Community Shield Cup, Premier League frontline match.
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 quality of participating teams, it is a bit like the Super Cup of other leagues.
But it is not important because it is different from the Super Cup of other leagues. Six people can be replaced. It is a warm-up match. And as we all know, the Community Shield is actually a charity match.
Even, many people generally believe that the Community Shield has a magic spell.
That is, teams that win the Community Shield often fail to win the Premier League championship in the new season.
This is of course nonsense, and not all of it is true, but the probability is still quite high.
So much so that there has been a saying before that in order to avoid damaging the team's morale and to better compete for the league championship, a certain team strategically gave up the Community Shield and focused on training.
But it also depends on the situation.
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, both teams also tightened the atmosphere for the decisive battle, making fans all over the world look forward to seeing a peak showdown in the Community Shield Cup. However, at the beginning of the game, when the two teams came up with their rosters, many
Everyone felt disappointed.
Why?
Not even the main force!
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I don’t know if it’s because of participating in Van der Sar’s farewell game, but Manchester United has made a lot of adjustments to their lineup.
The goalkeeper is De Gea, the defense is Evra, Evans, Phil Jones and Smalling, the midfielder is Ashley Young, Anderson, Cleverley and Nani, and the frontcourt is Welbeck.
Partner Rooney.
Not only did Vidic and Ferdinand on the defense line not play, but midfielders Carrick, Giggs and other players were also substituted.
In the regular lineup, Ferguson included Rooney.
Manchester City also failed to send out all their main players.
The goalkeeper is Joe Hart, the defense is Leighton Baines, Harvey Martinez, Kompany and Trippier, the midfielder is Thiago and the frontcourt is David Silva.
The combination with Toni Kroos and the frontcourt combination of Di Maria, Dzeko and Sanchez.
Su Dong, who went to Amsterdam to participate in Van der Sar's farewell game, also did not appear in the lineup, but sat on the bench. Also on the bench was Aguero.
This gives people the feeling that as long as the team plays smoothly, Guardiola does not even intend to let Su Dong play.
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Although both teams did not use all their main players, the game was still very fierce.
Relying on the advantage of passing and controlling the ball, Manchester City firmly locked the situation and controlled the situation at the beginning, 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 feel the pressure from summer signings.
It would be the same no matter who they were. Three attackers were introduced in one summer. Who would not have pressure except Su Dong?
These three new players all have great backgrounds.
Hazard is the best player in Ligue 1, Douglas Costa shined in the Champions League last season, not to mention Aguero, Argentina's famous talented forward and Maradona's son-in-law.
Looking at today's world football, apart from the top superstars, who can face these three people without pressure?
The frontcourt attacked very hard, but the defense 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 stepped in.
Kompany made a serious mistake and failed to clear the ball accurately. After being intercepted by Nani who came in from behind, he formed a one-on-one shot. After passing goalkeeper Joe Hart, he pushed the ball into the empty goal and scored the first goal for Manchester United.
record.
One to zero!
After conceding the ball, Manchester City continued to organize the offense.
In the 38th minute, Evra fouled on the wing and David Silva made a free kick pass. Kompany, who had just made a serious mistake and caused the team to lose the ball, was covered by Phil Jones and Evans.
Under the pressure, he hit a header from close range and equalized the score for Manchester City, one to one.
But before the end of the first half, Manchester United got a free kick opportunity from the left. When it was passed to the front of the small penalty area, Joe Hart did not attack decisively. Smallin seized the opportunity and volleyed the goal to help
Manchester United surpassed the score again.
Two to one.
The game changed sides again in the second half, with Guardiola replacing three players at halftime.
David Luiz replaced Thiago, pushing Javi Martinez to a deep position in the midfield, and let David Luiz and Kompany partner as central defenders.
At the same time, Marcelo was replaced by Leighton Baines to strengthen the team's attack on the left, and Zabaleta was replaced by Trippier to strengthen the team's right defense.
Active on the left flank for Manchester United.
This is also the experience summarized by Guardiola and Manchester City players after several warm-up matches in the summer.
For example, on the left wing, Marcelo and Hazard are both players with strong ball control abilities. If they are allowed to appear on the left wing 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 thought of a good way to resolve the conflict between Hazard and Marcelo, so for the time being, the two can only be used separately.
