"Are you happy?"

"Nope. And I don't think I'll be going to be for a long time. ”

Patrick thought about it over and over again.

She lost all her brilliance and she said she wasn't happy. This qiē should all be because she broke up with Nick Flores. He always wanted it to happen. But he didn't expect it to happen, she was so sad.

The plane was still a little bit away, and he was just about to call Tina, when Zixiang called him.

Patrick answers the phone. They chatted casually. He was a little anxious.

Zixiang said on the other end: "I don't think you have had a girlfriend seriously for almost a year, you know that you need a beautiful girl to attend with you on this kind of occasion." ”

"(Gossip) Captain, if nothing else, I'll hang up. ”

"Wait a minute, Pat, I suddenly remembered that you and that little beauty of Sky Sports are gone, are you not interested in women?"

"Don't worry, I'm not bent yet. ”

"Haha. I'll introduce you to a few when you come back, and you can have all kinds of things, and Christine's one also has it......"

"You know what you sound like a pimp, idiot!" the plane moved, and Patrick looked out the window, "I'm hanging." ”

He hung up the phone and sent a message to Tina.

[Zoe is always peeing on the carpet, she really needs to go to pet school.] 】

He hoped that she would laugh when she saw it, really laughing.

****

Evening of January 10, 2017, Zurich.

The FIFA Awards Ceremony was held here. This year's Ballon d'Or will be announced, and a number of other awards will be announced, including Patrick Amber's Puskas Award, which is also known as Goal of the Year.

The nineteen-year-old blonde boy was wearing a black suit today, and when he stepped out of the limo, cheers erupted. The red carpet was full of fans. They were calling his name. The spotlight flickered non-stop. He smiled slightly.

On this kind of occasion, if he really wants to bring anyone to attend, there is only one. However, that person may not need to be brought by him, and one day she will win something of her own here.

Patrick walked straight to the fans closest to the entrance, took one of the pens, and began autographing them.

A girl in the crowd shouted in English with a European accent, "Patrick, can you marry me?"

He lowered his head and bent the corners of his mouth when he heard it, if Tina was watching the live broadcast, he would have laughed when he heard this. She would have teased him.

In Harrington's head coach's office, the TV was on. The FIFA Awards Ceremony is being broadcast.

Lu Ling worked with his head down, and would raise his head from time to time. The camera often shows Pat, he's handsome today, oh no, he's always been like that. His hair, which was cut a few weeks ago, is now very short on the sides and a little hairspray in the middle, which is the favorite hairstyle of the players at the moment. His eyes are sexy, and girls blush when they stare at them. He has quietly grown a little taller and stronger this year, but fortunately it has not affected his speed and dribbling. He looks good in whatever he wears.

The media loves him, the fans love him. He's not the next Beckham, he's Patrick Amber. One day, when people talk about football, his name will definitely be at the top.

Lu Ling got up and poured a little red wine. She took a sip and looked up at TV.

The ceremony has begun.

The process was a bit lengthy, and Lu Ling didn't take it too seriously.

Until the Puskas Prize.

She put down what she was doing. Holding a wine glass, he stared at the TV screen.

The three finalists were replayed on screen, including Pyter's crucial four-man strike against Burnley in last season's Championship game (see Chapter 37), Lionel Messi's subtle lob after a long run to Barcelona, and an acrobatic goal in the Mexican league.

She thought, even if she didn't think about selfishness, she would pick Patter's goal. And she also thinks that Patter's goal of playing with the whole defence against Manchester City is also worthy of being selected, but it is a pity that the organizing committee will not let two goals from the same person be included in the list.

The guest of honor was Spanish legend Raul, who opened the envelope with a mysterious expression and elongated the voice: "This year's Puskas Prize winner is ......"

The camera showed the three candidates, and Lu Ling saw that Pat's expression was quite calm. This guy is always like this when he faces the camera.

"Patrick-Amber!"

