Fox in the Penalty Area

"...In the first leg of the Europa League semi-final that just ended, Leeds City beat London Bridge 3-2 away and took the lead. Now they have a chance to reach the Europa League final! This is the first time to participate in the Europa League For Leeds City, it is a remarkable achievement... But I believe that Leeds City's ambition should not stop there, but Leeds City coach Clark was very cautious at the press conference. He said that this is only the result of the first round of the game, It does not represent the final result... Before reaching the final, he refused to make any comments on the matter of reaching the final..."

The TV news cut to the scene of the post-match press conference. Tony Clark sat on the stage, facing the camera, and said to a group of reporters:

"3:2 in the first round does not mean that we have an advantage. Since we can beat London Bridge away, I believe London Bridge can also beat us away. So the victory in this game is meaningless to us..."

"Actually, it can't be said that it is meaningless..." On the bus back to Leeds, Clarke had a different tone to his coaching team.

"The 3:2 victory is very good. It won the victory, and it also prevented the players from being proud and underestimating the enemy because the victory was too easy. In this way, when we return to the home court, everyone can stay focused... When we return to the home court, we still Focus on defensive counterattacks."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

London Bridge, who lost the first round, had no choice but to attack in the second round.

Leeds City can indeed take the opportunity to fight against counterattacks.

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Lilith leaned on the door frame of the apartment, looked at Li Qingqing who was packing her luggage, pouted and said, "Are you really planning to leave Paris Eger?"

Li Qingqing nodded: "Well, I think we should change the environment."

"I promise I won't gossip about you and Hu again, so Qingqing, can you not leave?" Lilith looked at Li Qingqing pitifully and said.

Li Qingqing put down the clothes in her hand, smiled and said to her: "It has nothing to do with you, Lilith. I just want to pursue a higher honor."

"Well, although I miss you very much, I also know that your choice is correct. After all, Eger's investment in women's football has decreased in the past two seasons..." Lilith sighed.

Three days ago, the 2026-2027 season of the Ligue 1 Women's Football League ended. Paris Eger did not win the league championship this season, and the Champions League was also eliminated in the quarterfinals. After a fruitless season, Paris Eger's women's football team seems to be brewing a change, but I don't know if this change is good or bad.

Some local media disclosed that Chinese women's football player Li Qingqing plans to leave.

As the core of the Paris Eger women's football team, Li Qingqing is not short of a home.

Not long after this news was broadcast, more news came out that many giant women's football clubs offered an olive branch to Li Qingqing.

These include the Premier League's London Bridge Women's Football Team and Warship Harbor Women's Football Team.

Both teams are strong teams in the Premier League women's football.

In addition, La Liga's King of Madrid and Catalan United also sent invitations to Li Qingqing.

Paris Eger is open to Li Qingqing's departure, that is, any team can come to talk as long as they are interested. The key is to see the price, and the highest price wins.

"Are you going to London? After all, Hu is also in England..." Lilith guessed.

Unexpectedly, Li Qingqing shook her head: "No, I will most likely go to Spain."

"Huh? Spain? The King of Madrid? Or the Catalan United?"

"Now my agent has a more in-depth discussion with the King of Madrid. They promised me a central position..."

Lilith took a breath: "That's really tempting..."

The King of Madrid is not only the top giants in men's football, but also in women's football. Although the history of the Madrid Kings women's football team is relatively short, it was only established in 2015. But adhering to the king's principle of "do what you do best", twelve years later, this team has become a force that cannot be ignored in European women's football.

Together they have won five La Liga titles and six Copa del Rey titles.

Only the Champions League champion is missing.

For this reason, this team has been investing heavily in recent seasons, recruiting troops, and hitting the Champions League honor.

Today's King Madrid women's football team is full of stars, but they can promise Li Qingqing to be the core, which shows how sincere they are in recruiting Li Qingqing.

Lilith knew that it would be difficult for Li Qingqing to refuse a team like the King of Madrid, just as she could not refuse - if the King of Madrid pursued her with such treatment, then she would choose to leave Paris Eger without hesitation.

Although she has feelings for Paris Eger, but in the pursuit of career, feelings can only take a backseat.

"But do you really have the heart not to go to England?"

Li Qingqing glanced at Lilith with some guilt: "Why can't you bear it?"

Although she and Hu Lai have established a relationship, they are tight-lipped, not even Lilith, the best friend in the team.

But to be honest, in the face of Lilith's gossip, she worked very hard...

On the one hand, she didn't want to deceive her good friend, and on the other hand, she really didn't want to make the news public before talking to her father.

