greenery is king

Chapter 1109 Community Shield
Bolt still misremembered the time, the game actually started at 08:30, so the game was still in the preparation stage when they arrived at the hotel, but the whistle for the start of the game was blown immediately.

Chelsea and Manchester City played against each other in this game. Since Chelsea drew the home team before the game, they put on their traditional blue jerseys, while Manchester City put on a dark red jersey, and the interesting thing is in the community In the more than 100-year history of the Shield, these two teams have never met in this game.

Manchester City won the Charity Shield for the third and final time in 1972, when they beat Villa 40-1973 at Villa Park.But since then, Manchester City has missed the Charity Shield championship for 2011 years. They participated in [-] and [-], but lost to Burnley and Manchester United successively.

In the six years from 2005 to 2010, Chelsea, which has emerged as one of the four giants of the Premier League, has entered the Community Shield five times, but only won the championship twice. They defeated Arsenal 2005-2009 in 2006 and Manchester United in 2007. , the other three times they lost to Liverpool in 2010, Manchester United in [-] and [-]. Like Manchester City, their winning rate in this competition is less than [-]%.

But this is not a bad thing, because in the long history, the teams that won this cup did not end well. This is also the reason for the famous Charity Shield curse, and even if the cup was later renamed For the Community Shield, it is still a bit ugly. Only a few teams such as Manchester United can avoid being cursed, and now last year's champion Manchester City and last year's FA Cup champion Chelsea are also eyeing this year's league champion, so for this He didn't seem to care much about the game.

Mancini still used last year's traditional formation 4-4-2, goalkeeper Pantilimon, back line Savage, Kompany, Clichy and Sabaletta, midfielder Yaya Toure, De Jong , Milner and Nasri, the striker is the Argentine twin stars Tevez and Aguero, this lineup can basically see Mancini's conservative, but in many people's eyes this lineup configuration is to be able to Controlling Ai Huan, although it has been rumored that Ai Huan will not participate in the competition, Mancini still made two-handed preparations.

After Mourinho trained in the United States, he also put on a lineup that he was quite satisfied with. The goalkeeper is still Petr Cech, who was also his former favorite, and now he is naturally willing to use the old man when he returns to Chelsea.Ivanovic, Luiz, Terry and Ashley Cole at the back, Lampard, Mikel and Ramirez in the midfield, Mata and Hazard on the left and right wings , while Torres is still standing on the front line.

The performance of the Spanish golden boy last season was too mediocre. There were many rumors about him, and some people even thought that he would be squeezed out by Ai Huan, but Mourinho said in public that Torres has always been on his own. In the plan, and his performance in the previous warm-up match was also very good, which also turned some rumors from the outside world into fake news, and Torres did not make any further transfers, which also made many people do not know that Mu What is Rinho's plan? Does he still want Ai Huan to appear on the court as a midfielder?
After the start of the game, both sides appeared to be relatively conservative, but the competition in the midfield was very fierce. In the opening 2 minutes, Manchester City got a free kick from the left side of the front court. The ball comes out.But the football did not go out of the bottom line. The Manchester City players hit the bottom line back to the middle, but were destroyed again.

Terry passed the ball to Mikel in the backcourt, and Lampard was brought down by Derong in the frontcourt. The Dutch giant's defense is still so fierce.After that, Mata took the ball from the right side of the front court and moved to the left side. Hazard took the ball and turned to break through, but as soon as he accelerated, he was tripped again by De Jong, but the referee did not say that the ball was in the hands of Pantilimon .

In the 6th minute, Yaya Toure made a pass from the left side of the front court to Kolalov, and Louis destroyed the ball out of the bottom line.Nasri's corner kick went to the rear of the penalty area, and Ivanovic pushed it out. The ball went out of the baseline on the other side, and it was still a corner kick.The corner kick was driven to the front point and Lampard destroyed it.

Chelsea in the midfield controlled the ball, handed it to Ramires on the right, and Lampard passed it to Mata in the frontcourt. Mata passed back, Chelsea continued to fall in the midfield, and Mikel was cut off with the ball!
Both sides have set up heavy troops in the midfield, and the defensive midfielders are all world champions, so all players who want to display their skills in the midfield are ruthlessly crushed. There are not many opportunities for the two teams in the first 10 minutes. However, it can still be seen that the intensity is unusual.

No. In 15 minutes, Tevez handed over to Nasri on the side. After handing over to the middle, Aguero gave the ball to Nasri, who was quickly plugged in from the left. Out of the bottom line.Nasri's corner kick was pushed out before the point, Chelsea counterattacked in midfield, Hazard's speed was amazing, but he was still cut off at midfield.

Derong passed the ball to the right, handed it to Milner in the frontcourt, and made a pass from the baseline. Fortunately, Ashley Cole blocked the baseline.Kolalov's corner kick turned directly to the goal, and Cech hit the ball with one hand again.

"It seems that Chelsea is suppressed by them today. Why can't they pass the midfield?" Bolt, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but frowned. "This Hazard is very fast, and Mata's skills are also good. But why can't they pass the midfield?"

Ai Huan shook his head lightly, "Manchester City's tactics are right today, and neither Mata nor Hazard have experienced the Premier League. They are still playing in their own way, so now they are a bit out of control in the midfield. But Mata I know, he just needs a little time to find the feeling quickly. Hazard I don't know, but I think he is a very good player, he will definitely be able to adapt, but he still needs a little support."

"If you're on the field, can you support him?"

"Me?" Ai fantasized and wanted to shake his head, "I don't know what position I will be in the new season, but if I play, the midfielder should be able to have some support, but I dare not say that the midfielder formed by De Jong and others Can I deal with it, after all, I have never played against them before."

"Haha, are you afraid too?" Bolt laughed loudly, but immediately patted Ai Huan on the shoulder, "I've seen your game, it's amazing, I don't think De Jong and the others can guard against you .” This also made Ai Huan laugh out loud.

(End of this chapter)