****

Patrick dialed out the phone and turned on the light. When the room lit up, her voice came from her phone.

She smiled over there and asked, "What's wrong?"

Patrick snorted, "It's almost eleven o'clock. ”

"Yes, you should sleep. ”

Patrick got out of bed, he was a little thirsty, and he was going to get ** water. "Baby, can you get home before twelve o'clock?" he still felt unhappy after asking, "It's so late, why do you have to go to Harrington to talk to you now?"

"I'll try my best. I don't know. You sleep first. ”

"I can't sleep. ”

"I promise you, if I get home before twelve o'clock, I will wake you up in the way you like best. ”

Her voice was already very sensual, and then it came tactfully, as if her breath was on his neck, and her kiss fell on his chest, slowly, little by little, down...... Patrick stood there and took a deep breath, his voice hoarse uncontrollably, "I'm looking forward to it. ”

"Go to sleep, don't expect too much, I said before twelve. ”

Patrick came to his senses and agreed, he hesitated for a few seconds, and then said, "By the way, baby, don't let Ben do anything to you, or ......"

Her laughter came from the other end, and she interrupted him, "Don't worry. And I don't think Ben would have done anything. ”

Patrick took the ** water and took a sip, "Okay, call me if there's anything." ”

"Good. See you later. ”

"I'll see you later. I really miss you. ”

Patrick hung up the phone and went back to his room. He looked at the time.

10:45。

He still couldn't sleep a little, so he opened Instagram on his phone. One of his most recent updates is from the team's away game against Chelsea, a moment in the game, with Ben and Leon in the picture. The text attached to him reads:

(We're standing side by side, it's our season!)

This picture, Ben and Leon, in fact, almost all the players of the QPR liked. Although, in that game, Patrick was not on the field at all.

On the morning of the battle at Stamford Bridge, Tina was a little irritable. What she had said in her pre-match press conference the day before had made him think she was emotionally amissible.

'Chelsea play the Champions League a day earlier than we did and we didn't have to travel away. Not only did we have one less day off, but our second game against Porto next week was a day earlier than Chelsea. ”

It's not that she complains about having less rest than her opponents, but she mentions "not having to go away". There is certainly a difference between home and away games, but there is little difference between going to Stamford Bridge and going to New Queen's Park. For team-mates like Leon and Ben, who live near Kensington, Stamford Bridge is even closer home. Obviously, she said that sentence with some absent-mindedness. After that, some media did laugh at Kristen Lu's complaint, which was extremely ridiculous.

So, he dragged her to his lap after breakfast and asked her what was going on. The irascible Tina got up from him with a bad complexion, but she didn't speak. He also had unreasonable times, so he dragged her into his arms and didn't let her move. He didn't speak, waiting for her to tell him why.

Patrick had a guess in his mind. There has been this talk in the media lately: half of the games that QPR hasn't won this season have not had Patrick Amber. Prior to that game, it was widely believed that the probability of QPR taking all three points at Stamford Bridge was not high, and the odds offered by Bo/Cai were also in this sense. Maybe Tina, he thought, still minds people thinking of "the Queen's blue and white" as "Patrick-Amber's team."

Finally, she adjusted her position on her lap, faced him, looked him in the eye, and said why. It has nothing to do with what he thinks.

"I've had my period delayed for a few days. ”

She didn't seem to be grumpy anymore, her brow was full of worry, and Patrick even felt that she was a little aggrieved.

He pursed his lips vigorously, and it took a lot of self-control to keep himself from laughing. He knew that if that was the case, she would be mad for a long time. Becoming a mother is definitely not in her plans now, and abortion is not an easy decision. He gradually felt that this was a distressing thing. He couldn't force her to be a mother, but if she made another choice, he would be heartbroken.

"We've always had safety measures, condoms or medications, and not once we didn't. Don't think about it all the time, maybe it's just that you've been stressed too much lately. ”

She frowned and nodded. She had told him that she had been suffering from abnormal menstrual periods and severe hair loss for a long time during the season when she won the QPR Premier League, and her doctor told her that she was in danger of infertility if she continued. Ironically, she was normal after she resigned. She has returned to the managerial position without any problems. Until this month.

