'Even though Birmingham were at Stamford Bridge and lost to Chelsea, it was still a humiliating defeat. This was the prevailing view of the FA Cup fourth round after the game. The Birmingham players and Clark were subjected to collective media ridicule after the game, and they were the target of criticism against a near-second-team Chelsea side who were all in the squad and still lost. Although they had more chances than Chelsea and had a slight advantage on the pitch, what they lacked was the ability to take chances and the stars to play. But football is a brutal sport for triumphism, and the losing side has no excuse to refute it. At the post-game press conference, Clark could only slap the table and leave the court when he couldn't stand the media's questioning. And there is no rebuttal, because this is the pressure and accusation that the loser should bear.

Of course, on the other hand, Chelsea, who were the winners, were warmly praised by the outside world, and it was not at all clear how unfavourable Chelsea were before the game. Among them, the elder Ray has once again become the most praised man in the Chelsea squad. The Times used the word "leader" after the game to evaluate the old Ray's performance in the game, "The scene of Lei Ma coaching several young people in the game shows his role as a leader to the fullest, even though he is only 23 years old now." ”

However, at this time, Lao Lei has long been numb to the praise of the media, unless it is very special, otherwise, it will not make him feel much at all, such as this time. The day after the game, Lao Lei started his regular day without exception. Today, Mourinho is on holiday. But Lao Lei still habitually gets up early and goes for a morning jog. Exercise, exactly the same as before.

After returning home. Lao Lei made a simple bowl of cereal porridge for breakfast, and while eating, he watched the morning program on TV. At this time, he was the only one in the big empty house, Kayla was busy filming a new play, and Cintia and the others had no intention of coming to London again in a short time since Christmas. Xiao Ji wanted to come, but considering her academic problems and Lao Lei's ability to take care of herself only so-so, Sentia would not agree to it.

Look. It was another quiet morning, but the qiē was changed by a sudden ringing of the bell. When he opened the door, what appeared in front of Lao Lei was a petite figure that surprised him, Avril Lavigne, who he hadn't seen for a long time. This popular punk princess is at the peak of her music career, running around the world 365 days a year, concerts, commercial performances, creating, and recording albums, which is much busier than players like Lao Lei. So, for a long time recently, the two of them only occasionally communicated with each other by phone and online.

At this time. Suddenly seeing the delicate man with toad sunglasses in front of him, Lao Lei suddenly didn't know how to say hello. Outside the door, there is fresh air, bright sunshine. Beautiful scenery, but at this time, all of Lao Lei's attention has been attracted by the little man in front of him. For Avril, Lao Lei likes it five points. Three points of regret and two points of helplessness. This straightforward, upright and even somewhat hot rock girl. On the beach of Phuket that year, they all suddenly broke into his heart. He never left completely. Sometimes, even Lao Lei sighed that he was really a good man, otherwise why would he still maintain a clean relationship with Avril Lavigne for so long, at least physically.

"Go away, let me in!" Looking at Lao Lei, who was a little sluggish, the corners of Avril's mouth bent up faintly, and then slapped Lao Lei's chest, and then walked into Lao Lei's house in a grand manner, just like his own home. By the time Ray came to his senses and closed the door, Avril had already begun to visit, and this was the first time she had come to Ray's home in London. Fortunately, it was Lao Lei's notoriously boring private life that had made all English journalists give up their plans to dig up his lace news. Otherwise, just by the moment he was stunned, the photos of his "private meeting" with Avril would have been recorded on the paparazzi's film.

Avril casually threw the only luggage she had brought with her on the couch and began to wander around. Occasionally, I saw a sweet photo of Lao Lei and Kayla, and he frowned and bent his eyebrows, pursed his lips, and then directly turned his head away and didn't look at it for a second time. At this time, she had already taken off her toad sunglasses, revealing her signature smoky makeup, allowing Lao Lei to see her delicate face again.

Compared with Avril's freedom and casualness, the owner Lao Lei has become restrained. A pair of eyes swirled back and forth as Avril walked, like a stalking camera, staring at Avril's body. At this time, the TV program just began to broadcast the highlights of Lao Lei's highlights from yesterday's FA Cup. But Lao Lei didn't mean to be the protagonist at all, he didn't notice it at all, and just stared at Avril like a lost soul.

