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Chapter 415 Community Shield Cup
In the first three warm-up matches, Manchester City had one win, one draw and one loss, and their performance was also ups and downs.

All eyes turned to the final match.

Manchester City's last warm-up match before the season was against Olympiacos in Greece, a strong domestic team in Greece.

He is also a frequent visitor to the European War.

In the end, this game, Manchester City and Olympiacos, scored 1:1.

Just looking at the result is a draw, but Manchester City has the advantage in the whole game, but they almost missed the goal.

Costa, who served as the single arrow, performed poorly, failed to achieve results, and was replaced early.

Because of the World Cup, the preparation period for the team is very short.

After three warm-up games, the team's problems were almost exposed. Duncan began to discuss with the assistant coaches to solve the problem.

As for the warm-up match, there will be no more arrangements.

And ten days later, it will be the England Community Shield.

Last season, Ancelotti's Chelsea were left far behind by Manchester City in the league. This season, they will have revenge.

The first step in revenge is naturally the Community Shield.

For Chelsea, the Community Shield curse is all empty talk, and grabbing the championship from Manchester City is what they want to do most.

This summer, Chelsea, the two local tyrants, did not make any big moves like Manchester City. They did not update the lineup, but made minor repairs on the original basis.

Manchester City bought Costa and David Luiz.

Not to be outdone, Chelsea also went to Benfica for a tour and brought back Ramirez.

Make him as Makelele's successor.

In addition, Chelsea also introduced midfielder Benayoun and defender Kalas, both transfers were not large.

In terms of transfers, a large number of Ancelotti's predecessors and redundant staff left by their predecessors have all been terminated.

Ballack, Deco, Joe Cole, Belletti, Carvalho and others all left the team one after another because their contracts expired or because their status was no longer.

Ancelotti, the Italian coach, intends to learn from Ranieri and come to be a tinkerer.

After removing these people, the "imprints" left by the various coaches in Chelsea have basically been cleaned up.

Two teams that have not changed much, ushered in their first game of the season at Wembley Stadium.

On August 8, the England Community Shield Cup.

This cup is an appetizer for the Premier League over the years.

After meeting Manchester City for two consecutive years, Manchester City's opponent this year finally changed to Chelsea.

"Actually, playing Manchester City every day is meaningless." In the locker room, Jiang Dong spread his hands and looked at the players.

Everyone smiled knowingly.

Only the newcomers Costa and Luis looked confused.

Last season, Manchester City won more than a dozen consecutive victories against Manchester City, so playing Manchester City is really not difficult for Manchester City players.

Meeting Chelsea this season is even more fresh.

As for the results of the warm-up match... a ghost would take the warm-up match seriously.

Coincidentally, the starting lineups of both sides for this game did not start the newly joined players, and they were still the old team from last season.

"It seems that the two head coaches are more confident about their lineup last season." The on-site commentator said.

It was still the player configuration of last season, coupled with the strong warm-up nature of this game, so after the opening, the two sides did not do much testing, and directly started the confrontation.

Both sides have a strong desire to attack.

In the 5th minute, Aguero retreated, got rid of Ivanovic's marking, and got the ball in his own half.

He observed for a while, and suddenly made a super long pass over the top. Sanchez broke into the penalty area from the right. Shevchenko raised his hand to ask for the ball, but Sanchez chose a small angle lob shot, but the quality of the shot was not high and was cut. He easily confiscated.

On the sidelines, Duncan hugged his head in annoyance.For this ball, Sanchez still lacks some team awareness.

If it was Ljungberg, he would definitely choose to pass the ball.

Of course, if it was Ljungberg, with his current physical abilities, he might not be able to shake off Ashley Cole and get the ball so easily.

Ancelotti stood on the sidelines, curled his fingers, and called Essien's name. The duty of the Ghanaian midfielder is to prevent Manchester City from taking the ball easily. He was a little distracted just now.

The tactical arrangement quickly paid off.

In the 8th minute, Essien was near the middle circle and tackled David Silva behind him. The referee only gave a verbal warning and did not play a card.

However, against Chelsea, Manchester City has an overall advantage.

In the 9th minute, David Silva was assigned to Sanchez, who was unguarded on the right. This time Sanchez did not go it alone. After passing Ashley Cole, he made a calm pass and found Hargreaves who inserted in the back. Hargreaves was near the penalty spot and volleyed directly without adjustment, but it was a pity that he missed it.

The offense and defense on the football field, after all, cannot continue forever. Manchester City attacked wildly for 10 minutes in the opening game. Seeing that they could not score a goal, the team entered a period of adjustment.

So after withstood Manchester City's opening few offensives, Chelsea also started to fight back.

In the 10th minute, Anelka dribbled the ball in the front court. After a feint, he suddenly shot from a long distance. Diego Lopez struggled to block the ball.

But the football didn't fly far, and Kalou slapped him. After getting the ball past Diego Lopez, he faced the empty goal from a small angle and seemed to pass and shoot. The ball slipped past the goal.

Duncan felt he had escaped a catastrophe.

Otamendi quickly raised his hand, indicating that it was his fault. He had been messing with Anelka just now, but ignored Kalou who had been cruising on the sidewalk.

However, the bosses of Chelsea are keenly aware of Otamendi's absence.

