June 23, 2013, 4:34 a.m., Manchester, England, The Guardian Manchester.

"Ah......h

"What's wrong Cole, this is sleepy. Hold on a little longer, and you'll be off work in two hours. Collins Stone placed a cup of freshly poured coffee on Cole's table.

"Oh, thank you, Collins." Rubbing his aching eyes, Cole took a sip of coffee, "It's been 10 years since I joined the newspaper in 2003. ”

"Haha, you guy, you're only 35 years old this year, and you're still young." Collins, who is two years older than Cole, smiled and patted Cole on the shoulder, "I saw you at the Etihad Stadium three months ago, and you came straight to work after watching the game that day. When I came in the next day, you weren't in good spirits. ”

"Well, it was a derby between Manchester United and Manchester City, and as a die-hard Manchester United fan, of course I'm going to support Manchester United." Speaking of football, the fatigue on Cole's face was swept away, "Besides, the referee in that game was a little biased in favor of you Manchester City." ”

"Cut, what nonsense are you talking about, it's your Manchester United skills that you can't afford to lose, you can't blame the referee." Collins, who was still talking and laughing with Cole just now, immediately looked at Cole with disdain.

"Manchester City can't compare to Manchester United, if only he were still around." With that, Cole silently removed his eyes.

Hearing Cole's words, Collins was also a little silent for a while, of course he knew who Cole's mouth was 'he'. In order not to upset his old friend, Collins deliberately provoked a fight: "You are talking nonsense, Manchester City is the best. ”

……

The other people in the office, when they saw the two arguing, not only did not step forward to persuade them, but laughed out loud.

Oddly enough, Cole Thompson and Collins Stone are best friends in the newspaper, but they are fans of different teams in Manchester.

Although the relationship between the two is usually good, they almost wear a pair of pants, and others often ridicule the two as friends. As long as football is involved, the two will often quarrel because of a disagreement.

Sometimes, the two can start arguing at the first disagreement, but after a while, the argument will end. After the quarrel was over, the two returned to friendship. When they drink together, they will also scold the FA, all kinds of unreasonable systems, and so on.

Although the two will quarrel over each other's teams, when it comes to the England national team, whether the players are Manchester City, Manchester United, Liverpool or other teams, they will do their best to support each other.

As the birthplace of modern football, the first thing that comes to mind when people think of British fans is football hooligans, but they are the most loyal fans in the world.

Once they support a club, they will be fans of a club for a lifetime, and even a family has been a fan of a club for generations. Every move of the team will touch the hearts of each of them.

It is precisely because some of these fans are more loyal than rational and have committed some extremely bad behaviors that they are called football hooligans.

"Ding-dong......"

While the two were arguing, a message sounded on Cole's computer.

Hearing this prompt, the two immediately stopped arguing. Cole immediately sat down in his chair and clicked on the prompt message, and Collins also stood behind Cole, leaning over to look at Cole's computer.

Clicking on the message prompt, Cole found that it was the news of Evra's update on Twitter, which he paid special attention to.

As a die-hard fan of Manchester United, Cole of course follows all Manchester United players on Twitter and Facebook, and even the players of Manchester United's youth team and academy, Cole has followed, and even set up special reminders.

However, Patrice Evra moved to another club after ending his contract with Manchester United this summer.

Cole wanted to remove his special attention to Evra, but because of the reports on the summer transfer market, Cole forgot about it when he was busy, but perhaps it was this news that Evra's news would make him and even the whole Manchester City boil.

Seeing that it was Evra's message, Cole was a little discouraged, but he still clicked on Evra's Twitter. As the web page opened, Cole and Collins' eyes grew larger and wider, until they widened to a full.

“ohmyLord!”

Looking at the familiar look in the photo, Cole couldn't help but exclaim.

"Is that him?" As he spoke, Collins' lips trembled.

"Yes, it's definitely him, even though he's grown up and he's got a beard, but it's definitely him. I swear to God! Cole jumped up excitedly and hugged Collins happily.

"Haha......"

"Hey, I said you should pay attention to some influences." Emily, who was on the side, pushed her glasses and said to the two with a smile.

"Ohmygod, Collins, stay away from me," Cole pushed Collins away from his arms, turned to everyone in the office and shouted, "Come on, he's here." “

"Who?"

Hearing Cole's words, everyone's tired brains gradually became more confused. Although their minds were confused, their footsteps did not stop, and they all gathered around Cole's desk.

"Oh my God!"

“ohmyJuses!”

"It's him!"

……

Except for an intern reporter who had just joined the newspaper, the fifteen people in the entire office looked at the person in the middle of the photo and exclaimed.

But the sound was very short, and after that, there was silence. It gives the illusion that those exclamations have never been there before.

"Ding Dong!"

Another prompt sound, waking up the silent crowd, Cole quickly clicked on, it turned out that ten seconds ago, Evra had updated a video.

Turning the sound of the stereo to the fullest, Cole shuddered and clicked on the video.

"Hi, I'm Patrick......"

Twelve minutes and thirty-five seconds of video, sixteen people watched it twice. After reading it, everyone's eyes gradually reddened. Because in that video, some of the names mentioned by Sun Shaoye were known to them, and some were among them.

They knew that the person they had been thinking about in their hearts had not forgotten them, and they had reappeared after 7 years.

Moreover, he will be mentioning the ball game in a moment, which is still a gift for us.

Wait, a flash of light flashed through Emily's mind, as if something important wasn't grasped.

"Cole, hurry up and start the video and put it in the last part." Emily slapped Cole on the shoulder.

"What's wrong?"

"If you want to get it, just do it quickly, don't talk nonsense."

Seeing Emily in a frenzy, Cole didn't ask much, and directly opened the video and pulled the progress bar to the last minute.

“…… Today I am going to compete with Patrice Evra and Park Ji-sung in the Asian Dream Cup, and this match is a gift to you after 7 years, I love you! ”

Hearing this, Emily finally knew what she had just missed.

"Patrick and Evra are going to compete together!" Emily shouted loudly.

"What?"

"It's today!"

"It's a gift for us!"

……

"That means Patrick has a game today, and the game hasn't started yet!" Jimmy said loudly.

"Quick! Let's check it out, I want to see Patrick play, it's a treat! After Emily finished speaking, she ran back to her seat and clicked on the computer to search for information.

Hearing Emily's words, everyone came to their senses. At the moment, both Manchester United and Manchester City fans are busy together.

After all, this is just a charity competition, and there is basically no attention in Europe, so after searching for a long time, everyone came to a conclusion, that is:

On the afternoon of the 23rd Beijing time, Patrick was going to participate in a football game.

Because that was all the information they had gotten, everyone sat down in their chairs in frustration.

Seeing his friends sullen, Cole made a decision. He took out his phone and dialed a person's number.

"Beep ......" Just when Cole thought the phone was not working, the call was answered.

"Hey, is there anything wrong with Cole?"

"Rooney, I have something important for you......"