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Chapter 206: A Big Sky at the Beginning
The England Community Shield is a traditional appetizer before the start of the Premier League.

Generally speaking, the England Community Shield Cup will send a signal to people-the new season will start soon!As for this championship, I am afraid that no one really values ​​it. Before Chelsea dominated the Premier League, there was even a saying that those who won the Community Shield lost the Premier League.

The Community Shield is generally played against the FA Cup champions by the league champions of last season.

Last season's Premier League champions were Manchester City, while the FA Cup champions were Portsmouth.

The FA Cup has always been a hotbed of unpopularity.

Last season, under the leadership of the old Redknapp, Portsmouth reached the final all the way, and their opponent in the final was the League One team Cardiff City.In that final, Portsmouth finally defeated their opponents 1-0, won the FA Cup and qualified for the UEFA Cup this season.

During the intermission, Portsmouth also made supplements, introducing the tall man Crouch and Tottenham defender Kabul, and the old Redknapp wanted to flex his muscles in the intercontinental arena.

It's a pity that if Portsmouth's tonic is like a poor man eating a full meal, then Manchester City's tonic is a greeting from Tiantian Bird's Nest and Sea Cucumber.

One just ate a full meal, and the other had already exploded with all kinds of nutrition.

So after the opening, after a short trial, Manchester City quickly took advantage of the field.

Portsmouth really wanted to struggle a few times, but their struggle only made the dozing Manchester City stretch.

Yes, the first battle of this season, let people see a "Mann didn't sleep well".

The state of the whole team was stunned, and Duncan immediately wondered if Portsmouth sent 007 to sneak into the hotel where Manchester City was staying last night, as if assigning 10 G seeds to each room.

Up and down in Manchester City, there are hypocrisy, too much hypocrisy.

In this game, Manchester City is still the starter of 442, the "playing combination" of double forwards Samaras and Shevchenko.

Four midfielders, Pedro, Hargreaves, Yaya Toure, Silva.

The defender team is Heinze, Joel Luka, Richards, and Trabelsi.

The goalkeeper is Diego Lopez.

Except for the goalkeeper and waist, the others are all old players from last season.

As a result, after the opening game, except for the goalkeeper and waist, the other positions seem to have stopped at last season-haven't woken up yet.

Yaya Toure is very useful. His ability to hold the ball and advance is like a tank. He is tall and strong and good at protecting the ball. Henry probably needs to applaud when he comes.

Between the two lanes, Yaya Toure is like a charged shit stick.

This does not mean that he has a strong ability to stir up trouble, but that Manchester City's performance is like shit.

It's a pity that even such a Manchester City is not something Portsmouth can handle.

The double forwards Defoe and Crouch worked very hard, but they had no choice but to be weak in the midfield, so they didn't need to be strong.

Manchester City's Silva has plenty of power, but everyone else puts on the posture of an insulator and refuses to eat the pie. Yaya Toure wants to eat the pie, but Portsmouth always has someone hanging on him.

The shining dual-core in the midfield, on the contrary, reflects the sluggish state of others.

At the beginning of the second half, Duncan used Lichtsteiner to replace the average Trabelsi.Lichtsteiner's mental attributes are full, and his physical fitness is off the charts. The eyes of the Portsmouth players are tired and dizzy.

Later, Portsmouth really went down alone, but was bored by Lichtsteiner's cross.

"Believe me, he didn't have any malice, he was really crossing." In an interview with the media after the game, Duncan repeatedly emphasized: "It was just an accidental hit."

But there was still no goal on the field.

Then Duncan replaced Hargreaves with Fellaini and Ljungberg with Pedro. Silva moved to the left and continued to attack.

Ljungberg can't run to death, and Lichtsteiner can't run to death, Manchester City immediately opened the track and field team on the right.

The kind that focuses on marathons.

When Portsmouth's left-back was run cramp off, Manchester City finally opened the door to Portsmouth.

Ljungberg gave Lichtsteiner the ball, who cut in the middle. The new Portsmouth right-back failed to keep up, and Lichtsteiner shot straight into the far corner.

The team leads 1:0.

This score was maintained until the end.

Everyone seemed to be unhappy with the result of the game.

Portsmouth, who lost the game, was naturally unhappy. After spending 1600 million pounds, they still have to behave with their tails between their legs in the Premier League.

Manchester City, who was played like shit, was beaten out of shit.

Manchester City, which won the game, seems not too happy.

It is said that Thaksin has disappeared?
However, winning a Community Shield Cup at least made a good start for the new season.

Although he won the championship, when he returned to the locker room, Duncan still had a bad face and criticized the players for their lazy style.

Duncan still has some prestige in the hearts of the players. After scolding, morale improved a little.

In the first round of the league, Manchester City was a guest at Villa Park.

Although Abanglahor scored in the counterattack at the beginning of the game, in the second half of the game, Samaras received a header from Shevchenko and scored from close range.

In the end, Manchester City drew 1:1 with Aston Villa in the away game.

In this round, in addition to Manchester City, Manchester United also achieved a draw, while the other top three Chelsea, Liverpool, and Arsenal won one after another.

In the second round of the league, Manchester City's first home game was against the Hammers to help West Ham United.

West Ham United is a typical British style of play, defensive counterattack, one high and one fast.Although they controlled the rhythm as soon as they came up, Manchester City still gained momentum and failed to score, and they have not knocked on the opponent's goal for a long time.

In terms of excitement, Manchester City is actually a bit worse.

Silva was full of pancakes, but the team refused to eat them. Silva was about to cry: Brother, let me get an assist, is it so difficult?
The team's inability to play offensively did not put enough pressure on West Ham.West Ham United took the opportunity to fight back.

1: 0!

West Ham lead?

In the second half of the game, Duncan replaced Diego Milito and Fellaini to strengthen the offense, but the team gained momentum and did not score, and there has been no good chance.

Duncan suddenly missed Aguero a little bit, but he couldn't solve the near fire. This guy is still participating in the Olympics!
Until the 41st minute of the second half, Manchester City got a corner kick. Fellaini and Joel Luka attracted most of West Ham's defensive firepower. Silva shot indiscriminately in the crowd and equalized the score.

1: 1!

Another draw!

In the first two rounds of the league, the team scored two draws.

On the other side, Liverpool won two consecutive league victories, Manchester United also defeated Portsmouth, Chelsea also won, only Arsenal lost to Fulham.

After two rounds, Liverpool's two-game winning streak ranked first, and Manchester City's two-game winning streak ranked tenth.

Using shi to describe this opening is an exaggeration!
The outside world is full of doubts about Manchester City.

Not only questioned Duncan's signings, but also questioned the direction of Manchester City this season, full of worries.

Manchester City has already spent 8600 million euros on buying players this season. If the results are not good, they will be laughed out of their teeth.

And Thaksin was tortured by domestic financial incidents, and he hasn't shown up for a long time.

In anxiety, Manchester City ushered in the second cup of the season.

In the UEFA Super Cup, the opponent is last season's Champions League champion, Manchester United.

(End of this chapter)