Ian Parker and Yu Zixiang have been in the QPR since they were 10 years old, and together they have gone from the Under-11s to the current reserve team. Patrick-Amber wasn't here yet, but they were on good terms. Later, Patrick became acquainted with them, and they became the famous tridummies of the reserves. In fact, the main reason is that Ian is a little dumbfounded, and Yu Zixiang and Patrick blame him for being involved in three by himself.

Lu Ling's attic was already small, and at this time, there were four people—four people who had never been seen before, and there was no room to even turn around. She stood in front of the window with a glass of red wine, and the music in the room was so loud and terrifying. If it hadn't been on the weekend, I'm afraid there would have been a protest from the neighbors. She looked at her phone again, and she didn't know if Lu Yungui had arrived home. She wanted to send a message, typed two words and deleted it.

The boys' conversation jumped from games to movies to girls.

Patrick only then remembered something, and called Lu Ling, who turned around and asked what was the matter.

The boy said nonchalantly, "Abby wants to see you." ”

Lu Ling opened his eyes, a little surprised, but quickly agreed, "Okay." Go back and make an appointment. ”

Ian swayed to the music with a beer can, he was so bad at drinking that he fainted when he got off the can. He said with his tongue wide open, "Hey, Christine, coach! I've always had a question for you......" Halfway through his speech, Yu Zixiang tugged at him and told him to stop talking.

Lu Ling was interested, she walked over, turned down the music, and asked, "What's the problem?"

"No offense, can I ask Miss Lu, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Oh, damn it, shut up Ian!" Zixiang shook his head and looked at the teaching assistant, a virtue that I can't do with this idiot.

They talked privately, with Patrick behind his back, of course. They all think Kristen is like a lesbian. Ian kept saying that he had to ask if he had a chance, but he didn't expect to ask today because of his alcohol.

Lu Ling stayed there, could it be that so many people really thought she was gay? But speaking of which, she really hadn't dated for a long time. The last date was just over a year ago. She touched her short hair again, a little confused, "Ian, I'm straight, I don't have a girlfriend." Where the hell do I look like a lesbian? Is it temperament?"

Patrick slapped Ian on the back of the head, "You stupid, where does Christine look like a lesbian?"

Ian touched the back of his head and muttered, "Damn, it's like everywhere." ”

The boys made a fuss again, and Lu Ling took a sip of wine and turned away. She looked at her phone again, it was not too early, I wonder if some workaholic is still in Harrington?

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In just one week, Nicholas promoted three youngsters to the first team. It is inevitable that there will be young coaches in the team who like to use the voice of young players.

Thirty-seven-year-old Clint Hill looked at the boys running on the field and spat at the same amount he hadn't done twenty years ago. Now I really can't run, I used to be as motivated as the first minute when I hit the 90th minute, but now I can be easily distracted after running for 20 minutes. The years are unforgiving.

Not to mention the players, even the managers next to him are several years younger than him.

Nicholas watched intently on the movements on the field, in which assistants guided them. The quality of the midfielders is inherently lacking, and there are often disconnections between the midfield and the backfield – these are just too nerve-wracking. Christine offered to practice switching and keeping spacing over and over again in training sessions, and it seemed to work well.

Clint scratched his head, "Mr. Flores." ”

Nicholas looked at him.

"I can understand that you took me off in the last game, and I know that I am not as fit as I used to be, but I still think I know what to do on the pitch. ”

"Yes, the team needs you. Nicholas smiled slightly, and Clint waited for a while, but before he could finish, the Spaniard's mouth was closed, and it seemed impossible to say anything more.

The team does need him, but not at the competitive level.

Clint Hill took a sip of water and got back on the training pitch. James came over and gave him a fist in the shoulder, "Clint, we're almost done training for you to and drink saliva." Clint laughed and cursed and took the assistant coach's pass.

Since Lu Ling became an assistant coach, except for the time when James was a little verbal in the locker room, no player has ever had trouble in front of her. Still, she didn't hear their gossip. Privately, James and Robert always called her "that girl", and didn't call her a teaching assistant or a lady, or even a name.

