Chapter 5 Community Shield

Before the opening of the 2018/2019 Premier League, the Community Shield final can be said to be a prelude.

The FA Cup champion and the Premier League champion competed for an appetizer before the season. Although the championship gold content is not high, it has a good effect on the integration of the team.

Especially for Chelsea, they ushered in the new coach Sarri this season.

The Italian is a head coach who advocates offense, high pressure, and focuses on ground penetration.

And Sarri also said at the inauguration ceremony that he would bring a new tactical style to Chelsea and change Chelsea's unchanged defensive system.

It is unknown what changes Sarri's arrival will bring to the Blues, but the current Chelsea fans do not particularly trust him.

Chelsea's performance in recent years has been unsatisfactory.

Frequent changes of coaches and not-so-outstanding results have made the Blues fans more and more agitated, so they are not very tolerant of the new coach.

Even though Sarri is a coach who advocates offense, they are not particularly buying it.

Chelsea fans want to see a substantial change, and they want to see it with their own eyes, not just hear the other side's empty promises.

They have encountered too many such things and are immune to them.

Chelsea's current situation is not good.

Although Jorginho and goalkeeper Green have been introduced this season, the transfer rumors surrounding the team's core players Hazard and Courtois are still prevalent.

The news that these two people will transfer to Real Madrid has caused Chelsea fans a great headache.

They dare not imagine that if Hazard leaves, what will be left for them?

In this case, it is an even more severe challenge to face the powerful Arsenal.

August 8, Wembley Stadium.

English fans are lucky.

Since last year, they can almost watch one game after another.

After the 2017/2018 season, the World Cup will be held immediately.

After the World Cup, the league will be launched soon, and the Community Shield has already started.

A large number of Arsenal and Chelsea fans flocked to Wembley Stadium to welcome their first championship of the season.

Compared to the proud expressions of Arsenal fans, the morale of Chelsea fans is a little low.

Although I don't want to admit it, the current Arsenal is really too strong.

Their performance last season is still engraved in my mind.

In the case of fighting on two fronts, the league points exceeded 100 and won the championship, and the Champions League runner-up.

It can be said that Arsenal has already put up a shocking performance last season.

After the decline of this season, all the main players stayed in the team, and strengthened this team. How terrible will such an Arsenal be?

For this reason, Chelsea fans are still very worried.

And Arsenal fans have no such concerns.

We are strong!

We are proud!

We are proud!

Arsenal fans almost engraved these three sentences on their faces, and walked into the stadium with a heroic spirit, ready to welcome their first championship of the season.

Yes, they don't think they will lose to Chelsea.

Arsenal fans stand.

Meadows handed the flag in his hand to his companion to shake, and he sat down to rest for a while.

Meadows said with a smile on his face; "Finally, the new season has arrived!"

Billy beside him also said with emotion; "That's right! Finally, I don't have to be so frustrated!"

After England was eliminated from the World Cup, the two were in a bad mood.

They thought that after defeating the Chinese team, England would be able to go one step further, at least to reach the finals.

But none of these happened.

They were cleanly defeated by Croatia.

At that time, Meadows was furious, and the whole person turned into the most terrifying troll, trolling on the Internet, and even wanted to find some English players who performed poorly in the game to troll in person.

It can be said that during this period of time, Meadows and Billy were extremely worried.

But after the new season started, their mentality changed.

England will disappoint them, but Arsenal will never.

At this time, the players of both sides began to enter the field.

The scene suddenly broke out into violent cheers.

Meadows saw Lucky walking in the first place.

With a strong figure, the red and white jersey outlines his body to be particularly upright.

Wearing the captain's armband in his hand, holding a child.

Just the back gives people a strong sense of security.

During the World Cup, Lucky was an opponent, so Meadows could not cheer for Lucky, even though he liked Lucky.

Now, he can put aside all his worries and cheer for their captain and Arsenal.

"Kai!!!! Give them a hard lesson!!!"

Meadows roared with a ferocious face.

Raised his fist high and waved in the direction of Lucky.

Lucky also heard the other party's voice. He turned his head to look at Meadows, raised his arm and clenched his fist in response.

Starting lineups of both sides:

Arsenal (4-2-3-1):

Goalkeeper: Martinez.

Defenders: Bellerin, Jimenez, Hummels, Robertson.

Midfielders: Aubameyang, Kante, Wilshere, Lucky, Mane.

Forward: Giroud.

Chelsea (4-3-3):

Goalkeeper: Kepa.

Defenders: Alonso, David Luiz, Rudiger, Azpilicueta.

Midfielder: Barkley, Jorginho, Moses.焪

Forwards: Willian, Morata, Pedro.

"Welcome to the new season of the English Community Shield final, pitting FA Cup champions Chelsea against Premier League champions Arsenal."

"Arsenal put out its full lineup for this game. In interviews for the new season, Mourinho did not hide his ambitions at all. He said that he would try his best to win all the championships this season, and this game He also fulfilled his promise during the game.”

"In contrast, Chelsea's core player Hazard is absent and is sitting on the bench due to injury."

When he said this, there was an unspeakable sarcasm on the face of commentator Andy Gray.

It’s really debatable whether it’s really an injury.

Commentator partner Richard also said with a smile; "Courtois didn't even appear on the bench."

Courtois's contact with Real Madrid is more enthusiastic. According to reports from many media, the transfer is basically a certainty, but it has not been announced yet.

But Hazard appears on the bench, which also means that there is still room for maneuver in Hazard's transfer.

However, the transfer situation is still confusing. It is difficult to say anything until the transfer window is closed.

Compared to the chaos at Chelsea, everything is fine at Arsenal.

The club is strong and the players have no plans to leave.

Giroud, Hummels and others have also said that even if they leave Arsenal, they will leave with glory after winning the Champions League.

It can be said that these people pin their hopes of winning the Champions League on Arsenal.焪

Moreover, their results last season were very good and they were only one step away from the Champions League championship. For this reason, they will definitely make a comeback this time.

"Sure enough, it is a 4-3-3 position. It is stable but also variable. It is the lineup position that Sarri likes."

Arteta said with a smile.

Mourinho nodded: "Sarri's style likes to attack, is good at passing, and has a variety of changes. He will not serve a certain player or a certain system invariably. He is good at making substitutions in situations. Overall changes.”

After a pause, Mourinho raised his eyebrows and said; "However, this coaching method also has some loopholes, that is, there is no clear template. Players often want to rely on feeling and state to connect tactics."

"If the game goes well, then this tactic will display strong offensive attributes. However, once problems or setbacks are encountered, the overall tactic will appear nondescript and even give people a sense of chaos."

Arteta said: "So we have to press at the beginning?"

Mourinho: "Not just pressing, but taking away the rhythm in the midfield, that's what we do best."

After saying that, Mourinho said with arrogance: "Who told us to have the most powerful midfielder in Europe?"

In a report by the new generation German magazine "Kicker", they rated Arsenal's midfielder as the most powerful midfield combination in Europe and the world.

Combining hardness, change, offense and defense, it can be said to be an all-round hexagonal warrior.

Mourinho also has sufficient confidence.

Their midfield will suppress Chelsea!