The audience burst into applause, and the pretty boy stood up with a confident smile on his face. Beside him, Lionel Messi was also smiling and clapping and shook Pate's hand as he passed by.

Patrick walked up to the stage and took the trophy.

"I'm thrilled to receive this award. I would like to thank my parents and sister, all my team-mates and staff at the club, and the fans who have always supported me. ”

"But one person I want to give special thanks to is my head coach and my mentor, Kristen Lu. ”

The audience was silent, waiting for the boy to continue.

Lu Ling lowered his eyes, and the wine in the cup was almost bottoming out.

He stared at the screen when she looked up.

"I want to say, Tina, I wouldn't be where I am today without you. You were there for me when I was seven or eight years old, as a child. It is you who have always told me not to be afraid, not to retreat, to always remain determined and courageous. Because of you, I feel like I can do many, many impossible things. Like what...... This goal. He shook the trophy in his hand and smiled, "I'm not a big talker, and this is probably the longest I've said this month......

The audience burst into laughter. Patrick continued:

"Tina, I think you know what you mean to me, better than anyone else. Thank you. ”

On the big screen, Patrick and Lu Ling hugged each other after scoring the goal, and the boy walked off the stage with a round of applause.

Lu Ling finished his last sip of wine. She needs more alcohol, but she's a manager at a club and she has to stay sober when she works. The half cup just now was just right, and any more, it would affect the speed of her brain.

She put down her glass, picked up her phone, and sent a message to this year's Puskas Prize winner.

[Congratulations!] I heard what you said after winning the award, and it means a lot to me. I'm happy for you and proud of you. And, I believe that together we will conquer the world. Oh, that's a vulgar saying. By the way, Zoe does need to go to pet school. 】

He quickly returned.

[Actually, there is another sentence.] I love you. 】

Lu Ling stared at those three words, his fingers trembling slightly. He said it once, and he said it again today.

When a person sues you "I love you", you know that whatever you say, as long as it doesn't mean "I love you too", you're hurting that person.

[I'm sure the night will be pleasant.] You're sexy today, take a girl back to the hotel. 】

[Unless you come to my hotel.] Also, you think I'm sexy?]

[I also think Cristiano is sexy.] I've got to work. 】

[Maybe I'll call you later?]

[Okay.] 】

Lu Ling put down his phone. The eyes are back on the schedule. There are three more races this month.

Home to Middlesbrough, away to Manchester City, and the FA Cup fourth round.

After all the FA Cup matches were over, because there were no replays, the draw was directly produced. QPR will continue to play away from home against Aston Villa, who were relegated to the Championship last season.

And Everton, who advanced last night, drew Manchester United.

Lu Ling entered the club's number jù library. Brought up last night's Everton game.

She pressed the pause button after seeing him walk out of the tunnel, his hands tied with gauze, and there was no expression on his face. Before more affection could arise, she hurriedly turned it off. She's doing something stupid. It's stupid enough to think that she doesn't think it's what she should do.

****

Patrick Amber's affectionate words at the awards ceremony have spread all over the world, and the limelight has even overshadowed Cristiano Ronaldo, who won the fourth Golden Ball. The world is talking about the boy, who is not yet 20 years old, and the young QPR manager, who has skyrocketed in the past year.

After the craze for this news finally subsided a little, another piece of news grabbed the attention of fans. The news came from Manchester, the sky blue part.

Manchester City have officially announced the signing of Brazilian player Gabriel Jesús on a five-year contract. Due to the complexity of ownership of the player, it is said that Pep Guardiola's side will end up paying close to £60 million, making Jesús the most expensive teenager player in the world.

Lu Ling saw this news on the way home, and she was very shocked, because there was no movement at all before.

Who is Gabriel Jesús?

Gabriel Jesus, whose name has a sacred meaning in both parts of religion, is "the messenger who conveys the will of God".

Jesus, needless to say, is the "Son of God" and "God" himself.

Jesus, the Son of God.

Lu Ling stared at the Brazilian name.

