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Author: Ant who loves watching football

The so-called Community Shield is actually similar to the Super Cup of the country in the leagues of various countries, with the league champion versus the cup champion.

The "Super Cup" in England is between the Premier League champions and the FA Cup champions. As for the League Cup, let's go for it.

The main reason is that the prize awarded to the winning team of this event is not a trophy, but a shield. Therefore, the name of the competition should not be called a certain cup, but everyone is used to it, so they call it a shield and a cup.

Some people also say that England's Community Shield is actually more like an exhibition match or a friendly match. There may be some clues in its predecessor name "Charity Shield".

In fact, its competition rules are indeed a bit different from "regular" competitions such as the Premier League, FA Cup, and League Cup.

That’s because this competition has no restrictions on the team’s registrants, and six people can be substituted as substitutes!

This is even one more substitution than the number of substitutions after the subsequent restructuring.

But no matter how you say it, this is still a championship. It is always a "king of kings" battle between the Premier League champion and the FA Cup champion. Most teams still take it seriously.

This is especially true for these two teams competing in the Community Shield this season.

Chelsea has long shouted the slogan of winning seven crowns. Of course, they don’t want to miss out on every championship;

In recent years, Arsenal can only participate in this competition by winning the FA Cup, and their growth in the number of championships is also very dependent on such a decisive final.

The football match is the opening match before the start of each season and is traditionally held at Wembley Stadium, and this year is no exception.

As two participating parties, Chelsea and Arsenal are naturally very convenient. After all, they are in London and do not need to travel around.

So on the night of August 2, at Wembley Stadium, these two old London rivals met again.

"Hello, professor."

During the handshake session, Pan Yi smiled and extended his hand to Wenger.

Wenger also smiled and shook Pan Yi's hand: "I'm very happy to compete with you again."

These two world-famous coaches have had a good trading relationship in the last two transfer windows, including Pan Yi's current assistant coach Arteta, who also came over to hug Wenger, and then chatted happily with his old teammates.

On the other side, players like Willian, Cech, Gnabry, and Martin who exchanged clubs also chatted with old friends. It was a harmonious and loving scene.

But soon, Wenger showed his desire to win:

"I still remember the defeat in the last game. The lesson was profound. However, this game will not be so easy."

"Really?" Pan Yi asked with a smile.

Wenger seemed confident: "There is no doubt that our strength is not as good as Chelsea's, but we can rely on a strong team to fight. If you want to win, it will not be so easy."

"It seems that you are fully prepared." Pan Yi was still smiling.

Wenger raised his head: "That's natural."

In the Premier League last season, Pan Yi led his team to a double defeat against Arsenal.

But Arsenal did not lose everything. They defeated Chelsea in the FA Cup and went on to win the championship.

This also gave Wenger some confidence when facing Pan Yi.

However, although the FA Cup championship temporarily calmed Arsenal fans' complaints against Wenger, the fact that they can only compete for fourth place in the Premier League in recent years has still put the professor under a lot of pressure.

Arsenal still has no movement in the transfer market this season. They only bought out Cech and loaned out Willian. To be honest, their strength has not improved much, especially with Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, etc. who have spent hundreds of millions of euros.

The teams are incomparable.

I have no money, what can I do?

But Wenger still hopes that his team can perform well when facing the Premier League powers.

Especially Chelsea.

If we can defeat this luxurious team that remained undefeated in the Premier League last season, we can add a trophy to the honor room and at the same time tell Arsenal fans: Be patient, we still have a chance!

Therefore, Arsenal also used all their main players in this game, and Wenger also deployed a relatively aggressive formation.

Forwards: Sanchez, Giroud, Willian.

Midfielder: Cazorla, Wilshere, Ramsey.

Defenders: Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Bellerin.

Goalkeeper: Cech.

The professor thought twice and put William in the winger position.

The main reason is that Willian was mainly used as a right winger at Chelsea last season, and this position is more familiar to him.

Although Wenger has been trying to make William familiar with the position of the midfielder in pre-season training and warm-ups, in such a game that determines the outcome, Wenger does not want too many uncertain factors to exist.

On Chelsea's side, Pan Yi also showed the formation he practiced in summer training:

Forwards: Lukaku, Harry Kane.

