[football] this god

Around the same time, Leo also returned to Barcelona a few days before the start of the pre-season, and also received invitations from several other important members of the team for a pre-season dinner.

These are necessary routine operations. Although Leo doesn't like to deal with social interactions, he still has to go.

Leo had been worried that these people were still obsessed with his "girlfriend", but in fact everyone was not so bored-at least Puyol was not.

Both Puyol and Rio arrived very early. When the two arrived at the designated box, Harvey, Iniesta and Pique had not yet arrived.After Puyol and Leo simply greeted each other, the two people who are not very good at talking fell into silence-Leo didn't mind this very much, he planned to take out his mobile phone to check if it was from Cristiano news or something, but just when he was about to take out his phone, Puyol spoke.

And he said something that Leo couldn't ignore.

"Speaking of which, I have to thank your female companion for the Triple Crown celebration," Puyol mentioned Antonella, "If Miss Antonella hadn't come to talk to me in time, I might have made Strange thing."

Of course Leo remembered this incident. In fact, when Antonella really realized that he had made such a great and extraordinary contribution to Barcelona's internal unity, he used this as an excuse to ask Leo to treat her to a few meals— — Leo felt a little heartache when he thought about the money he had paid for the meal.

But in front of Puyol, Leo could not talk about his heartache, "Anton will be very happy that she can help."

Leo actually felt that there was something wrong with Puyol that day. After all, no matter what he thought of Harvey's girlfriend at that moment, he should not have made such an action on such an occasion-it was not just because the other party was a Ms., is the girlfriend of Xavi, an important member of the Barcelona locker room, and because it is an important social occasion for Barcelona, ​​the Barcelona captain's behavior at this time is simply a public execution of Barcelona.

But after Leo thought for a while, he didn't say much—he didn't like to argue about things like artificial wages.

But what reassured Leo was that Puyol himself admitted his inappropriateness, "It was my fault that day, and I shouldn't have that strange idea."

Leo didn't intend to say it, but since Puyol said so, he didn't think he needed to hide anything——Leo looked at Puyol and nodded seriously, "Yes, you are indeed wrong."

Puyol's confession was not to let Leo tell him "you are indeed wrong". He originally thought that Leo would just smile and say nothing, but he didn't expect that Leo would actually give him a very straightforward " You were wrong"...Puyol almost rolled his eyes, but after all he did something wrong, so he could only sigh and say that I'm really sorry, I was wrong.

Leo didn't say anything more, because just after Puyol finished speaking, Xavi and Iniesta pushed the door in-yes, Leo also thought it was amazing, why Xavi and Iniesta were together again came in.

They always appear together, are they conjoined twins?

"Kals, you have to say something," Harvey couldn't wait to cue Puyol as soon as he came in, and then he noticed that Leo had also arrived, so he didn't let Leo go, "Leo, you have to Say it!"

Leo intuitively told himself that this would not be a serious matter, so he lowered his head and drank water silently, pretending not to hear Harvey's words.

But Harvey was destined to go on.

"Just now Andres said that I was unreliable because I was five minutes late in driving to pick him up!" Harvey said angrily—although Leo thought his anger seemed very insincere.

Leo didn't bother to talk to him. In fact, Puyol didn't bother, but as the captain of Barcelona, ​​he still didn't have the nerve to keep quiet. He thought for a while, and said in a serious way, "Then you are indeed wrong, you are indeed late."

Xavi was slightly stunned for a moment, but he quickly gave up arguing. He silently opened the chair for Iniesta, and then spread the napkin for Iniesta - Leo secretly took a picture of him , sent to Cristiano.

But Harvey still felt a little ashamed, so when Pique and others arrived later, he immediately criticized them for being late.

Iniesta clicked his tongue in disapproval, and Xavi pretended not to hear.

Puyol saw that Harvey's criticism was almost done, and then he cleared his throat and said that today's nonsense share has been used up, and the next thing to do is to do something serious.