****

The rain seems to have lightened a bit.

Benjamin didn't change his clothes, didn't shave, took the car keys and went straight to the garage. Maybe shave, he thought. However, the baby would not look closely at his face at all. He said to her that he was barely good-looking, which was a modest description. I don't know why, he didn't seem to even be that modest description of her, otherwise why would she never look at herself more? Aesthetics have always been subjective. In conclusion, Benjamin doesn't think he's less masculine than Patrick Amber. He was even a little taller and a little stronger than him. But he also had to admit that the extra little bit didn't mean much. The first time he met Pat, he knew that if he was on the court, physically fighting, he would never take advantage.

Many people only talk about Patrick Amber's unrivaled technical talent, the vagaries of South American standards in determining the technical fundamentals, but ignore the fact that his physical talent is as high as his technical talent. It is impossible for a player of the caliber level not to possess the most top-level physical talents, top-level muscular endurance, muscle explosiveness, flexibility, strength, speed, etc.

Benjamin drove out of the garage with a faint smile on his face. With the development of scientific and technological civilization to this day, the purely physical ability of human beings is still valued. Probably, no matter what stage of civilization it is, animal nature will be preserved.

Back to football, you can't ditch the physicality of a footballer and talk about technique and thinking. Baby must have liked and agreed with him. He knows that his physical fitness is also very good.

Before driving out of the house, Benjamin suddenly stopped the car. He got out of the car and picked a rose in his front garden, and his finger was pricked. With a hissing sound in his throat, he took the flower and hurried back to the car. He was half-drenched from the rain, but his heart was happy.

He is not the little prince. Babies aren't little flowers. But he wanted to give his beautiful baby a beautiful little flower. She may not be his, but she's too pretty. He loves all the beautiful things in the world.

Benjamin glanced at the rose he had placed on the passenger seat, the flowers/paths with spikes, the petals stained with rain and dew, blooming, scarlet. He wanted her not to throw it in the trash.

****

Lu Ling leaned back on the sofa, the top half of her wet hair was against her scalp, the end was hanging down to her chest, and the tips of her hair were oozing into the cotton T-shirt. She didn't pay much attention, it was the norm, her gaze wandering between the floor-to-ceiling windows and the tactical board.

Some people are cold-hearted, some are crazy, some are elegant and calm, and some are simple and free. Some people are like that, some people wear such masks. When she first entered the industry, she would observe carefully, she would figure out the mind of each opponent, and now, she will do the same, but not so granularly. For example, when she met Simeone again at Stamford Bridge, her eye contact with him was simple, and the handshake was a completely mechanical procedure. He knows very well that it was his last game in the race for the Premier League title this season, and to lose is to lose the whole season. And he knew very well that as far as she was concerned, she didn't want to lose, but not to the point where she couldn't lose. If she loses, it gives Chelsea a chance to win.

To be fair, Simeone's Chelsea have been playing well this season. If it weren't for the QPR super battleship in front, they would have received even higher praise. If, "if" exists.

Unlike "but", "if" is a different story. Lu Ling found that she didn't like "ifs" either, at least, she didn't like to assume anything after the dust settled. In her opinion, it was a bit of a weak mindset. But what if "what if" comes before? That means you have at least one choice.

The preparation for that match was a lot of pain for her. They returned to London early Thursday morning, and she had a somewhat crazy night with Pat on Thursday night. On Friday, her menstrual period had not yet arrived. Originally, she thought that her sexuality/desire was extremely high precisely because it was coming, and the hormones in her body were haunting. She was in a bad mood at Friday's press conference, and by Saturday morning, there was still nothing, which was almost driving her crazy. She tells Pat the reason for her grumpy, and she says it's a lot easier. She realized that no matter what the outcome was, whatever the decision she made, she didn't have to face it alone.