In the 17th minute, Malouda took the ball near the bottom line on the left and singled out Otamendi. As a result, the Manchester City central defender had no choice but to foul. Lampard crossed and was cleared by Diego Silva. Malouda and Essien Near the penalty area line, two consecutive shots were blocked by the Manchester City defender.

Duncan walked to the sideline, clapped his hands, and got the guards to focus.

This Chelsea team was brought out by Mourinho, revealing the cunning of opportunists inside and out.

Even the slightest loophole will be caught by them.

At this time, it is natural not to back down, but to attack against attack.

Duncan called David Silva to the sidelines and gestured for him to move forward.

In this game, both the left and right fullbacks are deployed, and David Silva can rest assured to sit in the middle.

He is the brain. Duncan wants to command the whole team, so naturally it starts with the brain.

In the 21st minute, David Silva suddenly went forward to the front of the penalty area and stole Lampard. Then, without hesitation, he made a clever pass. Aguero succeeded in countering offside and shot obliquely from a small angle. The football will miss the post.

This shooting method is very Aguero.

David Silva's forward drive brought Manchester City into the second wave of offensive climax.

In the 25th minute, Manchester City pressed hard in the frontcourt, causing Terry to make a clearance error. Sanchez got the ball and made a pass from the right. Pedro pushed from the center and hit Ivanovic.

As the game continued, both sides gradually opened up.

For a period of time after that, although neither side had any threatening attacks, the cooperation in the offense was very smooth.

For Manchester City, there have been three or four wonderful cooperations at the front of the penalty area between David Silva, Aguero and Shevchenko, and between Malouda, Ashley Cole and Lampard. A quick counterattack in between is also very tacit.

Both sides have a chance to score, but the distance from the goal seems to be a little bit short.

Gradually, the first half of the game passed most of the time and came to an end.

And the first goal, in this case, came.

In the 41st minute, Hargreaves made a long pass from the backcourt and accurately found Aguero on the right side of the frontcourt. Terry did not mark him closely. Aguero directly passed the ball low and flat to the goal. Sanchez inserted and easily The push shot opened the scoring.

1:0, Sanchez scored Manchester City's first goal in the official game of the new season.

Using a transposition run, Manchester City scored a goal.

After Chelsea lost the ball, they launched a counterattack.

In the 45th minute, Essien took a long-range shot in front of the penalty area in the front court and played a bit out of bounds. The first half ended after 1 minute of stoppage time, and Manchester City temporarily led 1-0.

At the beginning of the second half, Manchester City changed three people in a row, Martin Petrov replaced Pedro, the newly joined teenager Diego Costa replaced Shevchenko, and Samaras replaced Aguero.

The striker formed a twin-tower combination of Diego Costa and Samaras, while Chelsea did not make any adjustments for the time being.

Chelsea, who fell behind, significantly strengthened their offensive.

In the 50th minute, Lampard blocked Malouda in the middle. After the latter turned around in front of the penalty area, he suddenly shot low with his left foot and the football would go wide of the goal post.

But scruples about the twin towers of Manchester City, Chelsea did not go all out.

In the 60th minute, Ancelotti finally made an adjustment. He even changed two people. Drogba replaced Mikel and Zhirkov replaced Anelka.

In the 65th minute, Malouda passed a series of dribbles on the edge of the penalty area and passed a cross to Kalou. After the latter moved away from the shooting angle, he volleyed very powerfully. Diego Lopez was in a good position and took the ball. Just hold it firmly.

Chelsea's offensive has slowly improved, and Ancelotti on the sidelines also feels that the goal is coming soon.

But Chelsea's defense also showed flaws.

Chelsea is indeed used to seizing opportunities, but how could Manchester City, as the champion of last season, be weak in this regard?
Eight minutes later, Manchester City expanded their advantage.

The initiator of this attack was Diego Silva.

The Brazilian defender's footwork is beautiful. After taking the ball, observe it. He made a straight long pass from the backcourt and tore through the Blues' defense. Sanchez made an offside cross.

Samaras, who was at the back point, fell to the ground and shot without marking. The ball hit the ground and bounced off Cech's arm into the net.

2: 0!

Chelsea conceded again!
But Chelsea players are still tirelessly looking for opportunities.

At last they found one.

In the 82nd minute, Essien took the ball in the middle circle and passed a very penetrating through pass. Zhirkov inserted from the right rib at high speed, facing Diego Lopez's push, and was shot by the Spanish goalkeeper Block out with your feet.

Only 1 minute later, Diego Lopez's kick-off was cut off in the middle of the field. Zhirkov volleyed vigorously in front of the penalty area and was saved by Diego Lopez. Kalou made a supplementary shot from behind. Get one back.

2: 1!

Duncan spread his hands. It was a mistake to let Kalou go the first time, and it was stupid the second time.

Fortunately, the initiative is still in the hands of Manchester City.

After 10 minutes, it entered injury time.

In the 92nd minute, Manchester City's chef cooperated wonderfully and made continuous passes in the frontcourt. Martin Petrov made a wonderful pass to Diego Costa.

In the end, facing the attacking Petr Cech, Costa volleyed the empty goal and succeeded.

3: 1!

Manchester City seal the victory!

After this goal, the referee blew the whistle for the whole game. In the end, Manchester City defeated Chelsea and won their first championship of the new season.

(End of this chapter)