At the end of November, QPR knocked out Chelsea 1-0 away in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup to reach the last four. Patrick came off the bench to assist Leon for the only goal.

The good mood of the whole team continued.

And it's time of year for the club to sell Christmas sweaters.

This time, Lu Ling was also asked to appear on the camera.

Everyone was staring at the green sweater on the manager.

"Isn't it that ugly?" she looked down at the reindeer on her chest, stupid, but cute?

"Like a Christmas elf. John tilted his head and said.

"It looks like it's a bit ...... Blame. Ian pretended to be serious.

"What's wrong?" asked Ian as the QPR boss looked up.

Ian was just about to speak, Zixiang continued: "It's just weird." But ......" he said and looked at the manager from top to bottom, and just wanted to say that it was quite hot.

The head coach opened his mouth first: "Zixiang, you are very kind, do you know? You are not much better, you all look like stupid melons." Is anyone else interested in my sweater?"

All the players were smiling, but no one dared to say anything.

Glenn Michelle stood beside Yu Zixiang, his head down, a little reserved and shy. This Yorkshire boy has always been a bit like that. Zixiang deliberately bumped his arm and said to him, "Glenn, tell the boss quickly, she's hot." ”

"Oh, Zixiang, you let Glenn go. Ian gave Sho a smack of the shoulder.

Glenn also quickly pushed the clipper, smiling, but did not speak.

Everyone was laughing. Zixiang is more bold, and he dares to say this because he has known the coach for a long time.

Leon added: "Boss, if you have a boyfriend, you should ask him what he thinks, and if he says it's not good-looking, we can help you beat him." But it may not be good for so many of us to beat one, I can do it alone. ”

Lu Ling smiled and rolled his eyes. Leon's English is improving too fast. She thinks that the sooner a young South American player arrives in the Premier League, the easier it will be to adapt, but the older he is, the more difficult it will be.

Patrick stood at the back of the crowd and snickered. Then he lowered his head.

After a while, Lu Ling received a message here.

The conversation has shifted to something else. She smiled and shook her head, looking down at the message she had received.

[It's beautiful, I like it.] Don't take it off, I'll come back at night. Also, Leon is bragging, he can't let me go. 】

Lu Ling smiled helplessly and put away his phone. She looked up, and Patrick was winking at her, smiling wilderly. Only then did she notice that Pat was dressed the same as her. Hans, Vargas, and Mario also wore this green one.

Hans glanced at the manager, and he wanted to tell her she looked cute, but it didn't make much sense.

Beside him, Mensa was teasing him: "Hans, you must have watched the boss pick the green one, and then picked the green one." ”

Hans lifted his chin, "I'll pick her before I come over." ”

Mensah thought the Germans were really boring, "No, you just picked it up with the boss." ”

Hans frowned, "No, I picked her before I came over." ”

"No ......"

"You're naïve. ”

"You're younger than me. ”

"But you're naïve than I am. ”

Lu Ling heard their conversation and sighed in his heart that this is indeed the youngest team in the Premier League with an average age. Although Hans felt that he was not the childish one, in her ears both boys were seven or eight years old.

She looked at Hans, and the German boy looked at her, nodded slightly, and looked away.

Christmas songs rang out. It's not big, because the director came over and told me what to do with the shooting.

Oh, Lu Ling began to pray in his heart, hurry up and finish the shooting. A group of people stood together in such stupid clothes, and she felt like she was in a mental hospital.

And once again a childish conversation came to her ears. This time, it's Mario, who doesn't speak English well, talking to Jacob.

"Someone, really, at Christmas, wearing such a stupid outfit?" It was not easy for Mario, who was learning English, to be able to say such a complete sentence, despite grammatical errors.

"Aren't you just dressed?" said Jacob's calm voice.

"I'm wearing this when I shoot this. ”

"I wear it every year. ”

"Why?" said Mario, who was very surprised.

"Because of my mom. ”

"You're, mother's, good boy. Mario's tone was a little appreciative.

"Mario, that's not a good word. ”

Mario was a little confused.

As a result, there is a surprise between Latin and English cultures.

Lu Ling lowered his head and smiled, the Latin nation attaches great importance to the family, even boys who listen to their mothers when they become adults will not be discriminated against, and in English-speaking countries, in the vast majority of cases, boys who are still obedient to their mothers after adulthood, oh, it is difficult to get a girlfriend......

Her train of thought was interrupted, and Patrick came over and put his arm around her shoulder.

He covered his mouth and asked in a low voice, "Do you have a lot of work today?" Can you go home early?"

Lu Ling quietly observed the reactions of the players around him, and almost no one looked at them.

She relieved herself and covered her mouth: "No." ”

He pretended to be angry, but he couldn't hide his smile, "Why are you talking about not covering your mouth?"

She pushed him away and continued to cover her mouth, this time seriously: "The sooner this place can be over, the sooner I can get back to work......"

Before she could finish speaking, he ran away. Before she could react, she heard him shout at his teammates, "Everyone, stop making trouble, hurry up and finish this stupid video." John, Leon, damn you guys get your fucking ass out of here......"

This guy.

The other side.

Mensah was bouncing up and down behind Hans. He inadvertently glanced at the German's raised mobile phone and blurted out, "Why are you filming the boss?"