So when she got to Stamford Bridge, she was at peace. She decided to discard Tina's identity for the time being, she was on the sideline of Stamford Bridge, she was just Kristen Lu.

The blue flag flew and the swords were rattling at Stamford Bridge.

In that game, Ian returned to the starting line-up and Jake returned to the right wing-back role. In Pat's absence, her front trident was Leon, Genk and Phil – which made the overall formation sometimes more like a 343 than a 3412.

Chelsea beat Arsenal 1-0 at home in the Champions League on Tuesday. Simeone has prepared a squad for her: Courtois, Ake, Lucas, Leon Oliveira, Renardinho, Rossley, Rozares, Saul, Carrasco, Morata, Amadou O.

Their 442 squad has the style of Simeone's peak Atletico, with meticulous formation, layers of protection, sticky positioning, and excellent individual ability in key positions. It's a very difficult team to beat. In the league, while Chelsea have scored nowhere near as many as QPR, they have conceded similar goals.

Simeone's tactical label is to use this spider web-like defensive position to entangle and restrain opponents.

It's true that at the beginning of that game, the QPR was a bit difficult to get by.

Genk tried to get up to speed on the right but couldn't get enough space to force a break and conceded the ball.

León turned and managed to get rid of a man, but he didn't have a good passing target.

Phil was cleverly distracted by Chelsea centre-back Lucas Hernandez with his arm when he was in the air, which resulted in Phil being fouled.

****

The April rain is no longer icy and biting. But the temperature and wind in London sometimes seem constant. Benjamin stared ahead, his gaze a little wandering. There are a lot of exams coming next month. The Easter holiday in colleges and universities is never very long, and some universities, I am afraid that the Easter holiday has only recently ended. If he wasn't an active player, he would spend the Easter holidays on a yacht in the Mediterranean or on any beautiful island. It's just that he wasn't looking forward to that either. It's too painful not to see the baby. Thinking of this, Benjamin was a little worried. Summer is coming. That means the end of the season. That means he won't see her for more than a month.

It's not like she's not opening her heart to herself at any point. Well, she's only open enough when talking to him about football.

At Stamford Bridge, the baby said: "Ben, they defended very tightly, so be mindful of the left and right and don't let our attack go deeper. ”

That's not easy to achieve. Chelsea's defensive structure itself makes it difficult to 'get in' in, and it is even more difficult to get out after initially attacking on one side.

When Ian returned, he felt much more relaxed. The team initially withstood the opponent's attack. His gaze kept scanning his opponent's line. There are no flaws, and we must take the initiative to mobilize in order to find a breakthrough.

By the time his eyes fell on Ross Barkley, England's team-mates were already in sight.

He knew that apart from Ian and Zixiang, the player with the best relationship with Pat might be Mr. Barkley. Ross Barkley was bored. Benjamin has always felt that way. So you see, it's not that you're an interesting person, it's that your friends are all like that.

He noticed at the time that Rose's defensive posture and observation of the line had improved a lot. It is undoubtedly the credit of their manager.

There is a big step between them. He was well aware that he didn't have as much explosiveness as Patrick Amber, he couldn't have crossed that distance straight away without being interfered with, and his opponent's leaning body stance also limited his passing angle. No matter what direction he dribbles the ball, the more physical Rose could just squeeze it in.

He gave the ball to John on the right.

Rose was not immediately attracted to John at that moment, but focused on him and slowly moved to the side. He immediately motioned for John to bring the ball back.

When the ball is back at his feet, he immediately accelerates forward to start. Rose also moved back quickly, but after all, he weighed more, so he would be a little later.

Oh, that scene, Benjamin's smile came to the corner of his mouth.

He chose to become a footballer, perhaps for moments like this.

Taking advantage of this slight time difference, he had a pause. He stepped on the ball, seemingly hesitant, but when Rose reached for the ball, he flicked it with the outside of his foot.

The ball rolls between Rose's legs.

Rose immediately turned around and tried to use his body to block him from following the ball. But this turn led to a slight time difference.