"Last season has been very successful. I think it's time to talk about our expectations for this season." Puyol announced the theme of today's dinner after everyone finished ordering, and said that everyone can speak freely.

Everyone looked at each other.

In fact, everyone has already thought about this question-the triple crown is the peak performance that a club can achieve, and it is impossible to surpass it. After all, there are only so many events in a year.It is also impossible to maintain this result. After all, the Triple Crown is not about eating and drinking. It requires an extremely high lineup thickness, tacit understanding of personnel, and a certain amount of luck: you know, such as injuries, such as drawing lots, such as shooting.

In other words, when you have won the Triple Crown once, you can basically only "regress".

This is the test that the triple crown brings to people-you have to think about how you can always maintain a very high level of competition to ensure that fans will not think you are paddling just because you don't win three championships in a year , passive sabotage and want to retire.

So how to maintain a "very high" level of competition, and what is "very high" is a serious problem.

Leo looked at his glass and didn't speak, not because he didn't want to pay attention to other people this time, but because he really didn't know how to answer this question.

Iniesta didn't want to stand out, so he kicked Xavi and signaled Xavi to hurry up and say something.

Xavi deliberately held back for a moment before saying: "Our first priority, I think, is the league and the Copa del Rey - we have to beat Real Madrid first."

Xavi didn't mention the Champions League at all, and Iniesta added, a little nervously, "But the Champions League is also important."

But apart from Iniesta, no one seems to mind this part very much. Even Puyol just said: "It would be great if the Champions League can be won, but Xavi is right, the first thing is the league. and the Copa del Rey."

"It's the victory over Real Madrid." Pique followed, and also highlighted the key points.

Leo actually didn't take it seriously, but he was not a kid after all, and since other people echoed his opinion, he certainly couldn't say that he disagreed with this point of view—and Leo also knew very well that the purpose of his participation in this party was not to publish Opinion, but only to prove that he is an important member of the Barcelona dressing room.

Some things just take a form, but the form itself is very important.

"Actually, if we can remain unbeaten or even win all games against Real Madrid this season, then we have won half the battle at least." Harvey shrugged. His words obviously did not put other teams in his eyes, but No one in this room thinks there's anything wrong with that.

Iniesta was silent - neither contradicting nor agreeing.

Xavi noticed this and elbowed Iniesta, apparently asking why he was silent.

Iniesta hesitated for a long time.

Puyol noticed his hesitancy, and Puyol frowned, "What's wrong, Andres?"

Iniesta hesitated again, but he spoke anyway, "I'm just worried that we're putting too much emphasis on beating Real Madrid - I'm not saying beating them is not important, it's just that the league is a long process and we can't just start from one Start by setting yourself an enemy. I wonder, are we putting too much emphasis on Real Madrid? It's like it's okay for us to lose to anyone else, but we can't lose to Real Madrid if we lose to anyone else. .”

"I don't understand." Busquets muttered unsurely as he ate the first garlic bread that was served.

Puyol raised an eyebrow.

Xavi could see that Puyol didn't like this argument, and to be honest, he didn't agree with Iniesta's idea, "Andres, but of course the most important thing for us is not to lose to Real Madrid. We can't Losing to them, Barcelona fans can't accept this, can't they? Also, Real Madrid is indeed the only team that can compete with us in La Liga. As long as we can beat them, of course...why should we emphasize on beating others? What about people? Of course we will beat them, does that need to be emphasized?"

"I think so too?" Pique added, "We are the Triple Crown champions, we... don't need to think about other teams, right?"

Iniesta hesitated for a moment, maybe he wanted to say something, but at this time Leo shook his head at him-although Leo didn't speak, and even made a negative gesture, but Iniesta could I feel that Leo is actually just suggesting that he stop talking, rather than really disapproving of his words.

Iniesta wasn't sure what Leo meant, but decided to keep his mouth shut.After all, it is impossible for him to debate Harvey, let alone make Puyol admit defeat.

Iniesta can only continue to feel uneasy, hoping that Leo can say something to him after the end to reassure him.