I changed football.

"The league is no longer the focus for us. We just need to make sure we don't drop out of the top three in the league. Our focus is on the Europa League. We only need to play three more games in the Europa League to win the most important trophy in our club's history!"

"We've never won a European competition before! But now we have a real chance of doing so!"

At the meeting, Jardim addressed all the players in this way.

"But we also need to maintain our composure in the league. We're currently four points ahead of Nice, which has clearly given them hope, so our goal for tonight's match is to win!"

Tonight's league match in the 34th round is against Marseille. Marseille, a long-established powerhouse in Ligue 1, has seen a significant decline this season and is currently ranked 13th in the league.

Marseille's starting lineup includes two players who will be leaving this summer.

One is center forward Batshuayi, who transferred to Chelsea for 4000 million euros in the summer of 2016, which is this year.

One of them is left-back Benjamin Mendy, who will transfer to Monaco this summer for a fee of 1300 million euros.

This Mendy is the one who later transferred to Manchester City. He was then falsely accused of rape by a young woman, which ruined his career. He was declared innocent in August 2022.

Although he was declared innocent, more than two years of off-field incidents and being unable to compete caused his performance to plummet, leading him to leave the mainstream arena.

In fact, Li Yuan had seriously looked into Mendy's false accusation case in his previous life.

The whole process was absolutely outrageous.

The accusation that Mendy sexually harassed six women simultaneously sounds illogical.

But what happened next was even more outrageous.

The first victim to testify against Mendy stated that she was raped by him on October 23, 2018. According to the victim, she was taking a bath in the master bedroom bathroom of Mendy's villa in Cheshire, England, when he raped her. She claimed that she resisted but to no avail.

This description is absurd in many ways. First of all, on the day the victim claims it was the day of the incident, Mendy was playing for Manchester City in a Champions League away match against Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, so he had no time to commit the crime.

Secondly, taking a shower in someone else's master bedroom bathroom is quite unusual. This is the standard "I can be provocative, but you can't bother me" tactic.

The most unbelievable case involves the third victim who testified. This woman claimed that on the day of the incident, she went to Mendy's house for a party. She first spent some time in the pool, then found a bedroom in Mendy's house to sleep in. When she woke up, she found Mendy on top of her. She immediately refused him because she was menstruating that day. Going swimming during menstruation sounds somewhat illogical, but what's even more illogical is that after that alleged rape, this victim went to Mendy's house 11 more times.

You were raped and kept going back to the hospital. Did you think you were being threatened? Then you should have called the police or contacted the media. For a public figure like you, doing that is the biggest threat you could face, isn't it?

But she still went 11 times after that.

Mendy's lawyer questioned the victim about this in court, and what was even more outrageous was the woman's response. The woman explained that she frequently visited Mendy's house in an attempt to erase the memory of the rape from her mind.

Li Yuan was utterly shocked when he first saw this news in his previous life.

These women will stop at nothing to make money; the NBA even has a complete course to teach players how to identify gold diggers.

Li Yuan felt that Europe should also offer this course.

And there's a rather abstract follow-up to this, which is related to Grealish.

The tenth and eleventh victims, who testified, both claimed that they were gang-raped by Mendy and his friend Saha. However, the tenth victim made a surprising revelation in court, claiming that the eleventh victim had sexual relations with Grealish after being raped. The eleventh victim initially responded that her relationship with Grealish was consensual, but was then reminded that she was a minor at the time of the incident, and if true, Grealish would face legal consequences. She immediately changed her story, stating that she had never had sexual relations with Grealish.

After this news came out, there were a lot of jokes online, saying that women are only after money and looks.

If Mendy is ugly, accuse him of rape; if Grealish is handsome (questionable), then forget about it.

The twelfth victim testified that she was assaulted by Mendy in 2016. Sterling was also at Mendy's house at the time, and she accidentally tripped him, causing him to become enraged and call her a fat woman. Wan-Bissaka witnessed the entire incident. The suspicious point in this case is that in 2016, Mendy had not yet joined Manchester City; he was playing for Monaco in Ligue 1, while Wan-Bissaka was playing for Crystal Palace in London.

It's clear from these so-called victim testimonies that none of them are reliable, but even so, it dragged on for almost two years and caused Mendy to be locked up for half a year, completely ruining his competitive form.

A promising full-back, worthy of starting in the Premier League, has fallen from grace.

Li Yuan really had a good matchup against him today, and after getting past him a few times, he scored a goal after cutting inside.

During halftime, Li Yuan even took the initiative to approach Mendy.

"Hey Benjamin, let's exchange jerseys after the game!"

Mendy looked puzzled: "Do I know you?"

"I think you did a great job today. Maybe we can be teammates in the future, what do you say?"

"Um, exchanging jerseys is fine, but as teammates—"

Li Yuan didn't care.

He knew the club would spend money on the defense this summer; Marseille, ranked 13th, had to sell players since they missed out on European competition. That's how this deal was made in his previous life.

This life will probably be much the same.

Mendy could sense the goodwill emanating from Li Yuan. He was a little confused, but he still agreed to exchange jerseys with Li Yuan.

Mbappe was equally baffled.

Are you very familiar with him?

"I'm alright, what's wrong?"

"But I saw you chatting and laughing with him."

"Oh, I just think he might come to Monaco during the summer transfer window."

"Him?"

"Actually, he's quite good, capable of both playing and relegating. His performance in Marseille wasn't great, so I guess his price won't be too high."

Mbappe glanced at Li Yuan: "You seem to know a lot about the transfer market?"

"Of course, I enjoy playing Football Manager, and transfers are the core gameplay element."

"Then should I call you Manager Li?"

"Just don't call me director."

In the second half, Marseille had little chance to fight back, and were attacked back and forth by Li Yuan and Mbappe on both wings.

They conceded two more goals in the second half and ultimately lost 0-3 to Monaco away from home.

After the match, Li Yuan and Mendy exchanged jerseys, and then Li Yuan patted Mendy on the shoulder: "Dude, you can have fun in the future, but be careful to protect yourself."

Li Yuan felt he had done a good job by leaving behind his advice, leaving Mendy completely bewildered.