He nudged Rose lightly with his arm, keeping his center of gravity steady in the delicate collision before pulling the ball back with the soles of his feet.

The ball rolled between Rose's legs a second time.

After two crotch piercings, Rose's center of gravity froze completely, and he easily moved forward.

The gap opened.

But remember: "Don't let our offense get deep in." "That's what Baby said.

This means that after hitting one side, you have to move on to the other side.

All the Chelsea players were quick to remedy this side and he struck a cross to the left side of the ribs.

There was nothing unusual about this pass. But it set off a ripple effect.

The Chelsea players, who had just rushed over to remedy the empty space behind Rose, had to turn around and run back. Gonzalo slipped inside from the left, picked up his pass, and then grazed Saul with his skilful footwork.

When Chelsea midfielder Rosales pressed, Gonzalo fed the ball to Phil in front. Phil carried Lucas and played the ball to Genk, who was on the back.

Genk shoots undisturbed on the edge of the penalty area and the gap in Chelsea's defence closes quickly, so it is important to be quick to handle the ball.

The Dutchman's shot went into the bottom right-hand corner of the net.

That ball is undoubtedly his credit. When he looked to the sideline, Baby looked at him too, and she clapped at him.

But he wanted the baby to know what Benjamin Hamilton looked like outside of football.

In addition to football, they can do a lot of fun things together.

****

On the first goal against Chelsea, Lu Ling saw the whole process from the sidelines. Benjamin Hamilton is a big part of it, and his individual skills and overall decision-making are all on display. He does play like Nick Flores.

Ben's back-to-back crotch-piercing play against Ross Barkley wasn't just a show-off, it was a shake in the opponent's confidence and affected their focus. This makes a lot of sense to disrupt the opponent's defense. In the choice of offensive line, the right is the left, and the opposite side is completely left behind. Chelsea's tight defence is never afraid of being breached, but Ben has been full of wisdom to manipulate the opponent and induce a defensive vacuum.

In fact, Chelsea's defensive rigor was much better than it was at the start of the season, but breaking the deadlock in the 23rd minute certainly made the rest of the game more manageable.

She then whistled from the sidelines, signaling the team to opt for the second set. Pat later teased her, saying that her whistling appearance was seductive. This reminded her that maybe she should still deliberately avoid some bad associations and hints. She didn't care, and Pat probably didn't, but it would attract unnecessary saliva.

After that whistle, the QPR switched to a defensive counter-attack.

Simeone's side have a problem. It may not be evident against a weaker team, but against a strong team, Chelsea's own attacking position lacks routine.

Chelsea still have a lot of individual quality, with one of the strikers, Alvaro Morata, being a useful high point, and Amadou Ao being quick, although the latter's current game experience is not enough to make a better run in such a positional environment.

In the absence of Chelsea's positional attacking routine, what QPR really has to watch out for is the threat of opponents' set-pieces.

****

Impregnating Tina was undoubtedly a tempting idea. Sometimes, even if the thought just flashed through him, Patrick was excited. This ** is in the male genes. But, in a practical sense, children are life-changing. He could understand her fear of becoming a mother. Actually, as long as they stay together forever, nothing matters. However, Tina had told him that she had done one thing on vacation and had frozen her eggs. "I'm so beautiful, I'm so smart, what if one day I want to continue my good genes? I don't want to be left without that choice. "Tina likes to make her own choices. This also means that Patrick-Amber always has a chance to become a father.

When she arrived at Stamford Bridge that day, she no longer seemed to be worried about whether she was pregnant or not. She went to the dressing room with the rest of the players and he went to the box at Stamford Bridge. He later couldn't help but laugh when he saw Ben play Rose twice in the box stands. Yes, this scene was not missed by the TV cameras. After the game, Rose didn't forget to call him to complain. Patrick felt innocent and that he wasn't playing with him.

Benjamin Hamilton is bad at times.

Patrick looked at the time.

10:57。

He wasn't worried about Tina. But he suddenly became a little agitated. 166 Reading Network