i want to be king

Chapter 900 Old man, is it more fun now?
Community Shield Cup, Premier League skirmish.

It is important because it is a duel between the Premier League champions and the FA Cup champions, and the level of the participating teams is self-evident.

Judging from the level of participating teams, it is a bit like the Super Bowl of other leagues.

It can be said that it is not important because it is different from the Super Cup in other leagues. It can replace six players, which is equivalent to a warm-up match, and as we all know, the Community Shield Cup is actually a charity match.

Even, many people generally believe that the Community Shield Cup has a magic spell.

That is, the team that wins the Community Shield often cannot win the Premier League championship in the new season.

This is of course nonsense, and not all of them are, but the probability is still quite high.

So much so that there has been a saying before that in order to avoid hurting the morale of the team and to better hit the league championship, a certain team strategically abandoned the Community Shield Cup and focused on training.

But it also depends.

For example, in this year's Community Shield, the Manchester Derby was staged. This is a game that no one can ignore.

Before the game, the two teams also tightened the atmosphere of the decisive battle, making fans all over the world look forward to seeing a peak match in the Community Shield Cup. But at the beginning of the game, when the two teams came up with the starting list, many people were disappointed.

Why?

None of the main force!
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I don't know if it is because of participating in Van der Sar's farewell game, Manchester United has made a lot of adjustments in the lineup.

The goalkeeper is De Gea, the defense is Evra, Evans, Phil Jones and Smalling, the midfield is Ashley Young, Anderson, Cleverley and Nani, and the frontcourt is Welbeck and Rooney.

Not only did Vidic and Ferdinand in the defense not play, midfielders Carrick, Giggs and other players were all on the bench.

In the regular starting lineup, Ferguson has a Rooney.

Manchester City also did not use their main force here.

Joe Hart in goal, Leighton Baines, Javi Martinez, Kompany and Trippier in defense, Thiago in midfield, David Silva and Toni Kroos up front, Angel Di Maria, Dzeko and Sanchez up front.

Su Dong, who went to Amsterdam to participate in Van der Sar's farewell match, also did not appear in the starting lineup, but sat on the bench, and Aguero also sat on the bench.

It gave the impression that Guardiola didn't even intend to let Su Dong play as long as the team played smoothly.

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Although the two teams did not send their main force, but the game is still very fierce.

Relying on the advantages of passing and possession, Manchester City firmly locked the situation at the beginning, controlled the scene, and frequently launched attacks and penetrations against Manchester City, especially in the frontcourt, playing very fiercely.

Whether it is Di Maria, Sanchez, or Dzeko, they all clearly felt the pressure from signings in the summer.

It's the same for everyone. Three attackers were introduced in one summer. Besides Su Dong, who has no pressure?

These three new aids are not small.

Hazard is the best player in Ligue [-], Douglas Costa shined in the Champions League last season, not to mention Aguero, the famous talented Argentine striker and the son-in-law of Maradona.

Looking at today's world football, apart from the top superstars, who can face these three without pressure?
The frontcourt was very aggressive, but the backline made mistakes one after another.

After Manchester United intercepted the ball in midfield, Rooney, who retreated, quickly sent the ball behind him, and Nani quickly inserted it.

Kompany made a serious mistake and failed to clear the ball accurately. Nani, who was inserted from behind, snatched the pass and formed a single goal. After passing goalkeeper Joe Hart, he pushed an empty goal and opened the scoring for Manchester United.

One to zero!

After conceding the ball, Manchester City continued to organize the offense.

No. 308 minutes, Evra fouled from the wing, David Silva made a free kick pass, and Kompany, who had just made a serious mistake, caused the team to lose the ball.

But before the end of the first half, Manchester United won a free kick from the left. When it passed to the front of the small penalty area, Joe Hart did not attack decisively. Smalling seized the opportunity and scored a volley to help Manchester United surpass the score again.

Two to one.

Changing sides to fight again in the second half, Guardiola replaced three players at halftime.

Replaced Thiago with David Luiz, pushed Javi Martinez deep in midfield, and put David Luiz with Kompany at centre-back.

At the same time, Marcelo replaced Leighton Baines to strengthen the team's attack on the left, and Zabaleta replaced Trippier to strengthen the team's defense on the right, because Nani was very active on Manchester United's left in the first half.

This is also the experience that Guardiola and Manchester City players have summed up after several warm-up matches in the summer.

For example, on the left, Marcelo and Hazard are players with strong ball control ability. If they are allowed to appear on the left at the same time, the performance of both players will be affected.

The team has played together for a relatively short time, and has not yet thought of a good solution to the conflict between Hazard and Marcelo, so for the time being, they can only be used separately.