James ostensibly obeyed her, and as soon as she turned around, he would tease her with his teammates next to her in a low voice.

For example, what the girl said made a lot of sense. The girl had never played professional football before, and she actually taught me how to use technique. Etcetera.

Lu Ling looked at this group of people, half of them were older than her, and it was not an overnight thing to want them to obey. Fortunately, it's not that I don't have a good relationship with her. Patrick, Ian and Yu Zixiang – at least these three young players have never taken her lightly.

In the practice match just now, Ian and Sandro faced each other several times, and the former could not compete against the latter at the physical level. Sandro's physical advantage is too great. Fortunately, Ian is agile and can pop up from time to time to poke the ball away, and sometimes he can have a little advantage.

When the physique is not good, quick reflexes and accurate judgment are huge bonuses.

In Nicholas's eyes, the red-haired boy was rough and honest, and his body was thin, and he seemed to be very inconspicuous. But on closer inspection, his speed and perception of space on the field are excellent. He himself comes from a midfielder and knows best what this position requires. Ian is undoubtedly malleable, and Christine's judgment is accurate.

As for Yu Zixiang, he has the most experience in the first team among the three boys. After all, he played a few Premier League games last season, and when Ramsey took him this season, he also made a few sporadic appearances, but then Ramsey's results were so bad that he didn't dare to use children anymore and sent him back to the reserves.

He came off the bench in the last game against Preston North End and had a good appearance. Unlike Patrick's tepid attitude, Nicholas praised him after the game, perhaps to give him a little more confidence.

Actually, Nicholas has a bit of a mindset here. East Asians are generally considered to be more introverted and less confident. However, Yu Zixiang is a fairly confident guy. He can't dribble like Patrick, but he's explosive and quick, often running unstoppably down the flanks to the baseline, and his crosses are good at footwork. Defensively, you have a wide coverage, but sometimes you are hot-headed and lack positional sense – this is something that can be exercised. In terms of endurance, it is on par with Park Ji-sung of Manchester United back then.

Yu Zixiang's physical talent is already quite top-notch even by the standards of European teams.

However, Lu Ling doesn't want him to go to the big club too early, he still lacks too many things, and if he can't play in a big club, it won't be good for him. Eighteen or nineteen years old is the time when you need the most first-team experience, and whether you want to be a big star or not, that's it.

As for Patrick, is he really a wide attacker in his best position? The development of young players is not easy to predict, and there are too many chances.

However, there is only a very low probability that the peerless talent will not be played.

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Middlesbrough is basically the furthest away road for the London side.

At the end of November, the North East of England was cooler and more humid than London.

QPR's away game against Middlesbrough takes place on Friday evening. Attendance at Riverside Stadium today was pretty good.

I don't know if it was influenced by Preston fans, but the Middlesbrough fans also shouted that sentence.

"Assistant coach, what a sweetheart!"

This time, because it was someone else's home field, this sentence appeared more frequently. However, there were also well-meaning Middlesbrough fans who shut them up and accused them of being sexist.

Patrick finished a set of agility exercises and walked around behind the assistant coach. He covered his mouth and asked curiously, "Doesn't that bother you at all, Christine?"

"It's troublesome. Lu Ling looked up at the main stand, more and more fans were seated, and many fans who were watching the excitement were filming her. "But I'm trying to make it ...... How to put it, power. You know, there are fans who love you, and there are fans who hate you. You may be able to change some of them, but you can't change all of them. As if she were too serious, she covered her mouth again and said mysteriously, "If I were really angry, I would imagine that those people were actually undressed, and only the size of my thumb." ”

Patrick laughed exaggeratedly, "Holy**! I bet it will work." ”

The TA raised an eyebrow, "Of course. Go practice passing the ball for a while, Zixiang is waiting for you over there. ”

QPR's away kit is red and black with horizontal stripes. Like the home jersey, it is striped in the front, while the back is mainly in a solid color, with only a simple bar design. The chest sponsor, AirAsia, is none other than the airline of club holder Tony Fernandez.

