"Three times a week?huh?" Patrick rubbed the hair of the woman in his arms and rolled over from the bed. He looked at her with a teasing smile as he put on his pants.

She didn't seem to have recovered a little, leaning on the bed. Perhaps it was his smile that made her a little dissatisfied, and she called his name in a long voice, her voice soft, with a hint of reproach, "Patrick!"

During their time in Austria and Germany, they barely had any close contact, so both were exceptionally enthusiastic this week, and tonight was no different.

He bent down to kiss her and whispered to her lips, "Do you want me to stay tonight?" ”

'We have a game tomorrow. She looked at him, a little distraught, her voice still soft, "With Barcelona." Forgotten?"

"Of course not. But you must have forgotten just now. He smiled proudly and said, "I'm looking forward to tomorrow's game." Then he buried his head in her neck.

"You're not going to play the whole game. She couldn't help but hum under her breath.

"So that's why you just ......"

"No!" she pushed him away abruptly and sat up, her voice serious, "These are two things. I'm professional. ”

"I'm kidding, baby. Patrick straightened up and slipped on his T-shirt. Her expression was a little complicated. He reached out and touched her face, "You're professional. Of course I do. ”

Her lips moved, and a smile swept over her, "I'm not just professional, I'm also a decent woman." She couldn't help but laugh out loud. The first thing she amused with this self-teasing was herself.

"Decent and decent ......," Patrick pretended to groan.

She glared at him with a smile, then picked up the iPad on the bedside table, and said as she clicked on something: "I went to sleep after watching Barcelona's previous warm-up game." ”

Patrick looked at the table below, "It's not too late. ”

"Good night, Pat. She smiled and raised her eyes to him.

"By the way, Tina......"

"What?"

"I think the dressing room at the new Queen's Park is good. ”

"I think it's good, too, Biroftus......" She was halfway through her words, and when she looked up, she noticed that the smile on his face was a little strange, and then she understood what he meant, her smile was still at the corner of her mouth, but her brow furrowed slightly, "No, Pat, for God's sake, don't think about it." ”

"You don't have anything to do with that. He whispered.

She didn't answer again, and seemed to be in working mode.

Patrick finally asks for a goodnight kiss and leaves satisfied.

****

Sunday, July 30th.

West London, Hammersmith, Old Oak Public Precinct.

The 40,000-seat new Queen's Park Stadium has a rounded rectangular overlook with a silver-white main colour punctuated with blue lines.

Tonight will be her debut.

The 40,000 tickets have already been sold out, and the feedback from fans on the new stadium in the club's survey has been overwhelmingly positive. At the same time, Nathaniel Lawrence contacted La Liga giants Barcelona to participate in this match at the beginning of his tenure at the club, which also brought unprecedented attention to the opening game of the new Queen's Park.

There is a week left until the Community Shield and two weeks before the official start of the Premier League. This game is the most important game in the pre-season warm-up game for QPR, and it is also the one that Lu Ling values the most. The opponent is extremely strong, although neither side will go all out, but it is a good opportunity to practice.

The game starts at 7 p.m.

At 6:15, the unveiling ceremony has begun.

The two chairmen, Nathaniel Lawrence and Tony Fernandez, were on hand to give a brief pre-match speech, as did the local councillor at Hammersmith. QPR legend Rodney Marsch and current QPR Director of Football Les Ferdinand drove the team's commemorative football into the stands one by one.

The big screen flashed on the unforgettable moments of QPR's history, the unforgettable history of Loftus Road, and finally the highlight moment when Christine led QPR to finally lift the FA Cup last season.

Then, amid the cheers of the audience, Lu Ling walked out of the players' tunnel. When her figure appeared, the fans stood up and applauded.

This course is awesome. The sun shone on a third of the turf, and Lu Ling glanced at the blue-and-white New Queen's Park, like a huge theater.

She said a few words that the song Dventure of a Lifetime made the atmosphere even more lively, and many fans were singing along with lead singer Chris Martin.

After the Coldpaly performance, players from both teams finally entered the pitch – Queens Park Rangers in blue and white and Barcelona in the yellow away kit.

On the QPR side, Patrick, Ian, Zixiang, Leon, and new signings Hans and Mario are all in the starting lineup. It is still 4231, which is also the most commonly used formation by Lu Ling.

On Barcelona's side, the world's greatest trident combination MSN - Messi, Suarez and Neymar also all started, as well as Iniesta, Busquets, Pique, etc., star-studded.

Lu Ling and Barcelona coach Luis Enrique shook hands on the sidelines in what was the first time the two had met.

Enrique smiled and greeted in English, "Hi, nice to meet you, Christine." Is Patrick-Amber really not for sale?" he said, squeezing his eyes. The young coach opposite is probably the most newsed football coach of the past year, and even in Spain, even in Catalonia's El Monde Sport and Daily Sport, her name is always mentioned. She was dressed very formally, in a dark blue suit, probably because today was the unveiling of the new stadium. The whole person looks very confident, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is brilliant. In fact, Enrique and Nicholas are quite acquainted, and when he thinks that she is Nick's ex-girlfriend, he always feels that this thing is extremely unreal.

"I'm glad to meet you, Louis, too. Lu Ling looked at Enrique, who was wearing a black polo shirt and jeans, which seemed to be the way he always liked to dress. He has been one of the most successful managers in recent years, perhaps not as glamorous as Pep was at Barcelona, but he has done quite well. It's just that people don't give much credit to him, and she doesn't know what he thinks of it. She thought, if it was her, she would definitely not be reconciled. Also, his accent is very similar to Nick's, and of course, Nick is too fluent. She smiled and continued, "Would you be willing to sell Messi?"

