was nothing short of provocative to happen to QPR's iron-blooded captain Ian - although, in that moment, it was in fact Gabriel Jesus and Rong Kai who faced Ian together.

The crotch passer can be described as magical, wearing two at once, one of which is still a teammate, or knocking the ball over with his back heel......

But Nathan Neal is in no mood to appreciate the performance of the opposition players right now.

On the other side of Nathaniel is Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez, who is fatter and significantly older than just a few years ago, and he almost jumped up to celebrate when he shot at Jungkai. Nathan Neal was happy to see him then slump down in his chair in disappointment.

Nathan Neal let out a sigh and clapped his hands twice, Hans was really a super goalkeeper.

Rong Kai stood in the corner flag area on the left, and it was Real Madrid's first corner of the second half. How many corners did Nathan Nill look at his phone immediately, wanting to see the data in the app, the network speed suddenly got a little stuck, and after waiting for a few seconds, Nathan Neal didn't wait for the data to be displayed, he looked up at the stadium again.

As a result, as soon as he looked up, he saw the ball flying in the air.

It was a shot. Pierre Junkai's corner kick goes straight at goal.

This ball is extremely tricky.

Hans-Bachmeier took two steps back and jumped immediately, but this time it seemed to be a little later than the Titan.

The two collided again in the air and then ...... Hans didn't catch the ball. He just slapped it with his hand, but due to the collision of his body with Giana Kopoulos, the force was very reluctant.

The ball landed near the penalty spot and Gonzalo cleared the ball forward, but his feet slipped and he didn't quite kick it off.

Damn the rain, Nathan Neil cursed.

The ball bounced to the top of the box.

Yu Zixiang was at the top of the arc, but the former QPR left-back did not shoot, and he knocked the ball diagonally back into the box. Gabriel Jesus was already there waiting to be answered, and he made a forward feint before retreating, making it impossible for John to follow him.

On the left side of the penalty area, Gabriel Jesus made a shot at goal.

It was Jacob who flew up, and Jesus quickly stopped the shot, then continued to start horizontally, and then lightly dodged JT.

In the dense penalty area, the Brazilians shuttled like civets, and then, got up!

Hans, who had just landed, got up a little slower, but still had time to make a save-

This time it wasn't fast enough.

Nathan Neal felt his heart stop beating for a second.

Gabriel Jesus' powerful shot pierced the QPR goal!

The Brazilian immediately rushed to the white Real Madrid stands surging in front of him. Rong Kai followed and knocked him down, followed by the other Real Madrid players.

The Real Madrid president next to Nathan Nill stood up this time and celebrated vigorously.

It was the 65th minute, and the QPR fell behind for the second time in this Champions League final, with the score being 1:2.

Nathan Neal lowered his head, and when he looked up again, he saw that behind the QPR goal occupied by Real Madrid fans, there were actually several fans holding up various plastic, inflatable or foam models of the Champions League trophy, and they threw them into the air at the same time.

Oh the fuck, it's too early to do that at this time? Nathan Neal tugged at the corners of his mouth. Then, Brandon's voice came into the QPR chairman's ears again, "Do you still believe her?"

Nathan Neal was scrolling down Twitter.

[The two teams seem to be evenly matched during this period, but Real Madrid's attack is obviously more threatening.] 】

[The Titans are fantastic. 】

[Flores is amazing, remember the QPR offensive at the beginning of the second half? I think it's all his credit. 】

He was her mentor. The Greek on Nick is wonderful, and it's not a pure "Englishman's biography." 】

[Looking forward to another equalizer from QPR!]

Nathan Neal didn't look any further, he looked up and replied to Brandon's words, "I've always believed in her, and I still do." ”

After the QPR chairman finished speaking, he found that the game had not yet restarted.

It seems that both the fourth official and the referee are urging Christine. Nathan then saw that two blue and white players were already on the touchline, former Real Madrid player Marcelo and Dutch winger Genk de Graaf.

It's good, it's two at a time, it's very bold.

But after the fourth official raised his card, Nathan Neal was stunned. He also heard the surprises of the fans.

Christine replaced Gonzalo and JT, two defenders! Gonzalo was probably because the Spaniard was too tired, but ...... If JT goes down, won't there be only one central defender left for Glenn? It's only 65 minutes! With stoppage time, there's still about half an hour left! Fight at this time, will it be too risky, will it be too unChristine?

Nathan Neal has a plethora of problems.

Marcelo and Genk both ran onto the field.

The game resumes.

The slender figure in the dark blue club coat continued to stand on the sideline, looking as if everything was as usual, as if the shocking substitution she had just made was just the most ordinary adjustment.

Nathan Neal tilted his head towards Brandon, he didn't say anything, he just thought, like he had just answered Brandon, he believed her, and still is. Of course, as a businessman, he has another thought in his heart, that is, if he loses this final because of Christine's choice, he will not have to make a difficult decision. Because whatever the outcome, this will be the Queen's last game in charge of Queens Park Rangers. 166 Reading Network