So now, Manchester City's left wing configuration is basically fixed, with Marcelo partnering with Di Maria, Leighton Baines partnering with Hazard, and even Sanchez and Douglas Costa, and even David Shears if necessary.
Silva can play on the 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 go, and Manchester United also made the same substitutions.
There are six substitution places in the Community Shield Cup, and no one will be polite.
And in the 58th minute, it was Di Maria and David Silva's wall-to-wall cooperation at the front of the penalty area that allowed Di Maria to break into the left rib of the penalty area and equalize the score for Manchester City, 2-2!
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.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In the 75th minute, Guardiola replaced Dzeko with Su Dong.
Just nine minutes later, Marcelo launched an attack from the left side of Manchester City. Just after crossing the center line, he passed the ball diagonally to Su Dong who was retreating to receive the ball.
Su Dongla went to the 30-meter area of Manchester United and received the ball without any defense.
He stopped the ball and turned to the right. There were no Manchester United defenders around, and both Cleverley and Anderson were out of position.
This is also a characteristic of Manchester United's two midfielders, who can easily lose their position.
But just when everyone thought that Su Dong would directly dribble the ball towards Manchester United's defense, Su Dong made a slight adjustment and suddenly shot angrily.
The ball was like a shocking arrow, tearing apart Manchester United's defense.
The ball was pressed fast and flat, and there was a rebound near the small penalty area line. This made De Gea unable to do anything at all. He could only watch the ball pass through his fingertips and go inside.
The goal behind him.
The unfortunate Spanish teenager scored three goals in his first official game on behalf of Manchester United.
After Su Dong scored, he did not run to the sidelines to celebrate. Instead, he raised his hands high and let out a shout.
The whole stadium was filled with cheers from Manchester City fans.
Su Dong quickly turned around and happened to see Ferguson in front of the coaching bench. They were very close to each other. Ferguson could clearly see the smile on Su Dong's face and the provocation in his eyes.
Old man, now you know how good I am at playing center, right?
You asked me to play as a central defender before, was it cool?
Now, is it more enjoyable?
Ferguson had no idea what Su Dong was thinking, so he angrily popped the gum in his mouth and turned around, leaving him with his back.
Isn’t it the Community Shield?
I don’t know how many seats I took, but I don’t even care!
Besides, there is a curse on this thing. Whoever wins the Community Shield will lose the Premier League championship in the new season.
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.
A small door, a small household, a small family!
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The game ended with Manchester City 3-2, relying on Su Dong's shocking long-range shot to beat the Red Devils Manchester United.
At the post-match press conference, Ferguson still said that Manchester United's main focus in this game was to train the players and polish the team's tactics. As for whether they could win the championship, he actually didn't care about it.
Guardiola also said that the team aims to train, but winning the championship is always a good thing.
"No one has too many champions, except those who can't eat the grapes." Guardiola unexpectedly stepped on Ferguson to add insult to injury.
Subsequently, in the player game ratings given by Sky Sports, the performance of the players of both teams was not particularly satisfactory.
The best performer on Manchester City's side was David Silva, who scored eight points.
Kompany was the one who conceded the goal, but he also scored a goal, which was regarded as a penalty. Goalkeeper Joe Hart scored a mediocre six points because he did not make any contribution to the two goals.
To be careful, these two goals conceded are not Joe Hart's mistakes. He cannot be blamed for conceding the goals, but under the tactical framework of Manchester City, no mistakes are sometimes unacceptable.
Mistakes are sometimes easier to tolerate.
Just like the second goal conceded, Joe Hart did not attack decisively.
There is a problem with defensive players missing people, but so close to the goal, Joe Hart could actually attack, but he didn't.
If this matter just goes by, then forget it.
However, after playing the Community Shield, Joe Hart said in an interview with the media that after the team took advantage of the situation, it was always too easy to expose the goal to the opponent's counterattack.
"I think some of our players should be more active and brave."
After Guardiola received the news, he quickly refuted it through the media.
"Joe Hart's job is to keep the goal, not to criticize the team's tactics or make unreasonable accusations against his teammates."
"If there is anyone in the team who is qualified to criticize the players and the team's tactics, then it is me who should bear the brunt, followed by the captain, not him!"
This was quickly interpreted by the media as Joe Hart being dissatisfied with the team's tactics and teammates.
In the words of The Sun, who feared that the world would not be in chaos, "The England international is tired of repeatedly wiping his 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."