But even though she never admitted it, in Lilith's eyes, she and Hu Lai were already a couple.

"Because Hu is in England!" Lilith didn't play charades with Li Qingqing. "You went to Spain, didn't you two live apart again?"

Li Qingqing blushed slightly, and argued: "Where I go has nothing to do with where he is..."

"Your expression is not convincing!"

Li Qingqing said seriously: "Really. No matter what relationship I have with him, I am me, Lilith. My career is my own, and I decide where to play."

Lilith didn't expect that Li Qingqing would suddenly become serious, she raised her hands: "Okay, okay, I know."

Then she looked at Li Qingqing, who continued to pack her luggage, and sighed again: "It's a pity that this time it's in time for the World Cup, otherwise we can go to watch the Leeds game live."

What she was talking about was the Europa League final. This season's Europa League final was held in Paris, France, and the venue was the home World Cup stadium of Paris Ergel.

If Leeds City can reach the final, she and Li Qingqing can go to the scene to watch the game.

But because of the Women's World Cup this summer, the Chinese women's football team needs to train for more than a month.

No, the Ligue 1 league has just ended, and Li Qingqing is about to pack her bags and return home.

The Europa League final is at the end of May, and the time is completely behind.

"Lilith, we only played one round in the Europa League semi-final..." Li Qingqing reminded her tactfully.

"Leeds City have won London Bridge away games, can they still be reversed at home?" Lilith didn't believe it.

"That's hard to say, football is round."

"Hey, what you said... don't you believe him, Qingqing?"

"I... Lilith, do you know that there is a saying in China?"

"What do you say?"

"'Save character'."

"What day cake?"

"...Pronunciation is not important, you just need to know the meaning. The meaning is not to speak too much, so as to pray for good luck."

Lilith suddenly realized: "Oh - I got it. You are giving Hu Zha a pancake..."

Listening to her strange accent, Li Qingqing sighed helplessly, ignored her, and continued to pack her things.

Because she was going back to China for a long time this time, she brought a little more things.

Lilith glanced around boredly, and found a red rope bracelet with sharp eyes. She picked it up and looked at it curiously: "Eh? I haven't seen you wearing it before..."

Li Qingqing let her watch: "Because I didn't need to wear it before."

"Eh?"

"This World Cup is held in China." Li Qingqing explained, "I hope I can have good luck."

Lilith suddenly realized: "No wonder. The pressure of the competition at the door of the house is usually relatively high..."

She frowned suddenly as she spoke: "Hey, this bracelet... I remember Hu wearing it too?"

Li Qingqing said while pulling the bracelet away from Lilith's hand: "Aren't all red string bracelets like this?"

Lilith looked at Li Qingqing suspiciously, but Li Qingqing put the bracelet into her backpack as if nothing had happened.

"Hey, Qingqing, there must be something about you and Hu that I don't know about, right?"

Li Qingqing turned her head and looked at her like a fool: "Lilith, Hu and I have known each other since high school, of course we can't tell you everything, right? So of course there will be things you don't know of."

"Uh..." Lilith thought for a while, and found that it was true.

It is impossible for him to know all the stories between the two of them.

"Oh, that's not right...you know that's not what I meant." Lilith almost let Li Qingqing fool her.

Li Qingqing ignored her, and continued to pack her things after seeing her blankly.

Lilith rolled her eyes when she saw this, and said, "You're not here, I'm going to watch the Europa League final live."

She wanted to see Li Qingqing's reaction, but the latter said calmly, "Okay, then go and help me cheer for Hu."

"Huh?" Lilith was a little surprised.

"Eh what?"

"You agreed?"

"Is there anything you can't agree to?"

"I'm going to watch Hu's game."

"Yeah, what does it have to do with me if you go to other people's games?"

Lilith was a little surprised to see Li Qingqing acting so frankly. Could it be that the two of them are really just ordinary friends with nothing?

"No! I just said to go to the Europa League final, how do you know that Hu will be able to participate?" Lilith asked suddenly.

Li Qingqing was tongue-tied, but she didn't expect to be caught by a loophole.

Seeing this, Lilith laughed: "So you have tacitly agreed that he will definitely enter the finals, right? You still say you have no confidence in him?"

Li Qingqing had no choice but to explain: "I didn't say I didn't have confidence in him, I just..."

"What's the cake, the cake. I know, I know..." Lilith waved her hand.

Li Qingqing sighed and didn't bother to talk to her.

At the same time, I thought in my heart:

Well, it's time to urge Rebecca to negotiate with the King of Madrid...