So now, Manchester City's left configuration is basically fixed, Marcelo partner Di Maria, Leighton Baines partner Hazard, and even if necessary, Sanchez, Douglas Costa, and even David Silva, can all play left.

There are many versatile players in the frontcourt, which is also a major feature of Manchester City.

Manchester City made three substitutions in one breath, and Manchester United did the same.

There are six substitutions in the Community Shield, and no one will be polite.

And in 8 minutes, it was Di Maria and David Silva's wall-slamming cooperation at the front of the penalty area that allowed Di Maria to enter the left rib of the penalty area and equalized the score for Manchester City, two to two!
After that, no matter how Manchester City attacked, they were unable to break through Manchester United's goal, and the game fell into a stalemate.

No.705 minutes, Guardiola replaced Dzeko with Su Dong.

Only 9 minutes later, Marcelo from the left of Manchester City instigated an attack. Just after passing the center line, he passed a diagonal pass to Su Dong who retreated to respond.

Su Dong pulled to Manchester United's 30-meter area and received the ball without defense.

Stop the ball and turn to the right, there are no Manchester United defenders around, Cleverley and Anderson are out of position.

This is also a characteristic of Manchester United's two midfielders, who can easily lose their positions.

But just when everyone thought that Su Dong would take the ball directly to Manchester United's defense, Su Dong made some adjustments and suddenly shot angrily.

The ball was like a shocking arrow, tearing through Manchester United's defense.

The ball was pressed fast and flat, and there was a rebound near the small penalty area line, which made De Gea, who was throwing sideways, helpless. He could only watch the ball pass through his fingertips and into the goal behind him.

The unlucky Spanish teenager scored three goals in his first official game on behalf of Manchester United.

After Su Dong scored a goal, instead of running to the sidelines to celebrate, he raised his hands high and let out a shout.

There were cheers from the Manchester City fans throughout the stadium.

Su Dong turned around quickly, and happened to see Ferguson in front of the coach's bench. They were very close to each other, and Ferguson could clearly see the smile on Su Dong's face and the provocation in his eyes.

Old man, now you know that I'm a good center forward, right?
Before you asked me to play central defender, it was very cool, right?

Now, isn't it more enjoyable?

Ferguson couldn't guess what Su Dong was thinking, he poked the gum out of his mouth angrily in his heart, and turned around to leave him a back view.

Isn't it the Community Shield?

I don't know how many seats I have taken, so I don't like it at all!

Besides, there is a curse on this thing. Whoever wins the Community Shield will lose the new season's Premier League champion.

We at Manchester United don't care about the Community Shield, unlike you, we haven't won it for decades, so we are naturally hungry.

Small doors and small households are petty!

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The game ended with Manchester City [-]-[-], relying on Su Dong's shocking long-range shot, lore beat the Red Devils Manchester United.

In the post-match press conference, Ferguson still said that Manchester United's main game is to train the players and polish the team's tactics. As for whether they can win the championship, he actually doesn't care.

Guardiola also said that the team is aiming at training, but it is always a good thing to win the championship.

"Champion, no one would be too many, except those who can't eat grapes." Guardiola stepped on Ferguson unexpectedly.

In the subsequent game scores given by Sky Sports, the performance of the players of the two teams was not particularly satisfactory.

City's best performer here was David Silva with eight points.

Kompany was guilty of conceding goals, but he also scored a goal, which is considered a sin, and goalkeeper Joe Hart scored a very mediocre six points, citing that he did not contribute to both goals.

Speaking carefully, these two conceded goals are not considered Joe Hart's mistakes, and he cannot be blamed for conceding goals, but under the tactical framework of Manchester City, no mistakes are sometimes unacceptable.

Mistakes are sometimes easier to allow.

It's as if Joe Hart didn't strike decisively for the second goal conceded.

Defensive players leaking is problematic, but from that close to goal, Joe Hart could actually strike, but he didn't.

If this matter passes like this, then forget it.

But after playing the Community Shield, Joe Hart said in an interview with the media that after the team has the advantage of the scene, it is always too easy to expose the goal to the opponent's counterattack.

"I think some of our players should have been more aggressive and brave."

After receiving the news, Guardiola quickly gave a rebuttal through the media.

"Joe Hart's task is to keep the goal, not to criticize the team's tactics and teammates."

"If anyone in the team is qualified to criticize the players and the team's tactics, it would be me first, followed by the captain, not him!"

This was also quickly interpreted by the media as Joe Hart was dissatisfied with the team's tactics and teammates.

In the words of The Sun, "The England goalkeeper is tired of repeating the team's tactics, wiping his ass and taking the blame for his teammates' mistakes. He hopes that Manchester City's defense can protect him more stably."

(End of this chapter)