Notts County didn't hold a championship celebration immediately after the title, as the season was not over yet and there was still an honour to defend. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

As one of Europe's top giants, Barcelona are a roadblock and Notts County's biggest enemy on the road to defending the UEFA Cup, and it will not be easy to move them away.

Last season, Barcelona's performance was extremely bad, so it could only roll to play in the League Cup, and after Laporta took office, he worked hard to bring Brazilian talent Ronaldinho from Paris, and frequently made moves in the transfer market to strengthen the team and lay the most solid foundation for the team's revival.

Maybe the new signings need to run in, Barcelona's results at the beginning of the season are not ideal, whether it is Laporta or Rijkaard are under great pressure, fortunately, after a period of adjustment and adaptation, Barcelona finally broke out of strong combat effectiveness, catching up, and now ranks second in La Liga, second only to Valencia, the rival Real Madrid, and the star-studded Galaxy battleships are pressed under him.

And the biggest contributor to Barcelona's performance is the Brazilian genius Ronaldinho, who is like an elf on the pitch, and he has gradually matured and has shown the temperament of a superstar.

However, this season's Barcelona still need to pay off the debts of the previous seasons, and the team squad construction is not reasonable, which is the fundamental reason why they cannot compete with Valencia.

Rijkaard's Barcelona has not yet fully advocated a controlling style of play, and even relies largely on quick counterattacks to create scoring opportunities, the team's lineup looks gorgeous, but there are not many that can really help the team, I have to say that Rijkaard's cards in his hand are only superficially good-looking.

The Black Swan, who is obsessed with the 433 formation, has a good starting lineup, and the role of new signing Davies is obvious, as a top player in the midfield position, Davies has contributed a lot in the process of Barcelona catching up, and Cocu next to him and Xavi, who has gradually gained a foothold in the first team, also have a good performance.

Ronaldo occupies the position of left winger, and even if he has only been here for one season, he has become the absolute heart of Barcelona with his perfect performance

There is no regular starting XI in the right winger position, and although Overmars, who is over 30 years old, has been plagued by injuries, the Dutch veteran has long lost his most threatening explosiveness.

As a supernova in Portugal, Quaresma was more famous than Xiao Xiaoluo before, but after he joined the giants Barcelona with high spirits, he did not play at all at the level he should have, and the name of parallel goods was crowned to his head early, and he only scored one goal in 22 appearances this season, and the main position is not to think about it.

Although Gerrard, who has Barcelona blood, returned at a high price, he has not performed convincingly in two seasons, and of course, he is the only one who can barely play the right winger position.

As for the center forward position, it is usually Kluivert who starts, but the performance of the Dutch center forward is also very inconsistent, it is difficult to ensure a consistent scoring rate, and the backup center Saviola is even more embarrassing, no matter how fast the rabbit runs, it is useless not to score.

From the dream team to win the championship, Barcelona is still two important pieces of the puzzle, one is striker Eto'o, the other is the organizational midfielder Deco, and now Notts County has firmly locked Deco, but I don't know if Barcelona can find a suitable replacement, anyway, David feels that things are not so easy, I don't see that after Porto lost Deco, they have already been out of the Champions League, David poached Deco and Carvalho, the two cornerstone players, and directly made Porto's Champions League championship fly.

For such a Barcelona team that is still on the way, Notts County is still not afraid, even if it is the peak of Dream Er, the peak of Notts County can definitely compete with it, so when preparing for the game, everyone's mentality is still very relaxed.

In fact, there is another good thing, the previous rounds of knockout Notts County schedule are unfavorable, first home and then away, and need to play the final battle away from home, but this round of semi-finals is bitter, Notts County got the schedule of the first away and then the home, which is really overjoyed, David thought it would be a bumpy road to the end.

When Notts County arrived in Barcelona, the players were also attracted to this beautiful city and couldn't help but have the idea that it would be a good idea to come to Barcelona for a holiday after the season.

Barcelona is a tourist city in its own right, and Golden Beach is a great place to spend a holiday with countless tourists coming back every year.

Just when the players were thinking about what was wrong, David noticed that Iniesta's expression was not so relaxed, with his head down, his brows slightly furrowed, and he looked preoccupied.

After a little thought, David understood why Iniesta was the way he was.

Although not Catalan, trained in La Masia since childhood, how could Iniesta not have feelings for Barcelona!

Now that I'm back here as an opponent, it's normal to have infinite feelings.

I wanted to talk to Iniesta to make him relax, but he was worried that it would be the opposite, so David dismissed the idea.

And he is now completely different from what he originally thought, when he was humble in Notts County, he needed to think about the feelings of the players all the time, find ways to make the players feel like they belong to the club, and keep the players with feelings.

But after two seasons, David felt that the effect of this was not necessarily good.

Notts County showed the best sincerity, but it is possible that the players will feel that the club should be this way because of habit, and while most of the players have not yet shown signs of this, David knows that this is definitely not speculation.

The club can do its best, he can't control every player's thoughts, if the player really leaves with an iron heart, how can he change his mind!

He was afraid that one day the player he liked would betray him, and that was definitely not what he wanted to see.

Maybe Iniesta just felt nostalgic for a moment! David could only comfort himself with this.

But what he never expected was that the day after the team arrived, the Spanish media reported a piece of news.

Barcelona secret meeting Iniesta agent!

The Spanish media has always been accustomed to chasing after the wind and even fabricating news, but David does not think that this piece of news is made up.

Although since Andres Iniesta left Barcelona, Barcelona has never expressed interest in Xiaobai, nor has it expressed the idea of buying back Xiaobai, but according to the reality of Barcelona, it may not be groundless to want to buy back Iniesta. (To be continued.) )