At the end of last year, at the WyScout Global Scouting Summit, five players under the age of 21 were selected by scouts and investigative agencies around the world as the most promising talents of the day and were rated on a 100-point scale.

Lu Ling also received feedback from this meeting. All the people on this list are front-court players without exception, and three to five of them are:

No.3 Angel Correa (Argentina, Atletico Madrid, 21) 94.1 points

No.4 Ousmane Dembele (France, Everton, 19) 92.5 points

No.5 Andrea Zhivkovic (Serbia, Manchester City, 20 years old) 90.1 points

In addition to Correa, Lu Ling has already played Dembele and Zivkovic, and knows very well that these two are indeed talented.

And the second place is:

No.2 Patrick Amber (England, QPR, 19) 95.5 points

Pat is ranked very high, but there is one more person above him.

No.1 Gabriel Jesús (Brazil, Palmeiras, 19) 97.6 points

This rating is 2.1 points higher than Pat, and 7.5 points higher than Zhivkovic, who is ranked fifth.

Lu Ling has heard of Gabriel Jesús for a long time, and she has seen many of his highlights on social media, and she has also seen the 19-year-old Brazilian's technical report.

Patrick won the Golden Boy award with ease, but it must be taken into account that this award is mainly chosen by European journalists. And at the professional level, Jesús received an evaluation that was not inferior to Patrick at all.

Last summer, "Jesus" became the target of almost all the big names in Europe. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, Paris, Juventus, Inter Milan and AC Milan have all set their sights on the number 33 of Palmeiras.

Now, the 19-year-old has chosen to land in Europe immediately after helping Palmeiras win the Copa Libertadores. Although it is a super sky-high price, it is widely believed that it is a match made in heaven for the most talented manager and the most talented player.

Pep Guardiola now has two of the five talents on his roster, and when a player of exceptional talent comes together, it often inspires even more intense inspiration, just look at Barcelona's 'MSN'.

When Lu Ling arrived home, he sent an email to Pat, telling him the news, along with a video clip of Jesus.

Pat replied a moment later, with only the word "OK".

Next weekend, Luling's blue and white team travel to the Etihad to face Manchester City. Perhaps, the first game of the "son of God" Gabriel Jesus in the Premier League will be against QPR who has Patrick Amber.

Two of the best talented players in football today, talking directly.

****

Preparation for Middlesbrough was a breeze, with two veterans supporting the team (Spanish goalkeeper Valdés and Dutch striker Robin van Persie) but still a little weaker overall and currently sitting 14th in the league.

It's not that Aitto Kalanka doesn't have a good score - in fact it's not a big deal for the Premier League newcomers, it's just that Lu Ling's QPR is too eye-catching.

On Sunday afternoon, the Loftus Road Stadium welcomed the two promoted teams into direct conversation. After 90 minutes, Lu Ling and the gloomy Aito shook hands on the sidelines. QPR won 2-0, with Patrick scoring a penalty and providing an assist.

Patrick has now scored 15 goals and provided eight assists in the first 21 Premier League games. He leads the scorers list with one goal ahead of Chelsea's Michy Batshuayi and Manchester United's Zlatchew Ibrahimovic, while only Manchester City's Živkovic (12) is ahead of him in assists.

Manchester City also beat Leicester City in this round, so the QPR of 30 points has risen to ninth, six points away from eighth-placed West Ham.

In addition, Everton lost. Their second defeat of the season in the Premier League came on the south coast, a 2-1 defeat at Southampton. Lu Ling didn't go to see Nick's post-game interview.

Although she was curious to know if he was okay.

In the standings, Manchester United surpassed Everton on goal difference after winning and moved up to the top of the table, while Manchester City were only one point away from Manchester United and Everton.

After that, QPR will have another week to prepare, and the next opponent is Manchester City. Jesús has arrived at City's training base and there have been reports that he will come off the bench against QPR.

