Super Training Master

After leaving the hospital, Wan Sheng returned to the club to continue working. Even if the team is not in training, he still has a lot of work to do. The most important thing at the moment is to prepare for the Community Shield.

The Community Shield, formerly known as the Charity Shield, was first played in 1908-09, replacing the Sheriff of London's Charity Shield, which had begun earlier in 1898-99 (although the competition was held twice later to coincide with the Charity Shield). Appear). The early games maintained the Sheriff's Charity Shield format, with pros vs amateurs (traditionally gentlemen vs. buffaloes), with the opening game being Manchester United (Pro League champions) vs Queens Park Rangers (amateur Southern League champions). ), the first 1-1 draw, and the replay Manchester United won 4-0. Both games were played at Stamford Bridge. Since the beginning, the Charity Shield has not adopted a replay to decide the outcome.

At that time, the game was not paid much attention, and the games at the end of the season were often mixed up, eventually abolishing the professional team against the amateur team, but there was no fixed form to choose the match team. For example, in 1950-51, the England national team played against each other. For the FA team that is about to visit Canada, the venue of the game changes frequently.

It was not until 1959 that the FA set the game time as August at the beginning of the season.

In 1974, Qu Jia, the then FA Cup secretary, decided that the match would be held at the National Stadium (Wembley Stadium) by the champions of the First Division against the FA Cup leaders as the opening game of the new season. Tickets were all used for charitable purposes and donations were made Designated by both sides of the match, from 1974 to 2000, a total of more than 5 million pounds was donated.

The format of the game is currently a tie-breaker, and the draw is a penalty shootout. However, between 1975 and 1993, the two sides were tied for the championship. If the two sides draw within 90 minutes, they will jointly win the championship and each will retain the Charity Shield trophy. 6 months.

In 1993, the penalty shootout was reintroduced. Manchester United won on penalties after a 1-1 draw with Arsenal.

With the establishment of the Super League in 1992-93, the Charity Shield was a logical match between the Super League champions and the FA Cup leaders. In 2002, the Charity Shield was renamed the Community Shield.

Derby County won the FA Cup last season, and their opponent was the Premier League champion Arsenal last season. This is a belated encounter between the two teams. Because the two teams have just met in the first round of the league.

Normally. The time for the Community Shield should be before the first round of the league, but due to the renovation of Wembley Stadium in recent years, major events cannot be held. The venue of the game can only be set at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, so the game was postponed until After August 20th.

The confrontation between Derby County and Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium this time is still very eye-catching. The Community Shield itself is nothing, but the fans pay more attention to it. Derby County beat Arsenal in the league. So when it comes to the Community Shield, can Derby County remain in good shape and beat defending champion Arsenal again?

This is a concern for many fans.

Therefore, this Community Shield competition still attracted the attention of many fans. Many foreign fans who did not know Derby County noticed the game, and England fans were very concerned about the game.

Such a match would have received far more attention than the first-round match at Highbury.

Although it is not as good as the FA Cup final at the end of last season, it is the first trophy of the season, and Wansheng hopes to win this trophy. He told the players not to be careless during the game. You have to keep your mind stable, and it's the most important thing.

Soon as the two teams came to Cardiff, the matchup at the Millennium Stadium officially started the next afternoon.

In the league, Derby County beat Arsenal, which obviously made Arsenal pay more attention to Derby County. They no longer have any lightheartedness, but regard Derby County as a real opponent to deal with seriously. The same is true for Derby County. It is a trophy anyway. Derby County has never won the Community Shield in history, and they have only participated once. They still want to take the trophy back.

But unlike imagined, this game was very difficult for Derby County.

Arsenal have learned the lessons of the last encounter. They have been very tight defensively from the beginning. Although they have always been good at attacking, they can also do well when they are solidly defending. , Arsenal who suddenly focused on defense, Derby County players are somewhat uncomfortable. They have been working hard to attack in the first half, but the only two good opportunities were missed. Fortunately, the team defended Also did a good job, as a result, neither team scored in the first half.

After seeing Arsenal's style of play, Wan Sheng also had to scolded Wenger in his heart for 'old and cunning'. Wansheng still has some confidence in this. But after Arsenal strengthened their defense, it was very difficult for the team to find opportunities through normal offense.