Enrique smiled noncommittally, and Lu Ling raised his eyebrows. The two then walked to their respective coaching seats.

Lu Ling casually looked back again, if he was still in Barcelona next year, maybe there was really a possibility of fighting. Of course, there are many prerequisites. That won't be a simple process.

****

In this game, Lu Ling focused on the defensive organization of the backfield. Against three of the world's best attackers, she stressed that the back line must not be afraid and still perform the defensive style she has been building throughout pre-season.

Today's two centre-backs are Mario Fernandez and captain Nedham Onoha, and given Nedham's shortcomings, she asked Ian to pay special attention to the protection of the penalty area in defence, while the two full-backs, Zixiang and John, should also focus on helping to defend in the middle.

The game unsurprisingly quickly entered the rhythm of Barcelona. They play very fluid possession at the back.

Patrick was also involved at the back, and he needed to keep up with Barça midfielder Sergio Busquets, as Tina had been told.

Suarez pulled out to catch the ball, Ian couldn't grab it on the first shot, but interfered a little, and then Messi suddenly started to get the ball between Zixiang and Ian, and then picked up a pass into the penalty area. Hans struck quickly, didn't let Neymar touch the ball, and held the ball firmly and threw it to Zixiang on the left flank.

Zixiang was so excited that he finally got his chance to perform - a big stride past Barcelona's right-back Alex Vidal before rushing towards the opposition half. After that, Leon was crossed, but unfortunately it was a little worse.

In this game, Messi, Suarez and Neymar looked in good form.

Messi completed a three-man run in a tight space on the right in the 25th minute, while Neymar also completed a 50-metre drive down the left.

Patrick didn't get the ball for half a day, and he felt like a damn spectator. There is no problem with his form. The problem is that Barcelona is too controlling, QPR has almost no possession, and sometimes the ball is cut off by Barcelona players before it reaches his feet.

Until 17 minutes of the first half.

When Messi was once again linking up with Suarez, Patrick suddenly withdrew into the box and intercepted their pass.

Patrick took the ball on his own penalty line, with Suarez and Messi in front of him. He didn't hesitate and passed directly in front of the two South American superstars in one spite of the same speed.

Next, he passed Rakitic who was on the top and then Busquets. The next one was Pique, who knew that Pique was not fast but had excellent defensive skills, so he did not break through again, but gave the ball to Leon with a through ball.

The Uruguayan boy cut straight into the box and picked the ball past Ter Stegen.

qpr1:0！

The match was broadcast live by Sky Sports. The commentator became excited at this moment: "Oh, what happened just now, Amber has passed many Barcelona players in a row, he is really in shape, of course he is not inferior to the twenty-year-old Messi or Neymar, maybe Messi and Neymar on the field also think the same." Every England fan is surely looking forward to what he does in the upcoming season. ”

On the field, Leon rushed over and hugged Patrick, which was a beautiful goal, although it was not an official game, but the two were still very excited, and the opponent was Barcelona after all.

Lu Ling applauded on the sidelines, and Patrick glanced at her with a very proud expression.

But two minutes later, the three magically passed into the penalty area, Nedham slipped directly, and when facing Hans, Messi instantly made a feint and then picked a shot!

Hans's reaction was astonishingly fast, and he immediately reached up and touched the ball with his fingertips.

The ball was touched and Ian came back to clear, but Suarez made a quick tackle and the ball flew into the empty net!

In the first half, the shots of two Uruguayan strikers broke the door of two German goalkeepers. Hans was very unhappy, and although the QPR had previously conceded a goal in pre-season, it was the first goal conceded in his playing time.

In the second half, there was more rotation on both sides, with QPR substitute Raymond and Barcelona substitute Paco Alcacer scoring another goal each, and the final score was fixed at 2:2.

Lu Ling shook hands with Enrique while thinking, the team's defensive style in this game can't be said to be too flawed, it can only be said that the personnel ability, that is, Nedham is not good enough, and after all, he is facing MSN.

After that, she still hopes to bring Mensah back to play as a regular centre-back, either with Mario Fernandes or Glenn Mitchell. I just don't know how far the Dutch boys' side, as well as Simon's side, have progressed with Manchester United.

****

Back at Lu Ling's house that night, on the sofa, Lu Ling asked Patrick, "What did you talk to them about after the game?"

Patrick put his arm around her and said slowly, "Come to think of it, I don't know Spanish, and they don't know English at all......"

"I saw you say a few words. ”

"It's Leon and Suarez who have been talking. Then Suarez told me that I should go to Barcelona, where the weather is good. Messi and Neymar also spoke a few words of Spanish, León translated it for me, and they said that I was a good fit for Barca. ”

"Do you want to go?"

He hesitated for a moment, kissed her ear, and asked, "Do you want me to go?"

"...... as a manager"

Patrick laughed, "You're funny when you look serious. ”

"Actually, you want to say it's boring. ”

"A little. He laughs.

She moved in his arms, but she wasn't angry, she always knew she could be a little rigid sometimes. She continued: "It's your career choice, either as a manager or ......" She hesitated to use a word, but she didn't really think about it, so she jumped over, "I don't have the right to ask." ”

"How could it not be, you are my closest person, what player would not consider this when choosing a club?"

She laughed and turned to look at him, "You still haven't answered my question." ”

"I don't want to. "They're good, but those stupid guys are here, and most importantly, you're here." ”

"Don't you really want to at all?"

Patrick turned his head and kissed her, "Maybe a little." But as long as you kiss me, I won't go anywhere. ”

She hugged his neck: "Your goal today was beautiful. ”

"So what?"

"You'll know in a moment......" her voice grew quieter.

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