And what Lu Ling needs to solve is still the winter transfer problem. She meets almost every day with the head of the scouting department, as well as Rice. In addition, he has frequent video calls with Tony.

Finally, two major transfers from QPR came to an eye during the week, with the club easing their transfer budgets a bit as Lawrence Jr. is about to take a stake and has already signed an initial capital injection agreement.

Uruguay's Penarol side have agreed to release Leonardo Ferreira 'the Lion', and the eighteen-year-old Uruguayan striker only needs to settle some ownership issues (a common problem for South American players) to fly to England, with QPR paying £11 million. Separately, Brighton were slightly relieved about Glenn Mitchell's transfer, with the 19-year-old centre-back making it clear that he wanted to join QPR, which played a big role in agreeing a £16.5 million transfer fee on both sides.

If nothing else, both will be reporting from west London over the weekend.

Next up is Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, who travel to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.

****

If City were somewhat self-defeating in the game at Loftus Road, then back at home, Pep Guardiola's side were not so easy to deal with.

The Blues have lost just one game at the Etihad in all competitions this season – against Liverpool on 3 January, but they were sent off in the opening kick-off, causing Jurgen Klopp's Reds plenty of problems.

And in this game, Guardiola is clearly very eager to avenge the previous defeat, and he used the strongest squad for the Blue Moon this season. With Gabriel Jesús on the bench, the Brazilian could make his Manchester City debut in the second half.

In the first half, QPR had very little possession, and City frantically created chances in the sky blue of the pitch. Andrea Zhivkovic almost dominated the game with two brilliant passes that set up Alexandre Lacazette and Sergio Aguero to score in the 23rd and 37th minutes.

Lu Ling felt a strong sense of oppression, which had been seen in the previous game against Jose's Manchester United. Maybe City are too strong? Maybe it's more than that.

She had been exhausted for a week and she was trying to fill the hole in her heart with her work, but at the Etihad Stadium, when the team was two goals down, that terrible feeling of powerlessness returned.

It was as if the noise emitted by tens of thousands of people around had disappeared, all the lights had gone out, and everything was in the dark.

Except for a bright light there.

Lu Ling saw the light, it was QPR's No. 7, he was desperately running in the front court to grab the ball, he was yelling at his teammates, he wanted to win the game.

She came to her senses. The first half was almost over. She had to adjust herself quickly, organise her language and have to say something at half-time to motivate the players. And, some of the changes she was prepared to make in the second half.

At that moment, Patrick broke the ball from the feet of Manchester City centre-back Aymeric Laporte and then smashed it straight to the Yellow Dragon.

Joe Hart pounced, but Patrick didn't shoot, and he flicked the ball to the side and Vargas easily sent the ball into the empty net. QPR recovers a goal!

The half-time whistle blows.

Lu Ling entered the locker room. The players were encouraged by the late first-half goal, but they were still worried that there was a bit of luck with that goal, as City showed much more control at home than before.

She needed to make a few points.

First of all, playing Pep Guardiola's team, you need to concentrate all your energy, and a second of distraction can make you lose the poor possession you have in the first place, or make you directly into the air.

Secondly, the Catalans are extremely controlling. His control is comparable to that of Nick Flores. You need to try to break his control of the team. Break the usual rhythm of his team. A team like QPR doesn't have that ability, but the good thing is that there is one player in the team who can be really damaging to Manchester City. Thank God, this one, Pat is in very good shape.

Finally, Lu Ling said:

"I don't know what you think, but I still have a lot of faith in this one. We've taken them off, we've given Manchester City their first defeat of the season. What's so big about Manchester City?" she said, moving her eyebrows, glancing at Pat, who was also confident, and when she looked away, she continued, "We are proud Queens Park Rangers, you are my Kristen Lue players, I don't like to lose, and I won't allow you to like it!

It was hard for her to tell what the players' expressions were like when they heard her words. But she knows that she has always had the ability to be encouraging.

Kill them!

****

The second half begins.