Patrick's number is still 43, and it won't change this season. Yu Zixiang wears No. 22, and Ian wears No. 35. It's all tuba. Today, Patrick is still in the starting line-up, with Yu Zixiang and Ian on the bench.

The game was a bit dull, not to mention scoring goals in the entire first half, and the two teams combined didn't even have a decent shot. The only highlight was Patrick's performance on the wing, which took a lot of work. In this game, he is no longer as cautious as he played in the last two games, and he will continue to try the ball that is obviously difficult to pass. Although the success rate is very high, the first shot always flies directly to the stands, and a lot of opportunities are wasted.

The Middlesbrough fans, who were sitting in the stands on the ground floor, stood up and booed him, and he continued to challenge as if he had not heard of it. In stoppage time, he was kicked hard by the Middlesbrough midfielder near the penalty area.

Although he received a well-placed free kick and the opponent also received a yellow card, it was not easy. The spikes snapped through the socks and made a bloody hole along the edge of his calf. Fortunately, it was just a flesh wound, nothing serious, but it hurt a little. The team doctor examined him near the sideline, and he sat on the ground and waved his hand, stood up on his own, took two steps, and limped a little, but immediately got used to it.

At this time, QPR's free kick flew into the stands, the whistle blew, and the first half was over.

In the locker room, Lu Ling was seen by James when he asked about Patrick's injury.

James sneered in a thin falsetto, "Oh, Amber baby, you're hurt, your mommy must be distressed, right?"

Several players next to him heard it and laughed. Even Ian didn't hold back his laughter, and it was Yu Zixiang who bumped into him, and he quickly straightened his face.

Lu Ling spared James and ignored this person, she was very busy, and she had to talk to several players about tactical details.

Patrick lifted his socks fiercely, glared at James and said gloomily, "You hear me clearly! Christine isn't my mother!"

James snorted a few times, and it was better not to provoke trouble at halftime.

The second half began quickly, and the fans returned to the stands from the rest area one after another.

Patrick broke through more on the right flank, hit the penalty area, didn't pass the ball, and hit the goal directly himself, and then was blocked. No one could stop him, but he didn't score either. Middlesbrough's penalty area is full of people, and no matter how good he is, he can't get past it all.

Captain Nedham came over and said a few words to him, nothing more than football is not played alone, please see your teammates.

Yu Zixiang, who had just been substituted, also felt very strange, Patrick usually didn't play like this.

Lu Ling had already seen that something was wrong, but Nicholas had no intention of changing him.

Patrick was brought down again on the edge of the penalty area and was still fine, but he continued to play like this, in such an environment as the Championship, and it was the rhythm of finding a broken leg. Lu Ling couldn't hold his breath anymore and asked Nicholas to replace Patrick.

Nicholas still didn't make any substitutions, and it wasn't until the 80th minute, when Patrick was a little exhausted, that he replaced him.

Patrick was a little frustrated when he was substituted, and the away fans gave him a round of applause!

A little later, Ian also replaced Sandro. Although Sandro will leave in the winter, he will not look good when he comes off the field.

Yu Zixiang was tripped in the box in the 87th minute and won a penalty for his team.

Charlie Austin hits the penalty spot.

QPR 1:0 defeated Middlesbrough.

The QPR fans who followed the team on the expedition to the Northeast howled wildly.

On the sidelines, QPR's coach's bench and bench also exploded. Nicholas jumped up from his seat, as did his teaching assistant. He first hugged Lu Ling's shoulders tightly, and then ran to the sidelines, loudly ordering the players to concentrate and return to defense.

Patrick high-fived his teammates on the bench and sat down again, his gaze glazed off.

A few minutes later, the whistle sounded.

The Spaniard took all three points at the Riverside Stadium and QPR moved up one place in the table.

However, for Nicolas, it is a pity that Middlesbrough coach Aitto Karanka was absent due to illness today, and he was unable to play directly with his senior brother, who was also a subordinate of Mourinho.