Midfielder: Marcos Alonso, Kante, Hazard, Seat B, Azpilicueta.

Defenders: Terry, David Luiz, Van Dijk.

Goalkeeper: Courtois.

There is no suspense about the combination of Lukaku and Harry Kane on the front line, and Van Dijk also replaced Gary Cahill at the center back position.

In the middle of the midfield, which is the most variable position, Kanter, Hazard, and Seat B formed an inverted triangle position.

Kanter is in the middle and behind, standing in the midfield position.

Hazard and Seat B are on the left and right in front of Kanter. Hazard will be positioned further forward, close to the midfielder position; Seat B is more like an authentic central midfielder.

Matching this, Marcos Alonso and Azpilicueta on both sides are not actually in symmetrical positions, but one is further inside and the other is further to the side, thus forming an initial formation of left attacking and right defending.

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Obviously, the left side where Hazard is located will still be Chelsea’s main direction of attack!——

As soon as the game started, Arsenal launched a frenzy of attacks against Chelsea.

Obviously, Wenger came prepared.

He knew very clearly that giving up the initiative to Chelsea, who was fighting against Pan Yi, would be tantamount to slow suicide!

So he has to attack and disrupt Chelsea's rhythm from the beginning.

Chelsea, on the other hand, was not in a hurry and just started fighting with Arsenal in the midfield to gain the initiative in the game.

It's just that this is the first official game of the new season for both sides, and there are some changes in both personnel and formation. At the beginning, both sides showed some discomfort with the other side's high-position press.

The Gunners, in particular, seemed to be playing a bit tight, and many of the balls were passed and run without thinking about them. This also contributed to Wenger's complaint on the sidelines for more than 10 minutes.

As the game progressed, Chelsea's formation slightly recovered to cope with the opponent's violent attack.

Arsenal's lineup is seriously skewed to the left. Sanchez, Ramsey, Monreal, and even Giroud are gathered here. They hit the wall and penetrate in the small space, causing the Chelsea lineup to also gather to this side.

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This leaves a wide one-on-one space for William on the other side.

"I feel this is Wenger's tactic. He wants to use William's breakthrough and familiarity with his former teammates to challenge Marcos Alonso. This may be the winner of Arsenal's game!"

So said the commentator.

He was indeed right, and Arsenal's tactics did seem to be effective.

In the 13th minute of the game, Willian broke through from the wing and passed in. Giroud in the center got a chance to shoot, but the angle was too right and was blocked by Courtois, failing to create a threat.

Compared to Arsenal who took the initiative to press forward and attack, Chelsea appeared to be more patient.

Pan Yi's main requirement for players is to control the ball at their feet and then pass it to mobilize their opponents.

However, with Arsenal players running and impacting without hesitation, the passing and control effect was not very satisfactory, and the scene looked a bit passive.

But Pan Yi was not anxious at all, and the players on the field were also not impatient.

In the 20th minute, Van Dijk's defensive move outside the penalty area was too reckless and resulted in a foul, giving the opponent a free kick.

This foul was also reprimanded by Pan Yi on the sidelines. He thought he was too impatient and could have occupied his position first and waited for his teammates to come over and then work together to find a way to force the opponent to pass back.

Of course, this also has something to do with Van Dijk's first official appearance on behalf of Chelsea. It is understandable that his feet are a little tight.

But it can also be seen from this that Pan Yi hopes that the players can stabilize their mentality and first wear out Arsenal's waves of attacks.

After that, Arsenal continued to attack from the left and got consecutive shooting opportunities.

It's just that most of these shots missed the goal, and two of them hit Courtois directly.

This is actually not entirely because of Courtois' outstanding performance, but a large part of the reason is that Chelsea's defense restricted it very well.

This allows Arsenal players to have a chance to hit the goal, but the angle is limited. Courtois only needs to stay in position to get the ball.

But for the Arsenal fans at Wembley Stadium, Arsenal is now playing against Chelsea!

This also made Gunners fans very excited and sang their own songs.

However, this kind of excitement comes and goes quickly.

Because without the support of waist strength, passion cannot last long.
To be continued...