Chapter 188: Bakery

"... In the first round of the Europa League semi-final just concluded, Leeds defeated London Bridge 3:2 away to take the lead. Now they have a chance to reach the Europa League final! This is for the first time in the Europa League. For Leeds City, it is a remarkable achievement... But I believe Leeds City’s ambitions should not stop there, but Leeds City coach Clark was very cautious at the press conference. He said that this was only the result of the first round of the game. It does not represent the final result... He refused to make any comments on reaching the finals before reaching the finals..."
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 leg 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..."
"In fact, it can't be said that it is meaningless..." On the bus returning to Leeds, Clark gave his coaching team a different tone.
"The 3:2 victory is very good, that is, we won the victory, but also avoided the players because the victory came too easily and underestimated the enemy. This way, we return to the home court and everyone can stay focused... Back at home, we still Focus on defense and counterattack."
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 back.
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Lilith leaned on the door frame of the apartment, looking at Li Qingqing who was packing her luggage, pouting, "Are you really planning to leave Paris Eger?"
Li Qingqing nodded: "Well, I think I should change the environment."
"I promise you will never gossip about you and Hu again, so Qingqing, can you stop leaving?" Lilith looked at Li Qingqing pitifully and said.
Li Qingqing put down the clothes in her hand and smiled and said to her: "It has nothing to do with you, Lilith. I just want to pursue higher honor."
"Well, although I can't bear you, but I also know that your choice is correct. After all, Eger's investment in women's football has decreased in these 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 this season's league title, and the Champions League was also eliminated in the quarter-finals. After a fruitless season, Paris-Herger's women's football seems to be brewing changes, but it's not known whether this change is good or bad.
Some local media disclosed that Chinese female football player Li Qingqing intends to leave.
As the core of the Paris-Herger women's football team, Li Qingqing is not short of home.
Soon after this news was broadcast, there was more news that many women's football giants have thrown an olive branch on Li Qingqing.
These include the Premier League’s London Bridge Women’s Football and Warship Port Women’s Football.
Both teams are well-known strong teams in the Premier League women's football team.
In addition, La Liga’s Madrid King and the two giants of the Catalan Women’s Football team also sent invitations to Li Qingqing.
Paris Higer 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 higher price will get.
"You will go to London? After all, Hu is also in the UK..." Lilith guessed.
Unexpectedly, Li Qingqing shook his head: "No, I'm likely to go to Spain."
"Huh? Spain? The King of Madrid? Or Catalan?"
"Now my agent has a more in-depth talk with the King of Madrid. They promised me the core position..."
Lilith took a breath: "That's really tempting..."
The Madrid Kings are 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 is relatively short, it was only formed in 2015. But adhering to the king's principle of "do the best", twelve years later, this team is already a force that cannot be ignored in the European women's football.
They have won five La Liga championships in women's football and six Copa del Rey championships in women's football.
Only missing the Champions League.
For this reason, this team has been investing heavily in recent seasons, recruiting troops, and impacting the Champions League honors.
Today's Madrid Kings 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 knows that it is difficult for Li Qingqing to refuse a team like the Madrid Kings, just as she cannot refuse-if the Madrid Kings pursues herself with such treatment, she will choose to leave Paris Herger without hesitation.
Although she has feelings for Paris Higer, but in the face of the pursuit of a career, feelings can only retreat to the second place.
"But do you really have the heart not to go to England?"
Li Qingqing glanced at Lilith with some guilty conscience: "Why don't you bear it?"
Although she and Hu Lai have established a relationship, they are tight-lipped outside, and even her best friend Lilith within the team has not said it.
But to be honest, in the face of Lilith's gossip, she kept it very hard...
On the one hand, she was unwilling to deceive her good friend, and on the other hand, she did not want to disclose the news before talking to her father.
But even though she never admitted, in Lilith's eyes, she and Hu Lai are already a pair.
"Because Hu is in England!" Lilith didn't fight with Li Qingqing. "You went to Spain, didn't you two separate again?"
