On 11 August, Notts County's first League Two game of the new season will be played at home, against League Two powerhouse Stoke City.

This is not an easy opponent to deal with, and if possible, David would prefer the team to meet a few of the strongest teams in League Two later, so as to give the team more time to run-in, but unfortunately, the schedule is set by the FA and Notts County have no right to say no.

Because of the large amount of money invested in Notts County this summer transfer period, the first team squad has been changed all over again, and the individual strength is absolutely at the top level in League Two, fans are very much looking forward to Notts County's performance in the league this season, so the team's league home season tickets are selling very well, and more than 8,000 packages are already the best sales data in the past decade.

In the first round of the league, Notts County's 20,000-seat Meadow Lane stadium was overcrowded and full, and there were even many fans outside the stadium who had not bought tickets and were haggling with scalpers.

In fact, David doesn't look at the income of tickets, the team's ticket pricing in League Two is very low, and the volume of Meadow Lane is also destined to be difficult to make a breakthrough in ticket income, a season, 23 home games, about 500w pounds of income, not as expensive as Alonso's transfer fee.

However, this income cannot be ignored in the future, if his plan for next month goes well, then David will immediately start the new stadium plan, after all, it will take time to build a new stadium, I am afraid that the new stadium will be completed, and the team has been successfully promoted to the Premier League, at that time, ticket income will definitely become an important income item for the club.

The weather was good, at least not as often as the fog in Nottinghamshire was in London.

Loew sat next to David with a serious expression, and the coach, who had also achieved good results in the Bundesliga, seemed a little nervous.

David also understands that after all, this is the first official game for Notts County, and the result of the warm-up game does not matter, but the league is different, and the first goal of Notts County this season is to win the second division championship and directly promote to League One.

Loew is well aware of the player's current form, and the individual strength of the player must be outstanding in League Two, even in the Championship, I am afraid that no one can match it.

But strong individual ability does not mean that the team can achieve good results, without an advanced technical and tactical system and the tacit cooperation of the players, everything is a dream based on floating clouds.

And Notts County are in such a state that more than two months of training and a few warm-up games are not enough to put together a brand new team.

Loew needs more time.

Although David has said that he will give Loew more time, and he will not even care about the results of the first few rounds or even a dozen rounds of the league, Loew does not allow the team he controls to be in a role of catching up.

You know, every player in the team is a talented person, and they will be at the level of the five major leagues in the future, even superstars, if you hold such a card but can only struggle in League Two, it is better to kill yourself with a gun.

In this game, Loew still lined up the main lineup in his mind, and the only difference from the Juventus game was that Iniesta had a cold and was not put into the squad for this game.

Ribery, the scar warrior, got the chance to start, and Ribery was firmly pressed on the bench due to Iniesta's excellent performance in several games, after all, he had always played in the lowest level of amateur leagues, even if he was a standout there, but both technology and awareness, there was a big gap with Iniesta from La Masia.

Being able to see the gaps gives Ribery a lot of motivation and is always one of the hardest working in training, and he is not without his skills, his explosive breakaways on the flanks make it difficult to defend, and he is the most suitable person to replace Andres Iniesta.

Of course, Loew did not have the idea of letting Kuyt play on the left, and the right side was played by the more mature Altentop Jr., but David, the assistant coach who never spoke on the training ground, gave Loew a piece of advice for the first time, that is, to give Ribery a chance.

Once the game started, Ribery was really active on the left flank, often able to play one-on-one or even one-on-one breaks.

However, this guy's cross is too unreliable, and the usual shot is Hubnel running in the penalty area or fighting with defenders to grab points, but the trajectory of the ball drifting over makes him helpless.

More often than not, Ribery chooses to go it alone and play in a unique style.

David sat in the dugout, his expression as ugly as Loew's.

When watching football in his previous life, although Ribery dribbled a lot on the side, it was all tactical needs, he was the well-deserved core of Bayern and France, and there was absolutely no such thing as playing football, but why did he have this style?

Maybe it was Iniesta's excellent performance that put too much pressure on him, and there can only be one explanation.

Notts County played a little passively on the field, and the intensity of several warm-up games was obviously not comparable to the official league, especially in terms of physical contact, Notts County suffered a lot, and the opponent was an old fritter in League Two, so they naturally had the capital and means to base themselves in League Two.

Alonso is an excellent playmaker, but he has a significant shortcoming throughout, which is his poor ability to get out of place, and in his previous life, he was often cut off by opponents because of mistakes.

This requires the protection and co-ordination of team-mates, which is exactly what Notts County are lacking right now.

However, the team's form is really getting better day by day, and every game can improve the team's quality to a higher level, which anyone who follows Notts County can see.

In the first half, Notts County was more passive, but Stoke City's attack did not play well, perhaps because the league had just started and had not yet entered the state.

However, at the beginning of the second half, Stoke City, who were mainly anti-visitors, immediately showed their fangs, and the two wings frequently started the ball, taking advantage of the header advantage of the high school striker to threaten the Notts County goal in a row, and Notts County was caught off guard and was scored twice by the opponent in this simple and crude way.

Looking at the lost Westerman and Lescott, Loew is not too harsh on them, after all, they are still too little and too little experience in the professional league, and mistakes are inevitable for young people, and they need more encouragement than criticism at this time.