The Dutchman didn't say much, and a few of his teammates next to him heard this, and turned their heads to watch the excitement. Including the shy Glenn Mitchell.

Glenn also asked curiously, speaking with a distinctive Yorkshire accent, "Hans, are you filming the boss?"

Hans's movements stopped, he didn't look at the people around him, he just slowly pointed the camera at Mensa, "I'm filming everyone." ”

Mensa pushed away his phone, "You were obviously filming the boss just now." He nodded to himself, "However, it's rare to see the boss wearing such stupid clothes, and it really should be photographed." He quickly took out his mobile phone and pointed it at the head coach.

The corners of Hans's mouth lifted in relief. He put away his phone. The director told him to go to the middle.

The music is getting louder and louder.

A lot of players snorted along with it.

Patrick snorted as he looked at his head coach, his girl.

Christmas is coming.

It's a festival of love.

****

On the morning of December 2nd, QPR took the team bus to Swansea.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the referee's whistle blew on the free field. Two hours later, QPR beat the home team here with a score of 3:0. There were many home fans at the scene who were not in a hurry to leave. They watched the players in blue and white jerseys on the pitch and the young manager in a long down jacket walking towards the away fan zone.

It's stunning.

This team has not lost a match since August.

Only two of the fourteen league games have been drawn, with the rest winning.

In this game, Patrick Amber scored in 10 consecutive Premier League games, while also assisting one of Leon's two goals.

Although they are not yet halfway through the season, they may not be able to create a myth like Leicester City, but for now, QPR has written a legend.

Swansea fans are still watching, perhaps hoping that their side will one day be able to write a legend in the Premier League.

****

The following week, the last European match day of the year concludes, with the Champions League and Europa League group stages completed.

In Wednesday's fixture, Nicholas's Everton beat Zenit 2-0 in the extreme cold St. Petersburg, who were already hopeless of qualifying.

Despite Juventus' 2-1 home win over Real Madrid, Everton finished second in the group thanks to their record against Juventus (more away goals).

Meanwhile, the other three Premier League teams have all qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League.

In the Europa League, QPR drew 1-1 at home to Roma in the last group stage game thanks to a goal from Leon Ferreira, with Patrick Amber continuing to be rested. QPR accumulated 14 points in six games and successfully won the first place in the group.

Arsenal and Liverpool have also qualified for the Europa League.

The knockout draws for both the Champions League and Europa League take place at noon on Friday.

Nicholas sat in the dining room, drinking coffee, waiting with the players and coaches to watch the Champions League draw. After that, he will go to this week's pre-match press conference.

Since Everton is the second in the group, Juan has been a little nervous, hoping not to meet strong opponents such as Barcelona and Bayern. However, Nicholas himself was calmer.

Ross-Barkley said, "It's the same whoever is drawn, and we're going to kill them sooner or later, aren't we?"

The Everton manager smiled inwardly. Typical English player, very scrappy.

The results of the draw came one by one.

Everton drew - Ligue 1 champions Paris Saint-Germain.

There was a brief silence in the restaurant, which was a very strong opponent.

But soon, Ross Barkley's voice rang out again: "What a good signing, we can go to Paris and kick those French guys in the ass! ”

Nicolas smiled at Dembele and patted Rose on the shoulder, and everyone cheered up at Rose's words, at least on the surface.

The results of the draw are all out.

Benfica v Real Madrid

Atletico v Manchester United

Sevilla v Bayern

Chelsea v Inter

Barcelona v Manchester City

Everton v Paris

Shakhtar Donetsk v Dort

Porto v Wolfsburg

Nicholas got up, and the dining room fell silent.

"I think it's a good sign. Everybody should be as confident as Ross and kick whoever we smoke, kick them in the ass. ”

There was laughter in the restaurant.

'But now, I need everybody to focus on training in the afternoon, because we play Manchester City tomorrow and QPR next Wednesday. We're going to win those two. I'm not joking with you. ”

The players shouted words and clapped their hands or the table in response to the manager.

Nicholas nodded, got up and walked out.

Juan followed and asked in a low voice, "Do you really think this is a good sign?"

Nicholas didn't speak for a while, walked outside the restaurant, and then said, "Of course I'd rather draw Wolfsburg." However, the opponent has been decided, and in the next three months, I will study Emery's style of play carefully. With that, he looked at Juan and smiled, "Isn't that interesting?"

Juan wanted to talk, but Nick was already in a hurry to leave, so he said I'll see you in training in a moment, and he knew he had to go to the pre-match press conference.

On the way to the press conference, Nicholas took out his mobile phone and opened the app on the official UEFA website.

****

Lu Ling hurriedly walked to the restaurant while looking at the Champions League draw results displayed on the mobile app.

Everton drew to Paris. Maybe not a good sign, but Nick would love an opponent like that. She thought. The other three Premier League teams have not had good signings either. Perhaps, at least half of the four Premier League teams will be eliminated in the first knockout round.

Lu Ling entered the restaurant, and the players and members of the coaching staff were basically there. Everyone looked back.

On the TV screen, the ball of "QPR" has already been drawn.

Michael Owen drew for QPR - Eredivisie giants Ajax. 166 Reading Network