The weather has been fine today, the turf is not slippery and there is a slight breeze, which is perfect for Pep Guardiola's side. City continued to play at their own pace, creating a couple more chances on goal.

When Lu Ling was in the midfield, he asked Patrick to walk on two more wings, especially to contact Zixiang and John. Because City's two wing-backs, especially Zivkovic, often don't come back to defend, so playing this way can give more space to get the ball.

There is also an even more important point - when Patrick is constantly cruising down the flanks, Manchester City defender Gundogan will have to run to the wings to help defence, which can drag down the German's fitness and thus affect the quality of his passing.

In Pep Guardiola's Juego de Posicion system, the ball in the back is a very important and almost irreplaceable link, and Lu Ling's arrangement is not to let Pat attack directly, but to consume the opponent's back midfield, so that Manchester City's entire passing and control system will fall in a corner, and then force the opponent's entire system to collapse.

It wasn't easy, but Lu Ling believed that Pat could do it. The final match will be played after 60 minutes.

Sure enough, fifteen minutes into the second half, City's mistakes began to mount, especially with Gundogan himself, who had a couple of inadequate passes or insufficient runs.

This is a harbinger of the collapse of the system, the QPR boss thought.

She observed for a moment, then gestured to Pat again. The boy understood.

Yu Zixiang dribbled the ball at high speed on the wing, Patrick was next to him, and Zivkovic still did not return to defense. Gundogan's lateral run this time looked a bit laborious.

But Patrick suddenly changed direction and headed for the middle. Yu Zixiang poked the ball from the opponent's two bags in the direction of Patrick's run.

The shot was a bit big, and Patrick needed to fight the opposition Argentine centre-back Otamendi.

Surprisingly, Patrick didn't try to have a Mars-to-Earth head-on collision with the fierce Manchester City defenders, opting to slow down a bit.

Seeing this, Otamendi was about to kick the ball away, but he hesitated a little at this time, he wanted to see if he could pass the ball to his teammates, so he quickly looked around with his spare eyes.

Pep Guardiola's side, the players always want to keep the ball as much as possible. Patrick took advantage of this.

But Patrick suddenly kicked the ground again and poked the ball past Otamendi on his toes, who was still hesitating when he was deceived by the England boy.

The ball stabbed directly at the feet of Nathan Raymond, who cut in diagonally, and Nathan shot directly into the top corner of the goal!

2:2!QPR equalized in the 69th minute!

Patrick also had two assists, his gaze drifting over Zhivkovic before running back to the half from the Serbian boy.

In the last matchup, Zhivkovic lost to QPR's No. 7. He was a little annoyed, but Guardiola ordered him from the sidelines to get involved in defence.

And, the Catalans asked Gabriel Jesús to get up and warm up. The Etihad erupted in applause.

QPR started to get more of the ball, and Zivkovic began to drop back to defence, and City wanted to play on the counter-attack, but there was also some lack of stamina. Živkovic was booked for a foul on Patrick during a retreat.

It was a free-kick from the left.

Patrick Amber got to his feet, the ball spun hard and found the top of Mensah's head, and then the ball spun around and flew into the door behind Hart.

In the 76th minute, 2:3, Patrick completed a hat-trick of assists, and QPR reversed Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium!

All the QPR players, including those on the bench, celebrated wildly as they pounced on Mensah and Patrick.

And Lu Ling on the sidelines was also roaring hoarsely in celebration, and when the camera swept over, the commentators and guests were a little surprised, and they teased that they had never seen Christine Lu like this.

In the past few weeks, all the qiē has been so depressing.

She needs to be released.

And now, she is about to double Guardiola.

The sign in the hands of the fourth official on the sidelines lit up and Gabriel Jesús came on to replace Andrea Zhivkovic, who was already out of balance.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Patrick came to the sidelines for a drink. Lu Ling asked him quietly, "Have you seen the video clip I sent you, Jesus?"

Pat raised an eyebrow, "No." I'd rather look directly at his watch on the pitch. ”