Li Qingqing's face turned red, and she defended: "It doesn't matter where I go and where he is..."
"Your expression is not convincing!"
Li Qingqing said sternly: "Really. No matter what my relationship with him, I am always me, Lilith. My career is my own. I decide where to play."
Lilith didn't expect Li Qingqing to suddenly become serious. She raised her hands: "Okay, okay, I know."
Then she looked at Li Qingqing, who was continuing to pack her luggage, and she sighed again: "It's a pity that we caught up with the World Cup this time, otherwise we can go to watch the Leeds City game."
She was talking about the Europa League final. This season's Europa League final was held in Paris, France. The venue is the home stadium of Paris Eger.
If Leeds can reach the finals, she and Li Qingqing can go to the scene to watch the game.
But because of the Women's Football World Cup this summer, the Chinese women's football team needs more than a month of training.
No, the Ligue 1 league has just ended, and Li Qingqing is about to pack his bags and return to China.
The Europa League final is at the end of May, and the time is completely out of time.
"Lilith, only one round has been played in the Europa League semi-finals..." Li Qingqing reminded her euphemistically.
"Leeds won the London Bridge away game, can it be turned back 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 mean?"
"'Have up character'."
"What's the Japanese cake?"
"... the pronunciation is not important, you just need to know the meaning. It means don't overspeak your words in order to pray for good luck."
Lilith suddenly realized: "Oh—understood. You are giving Huzai Japanese cakes..."
Listening to her strange accent, Li Qingqing sighed helplessly, ignored her, and continued to pack her own things.
Because she was going back to China for a long time this time, she brought a little bit more.
Lilith glanced around boredly, and spotted a red rope bracelet with sharp eyes. She curiously picked it up and looked at it: "Huh? I haven't seen you wear 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 competition pressure at home is usually relatively high..."
She said, frowning suddenly: "Hey, this bracelet... I remember Hu seems to have worn it too?"
Li Qingqing said while pulling the bracelet from Lilith's hand: "Aren't all red string bracelets like this?"
Lilith looked at Li Qingqing suspiciously, but Li Qingqing casually put the ring into her backpack.
"Hey, Qingqing, there must be something I don't know about you and Hu, right?"
Li Qingqing turned her head and looked at her with a foolish look: "Lilith, Hu and I met in high school~EbookFREE.me~Of course we can’t tell you everything, right? So of course there will be What is something you don’t know."
"Uh..." Lilith thought for a while, and found that it was really the case.
It's impossible to know all the stories between two people.
"Eh, that's not right... You know what I meant is not what I meant." Lilith almost made Li Qingqing fool around like this.
Li Qingqing ignored her and continued to pack her own things at a glance.
Seeing this, Lilith rolled her eyes and said: "You are not here, I am going to watch the Europa League final."
She wanted to see how Li Qingqing reacted, but she said calmly when she thought of the latter: "Okay, then you go and cheer for Hu for me."
"Huh?" Lilith was a little surprised.
"Huh what?"
"You promised?"
"Is there anything I can't agree to?"
"I'm going to watch Hu's game."
"Yes, what does it have to do with me if you go to watch other people's games?"
Lilith looked at Li Qingqing's performance so open, a little strange, is it really ordinary friends between them, there is nothing?
"No! I just said to go to the Europa League final, how did you know that Hu would be able to participate?" Lilith asked suddenly.
Li Qingqing gaped, but he did not expect to be caught by the loophole.
Lilith smiled upon seeing this: "So you have already assumed that he must be in the finals, haven't you? You still said that you have no confidence in him?"
Li Qingqing had to defend: "I didn't say I didn't have confidence in him, I just..."
"What's the Japanese cake, the Japanese cake. I know I know..." Lilith waved her hand.
Li Qingqing sighed, too lazy to care about her.
At the same time thinking in my heart:
Well, it's time to urge Rebecca to negotiate with the King of Madrid...
(End of this chapter)