Avril stopped her visit, sat on the sofa with interest, and watched it with relish while eating the cereal porridge that Lao Lei hadn't finished eating. This scene suddenly warmed Lao Lei's heart, and his mentality seemed to return to Phuket at that time, and the state when the two first met. The two of them were so weird and warm like a family, sitting on the sofa and talking. Talk about your recent life, career, and love life, like a couple, like an old friend, and like family.

"How did you have the time to come here? I think you've been preparing for your tour in the U.S. for the past two days. Lao Lei asked with some curiosity. He knew how much the girl valued her own music career, and at the end of the year, she wanted to put all her energy into it. This is very similar to Lao Lei, both of them are the kind of people who are very sincere about their careers. Aside from the necessary rest and private life, most of the things on my mind are related to my career.

"My agent is just driving me crazy, gig, gig,! I need time to write music, and I don't have any interest in being a money printer! Do you know? I haven't been in the studio in months to write songs, and oh my god, this is literally murdering my rock! ......," Avril said with an angry and disgruntled expression. Her somewhat excited and serious expression made Lao Lei feel a special cuteness. He didn't know music, but just as Avril didn't understand football, he listened quietly, carefully and patiently, just like her.

Today, Avril ran out without telling her agent. So, because of work, she took a plane back to New York that night. On this day, the two got along like old friends after a long absence, and nothing happened that exceeded friendship, at least physically. During this period, the two were nested in Lao Lei's house, chatting all the time, talking about heaven and earth, as if there were endless words. In the middle, Lao Lei also cooked a big meal for Avril, so that she could satisfy her appetite.

Today, Avril is like a brilliant cloud that never stops, coming and going. She left almost nothing but memories and the faint smell of perfume in the air. In the day of getting along, the two tacitly and deliberately avoided the sensitive issue of feelings. Except, the last words Avril left before leaving. "Stinky guy! Remember, when you're single, you're going to call me! Some time ago, I thought about just being a secret lover with you. But after thinking about it carefully, I sure enough, forget it. I'm Avril, the mistress of shit, I can't do it. So, if you're single, remember to come to me yourself! ”

This direct and frank remark made Lao Lei toss and turn all night and couldn't sleep. In today's era of so-called men who become bad when they are rich, Lao Lei is like an old-fashioned and eccentric person, who has always maintained his own code of conduct and does not break it. On emotional issues, although Lao Lei did not achieve absolute purity in thought, what he was able to do was never betray first. And this is also the main motivation for Lao Lei to refrain from keeping his distance from Avril.

If it was just a stunning encounter in Phuket, maybe Lao Lei would have been able to clear Avril's shadow out of his heart. But then Avril has been waiting, waiting and accompanying, like a clear, slowly flowing river, pervasive, slowly burrowing into Lao Lei's heart, leaving an indelible mark. Although Old Ray's love for Kayla has always been solid, Avril is like a weed that cannot be burned by wildfire, silently in his heart.

The emotional knot makes Lao Lei's thoughts like a thousand wires, and he can't find the knot and source. Like ordinary men and women in the world, although Lao Lei on the field is decisive and resolute, when he encounters emotional problems, he is hesitant and at a loss. After thinking hard all night and getting no answer, Lao Lei once again chose the old way and used football to divert his attention.

On the night when he was ready to rest, Lao Lei entered the system again and began to train for abuse. At this time, in the system, all the current project training sections have been upgraded to the third level. In this level, Lao Lei has stayed for a long time, and there is no sign of a breakthrough until now. It can be said that Lao Lei has now reached a bottleneck in terms of personal technical strength.

Now the aspects that Lao Lei has strengthened are all things at the level of his own tactical awareness. It can be said that now training in the system has had very little effect on him, and it has even reached the point of negligibility. Therefore, during this period of time, the time he spent training in the system was also greatly reduced.

But now he doesn't care about that, he just wants to vent.

Looking at the hideous and ugly half-orc infantry in front of him, holding a giant mace more than 3 meters long, Lao Lei rushed forward with the football under his feet, shouting.

"Ah!!!!!!h (To be continued......)