After a week's rest, Notts County are back on their way to the second round of the UEFA Cup, where they need to travel to Bundesliga powerhouse Schalke 04.

This mid-table Bundesliga powerhouse is not in a good position in the Bundesliga at the moment, finishing 13th, if not in jeopardy, but definitely not a satisfactory ranking.

According to the information received by Notts County before the game, Schalke 04 hopes to boost morale by beating the defending champions of Notts County in the League Cup, and then end the embarrassing record and advance on both fronts.

If you simply consider the squad configuration of Schalke 04, in fact, they really shouldn't just be in this position, at least in the lower position of the first group.

However, the giants have already seen it, and there is no need for Notts County to be afraid of a mid-to-upper Bundesliga team, the only thing to worry about is the terrifying away atmosphere of the Bundesliga.

If in the European competition, Turkey is the last club to go to the away stadium, because there is not even the safety of the players, and then there is the Bundesliga club's away stadium, the atmosphere here is too terrifying, every time it feels like hell, can play at a normal level in the Bundesliga, is definitely a good player with strong psychological quality, and if you can still play extraordinary, needless to say, there is definitely the potential of a superstar.

Sure enough, when the away game started, the players were disturbed by the home team fans in the stands, and the kind of boos was so weak that David felt a burst of discomfort in his cochlea while sitting in the coach's box, and it was hard to imagine how the players played on the field.

The players were inevitably a little constrained and out of shape in the terrorous atmosphere on the road, but Schalke 04, who were playing at home, seized the opportunity to finish with a first-half lead over Notts County through Greek centre-forward Charlie Steas in a row.

Loew can see that in this kind of devil's home field, Notts County has not even played 50% of its strength, and the experience of the players is still not comparable to that of the giants.

But that's fine, it's good to let the players be tempered, at least the opponents they are facing now can be pulled back after returning to their home stadium, and if they meet giants such as Bayern now, Notts County will really be more than lucky, and it is very likely that they will be defeated in one away game.

At half-time, Loew focused on adjusting the mentality of the players, and through a first half, the players gradually adapted to this palpitating away atmosphere, and slowly played their own football, and the two sides went back and forth, playing against each other.

In the end, Notts County scored a goal each by Andres Iniesta and Klose, and Schalke 04's high school striker Charlie Steas actually scored a hat-trick throughout the game, and the performance was amazing, and finally Notts County lost the first leg 2:3 away.

This result was not expected by many media before the game, and the German media who clamored for Notts County to taste the home of the German devil were all on their toes, not to mention the pride of the press conference.

But Loew's words made everyone feel bad.

"Although Notts County lost away games, we only lost one, and got two valuable away goals, as long as we go back to the Magpies Stadium we play Schalke 04 a 1:0, we can escape Schalke 04 with the advantage of more away goals, I really don't understand what you are proud of!"

That's right, if it's two teams that are evenly matched, then it's really hard to say who has the advantage in the first leg, just like Loew said, and a 1:0 can solve the battle, and the general opinion of the outside world is that the overall strength of Notts County, the Premier League leader and the defending champion of the League Cup, is still better than Schalke 04, with only one goal advantage, and if you go to the Magpies Stadium, it is likely to be a more auspicious situation.

The joy of winning Notts County disappeared without a trace, and no one went to see Loew's fun anymore.

However, after returning to England, this game was still hotly discussed, it was the first defeat of the season for Notts County, who have not lost a single game in the fierce Premier League!

What is the strength of Schalke 04, in fact, everyone has a rough measure in their hearts, maybe this is a good team, but it is not so prominent in Europe, it can only be regarded as a second-tier strong team, the reason why this game can win against Notts County is completely dependent on the terrifying atmosphere at home, their club and players should really give the fans 32 likes.

Notts County's away loss, although it may not have much consequence for the promotion result, but it also exposed certain problems.

That's the overall lack of experience on the part of the players.

After the retirement of Hubnel, the oldest in the team are midfielder Deco and striker Klose.

As the first center forward of the German national team, Klose has been on the battlefield for a long time and has been baptized by countless major tournaments, and has a stable performance in any situation, but his position is destined to not provide much help to the players.

Although Deco is the oldest, he does not have a lot of experience in major competitions, and last season's all the way to the final of the League Cup is his pinnacle, but the players of Notts County have also experienced the League Cup final, which can be said to be equal.

The bottom line is that they didn't have any experience of playing against German teams last season, so it was this game that was exposed.

That is, German football actually restrained Nottsshire?

Going deeper, is it the inability of Notts County to adapt to the horrors of the German club's home stadium?

Well, this is a good breakthrough point!

Since someone has beaten Notts County in this way, it is okay to emulate it.

So Notts County's next opponents, the Toffees Everton, began to use crooked brains.

Germany's stadium culture is frenetic, and England is no slouch, so as long as the fans create the same terrifying atmosphere as the Bundesliga clubs, then will Notts County just give up their guns?

Last season was David Moyes' first full season in charge of Everton, and Everton were stable in the top four for a while, but they didn't play well in the second half of the season and finished seventh.

However, this is the best result for the club in 10 years, and Moyes has won the Coach of the Year award from the Football Coaches Association of England and has become a sought-after young coach, if not comparable to Loew and the Magic Bird, but he is also said to be interested in the capable young coach.

However, Everton's results this season have been very sluggish, and if David remembers correctly, Everton will only struggle for relegation in the end, and they will not be able to get results at all.

And David Moyes was using his nimble crooked brain before the game against Notts County! (To be continued.) )