Although the team's tactics are fine, the players' individual abilities are limited, and the team's attacking ability, it takes some luck to break through the solid defense and score the ball.

So in order to be more stable and to win, Wansheng asked the team to change their strategy at halftime and focus on defense.

In this way, the situation in the second half of the game can be imagined.

Many fans had expected this to be a wonderful offense, but the two teams that were good at offense both chose to defend firmly in the second half. As a result, the game looked drowsy, but both coaches Sitting firmly on the coach's bench, he didn't mean to change his style of play at all.

This game... is really boring... Many commentators are expressing similar meanings.

But their remarks will not have any impact on the way the two teams play and the situation on the field. In such a boring game, neither team scored in the second half.

The game went into overtime.

30 minutes of extra time, the two teams are still the same, they are both solidly defending, the first priority is to ensure that the goal is not lost, the second is to strengthen the attack, neither side can find many opportunities at all, Arsenal is defending, Derby is on the defensive. After the county shrinks the defense line, the defense is also very solid.

However, in the 27th minute of overtime, the game finally took a turn.

It was a controversial penalty in front of Arsenal.

Van der Vaart received a pass from Morris and wanted to use his head to complete a shot. At this moment, he was squeezed by the opposing center-back Campbell and fell directly to the ground. The referee stepped forward and pointed directly to the penalty spot.

Penalty!

With less than three minutes left in extra time, the referee awarded Derby County a penalty, which is clear to anyone. If Derby County seized the opportunity to score, then they would almost have won outright. Contest.

Under everyone's attention, Morris, who took the penalty kick, did not live up to the trust of Derby County fans and teammates. He sent the ball firmly into the right corner of the goal with a penalty kick to help Derby County lead Arsenal 1-0.

The goal almost made Arsenal desperate.

This is the last time of the game. There are only three minutes left, and the whole game will end. Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger loudly argued with the fourth official on the sidelines. He even yelled at the referee on the field. Fortunately, the referee Maybe you also know that the penalty just now was a bit serious, which directly affected the result of the game, and did not pay attention to Wenger.

But in any case, Arsenal are behind.

When the extra time was over and the referee blew the whistle, the score on the field was still 1:0, which means that Derby County defeated Arsenal and won the first trophy of the new season.

Champions! We are the champions!

After the game, the Derby County stadium cheered and held the trophy.

In contrast, Arsenal are naturally very dissatisfied. After the game, their players are still pestering the referee to try to say something. At the post-match press conference, Wenger also scolded 'this is a referee to decide the outcome. The game', but it doesn't help, after all, no matter what you say after the game, you can't change the result of the game, the Community Shield trophy already belongs to Derby County.

After the game, the media also asked Wan Sheng about the penalty, Wan Sheng said, I don't think this is a game in which the referee decides the outcome. Raphael fell, you can see, He was in physical contact with Campbell. This is a ball that can be judged or not, but it would be unfair to us if we don't make a penalty. Arsenal will definitely not say that as they are now...

Wansheng didn't refute anything, just stated the facts.

This is the case in the professional arena. Some balls can be judged or not. It all depends on the referee's intention. For example, if this ball is won in other league matches, it is 80% likely to be a penalty kick. In England, there are also five. The chance of success depends on the referee's opinion, but it is definitely unfair to Derby County to not make a penalty, so the game itself has nothing to say.

After all, Derby County won the Community Shield. As for Arsenal, it doesn't matter what they think or say, because what they do can't change the result.

Wansheng will not spend his mind on the feelings of sympathy for the opponent.

It feels good to get the first trophy at the beginning of the season. After returning from the Millennium Stadium, Derby County took the Community Shield silver disc trophy back to the club. The club and the fans celebrated that night, but it was only a small one. After all, the Community Shield is not a heavyweight trophy. Derby County fans are more happy to see the team beat Arsenal again, which proves the strength of the team and makes them look forward to the new season.

However, the results of the third round of the league game disappointed Derby County fans slightly.

This is Derby County's first home game. The league opponent is Aston Villa. Originally, fans believed that Derby County could double Arsenal in two games, but in the end, Derby County only played 0-0 with Aston Villa. The only consolation is that Derby County made a full-court press, but until the end of the game, Derby County did not score a goal, Aston Villa held the goal with a solid defense. (To be continued ~^~)