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Volume 1 Chapter 625 First Championship of the Season

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    The Community Shield hosted by the English Football Association is also called the Charity Shield. It was born in 19UR and pits the Premier League champion team against the FA Cup champion team.  The predecessor of the Community Shield Cup is the "Charity Shield" cup. The Charity Shield Cup is a competition between professional teams and amateur teams, aiming to strengthen the exchange between professional football and amateur football.  The first Charity Shield in 19UR was held between the FA League champion Manchester United and the Southern League champion Royal Park Rangers. Manchester United defeated their opponents in the extra round.  In 1974, the nature of the event changed.  Ted Crocker, then FA secretary-general, proposed that the tournament be characterized as a match between the league champion and the FA Cup winner.  In 2006, the "Charity Shield" was renamed the "Community Shield", and the venue of the competition was also changed from Wembley Stadium to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.  In this Community Shield match, Gunners Arsenal defeated Liverpool and became the first champion after the name change.  The Community Shield Cup is usually held one week before the start of the Premier League and is regarded as a back-up match before the start of the Premier League feast. However, due to the curse of the Community Shield Cup, many fans and players do not pay enough attention to this championship, and clubs often regard it as  Consider it a high-quality warm-up match.  The so-called curse of the Community Shield Cup: that is, most teams that win the Community Shield Cup cannot win the Premier League championship that season. From 2005 to 2005, except for Manchester United in 93 and 96, Chelsea broke the curse three times last season.  Except for the curse, the other 10 times all came true. For a while, the Community Shield became a curse, and whoever took it would be unlucky.  However, Chelsea is not indifferent to the Community Shield champion. Since they won the League Championship after winning the Community Shield last season, Chelsea, which has only won the Community Shield 4 times, even regards the Community Shield Champion as a  A good bonus.  Chelsea coach Mourinho regards the Community Shield as the first step in the Blues' "five crowns" in the new season.  He said before the game: "The Community Shield has a century-old history. Although there is only one game, it is also a champion. Winning is better than losing. We can go home with a smile when we win, but not necessarily when we lose."  . Many people talk about the curse of the Community Shield, but I don¡¯t think there is any curse. Failure to win the league championship only shows that you are not strong enough, not that the curse has worked. " Mourinho then commented.  "In fact, the curse has no impact on Liverpool, because they do not have the ability to win the championship. They are just spoilers for the championship. They are a threat to our defending title. Liverpool is not as good as Arsenal and Manchester United, only Manchester City and Tottenham."  "Nham Hotspur are better." As we all know, the relationship between Mourinho and Benitez has never been good. Since these two character coaches landed in the Premier League at the same time in the 2005 season, they are destined to become another landscape besides the Premier League powers.  .  In the past two seasons, the two European champion coaches have become veritable "enemies": In the past month, the two teams have played against each other 10 times, with Chelsea having 5 wins, 3 draws and two losses. In the Premier League, Mourinho's  Chelsea has the advantage, but in the Champions League, FA Cup and other cup competitions, Liverpool has become Chelsea's "nemesis". Benitez won twice and ended Mourinho's "Double Champion" dream twice.  Now that the cup is here, Mourinho¡¯s goal is to provoke Liverpool and Benitez to make a comeback in the Community Shield.  However, Benitez has always been a Tai Chi master and will never be angered by his opponents. Faced with Mourinho's provocation, Rafa said, "I only care about my own team, not talking about other people's teams. This is not a gentleman."  I know George (Mourinho) very well, this is his usual trick, but I prefer to decide the outcome with him on the football field, rather than before or after the game. "Since signing Chen Yu.  After that, before every game, reporters would ask when Chen Yu would be able to represent Liverpool. This time was no exception. Faced with this question, Benitez hoped that fans and reporters would be patient and give Chen Yu enough time, "I  More than anyone else, I hope Chen will come back soon, but this is not a matter of urgency. Chen Yu¡¯s injury needs to rest. We bought Chen not to win a victory or win a championship, but to play for many seasons, so we must be patient.  Wait until Chen's injury is completely healed. "Originally, the Community Shield Cup is a bit useless. Liverpool has a Champions League qualifying match in the middle of next week, but because the opponents are Liverpool and Chelsea, Mourinho and Benitez are all thinking.  After defeating Liverpool in the cup, one would never want to lose to Mourinho, and this tasteless event suddenly became important.  On August 13, Cardiff¡¯s Millennium Stadium in Wales became the focus of attention across England and even Europe.  At this time every year, the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff will produce the first championship title in England. Because of the legendary championship curse, winning the Community Shield Cup often cannot win the league championship that year. However, the champion is always the champion, and very soon.  Few people would refuse to embrace the current championship trophy because of the curse, least of all Mourinho.  Mourinho has lined up all the main lineup for this game, Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech, main defenders Ferreira, Carvalho, Terry, Gremi, main midfielders Essien and Ballack.?Lampard, Robben, main forwards Drogba, Shevchenko.  In addition to Gerrard, Alonso and Bellamy sitting on the bench, Liverpool also used their main players, goalkeeper Reina, four defenders Riise, Carragher, Agger, Finnan, midfielder Zenden,  Sissoko, Gonzalez, Garcia, Pennant; forwards Crouch, Pongler.  Although Chelsea pays more attention to it and has stronger players, they have just finished their warm-up match in the United States. Many big names, including Ballack and Lampard, have not yet come out of their post-World Cup vacation. They made frequent mistakes on the field.  The cooperation is neither smooth nor fast, and cannot cause any trouble to Liverpool, who are defensively strong.  Liverpool seemed even more excited to face Chelsea in the cup. Even if all the main players were not present, the performance of the players was very eye-catching, completely overshadowing the glory of Chelsea's big-name stars.  In the 9th minute of the game, a magical scene occurred. Liverpool full-back Riise ran long distance after getting the ball in the backcourt. Chelsea players were busy returning to defense, but there was no one to stop them.  Riise ran for UU Dome, raised his foot near the corner of the penalty area and shot. The ball hit hard and went straight to the near corner of the goal. Cech was obviously not prepared for this shot, and the ball flew in between his palms.  The blind spot of the goal.  0 Liverpool are ahead.  Seeing this goal, Chelsea players and fans immediately felt heavy, because this scene is too familiar. Every cup match between Liverpool and Chelsea is very intense and stalemate, and players who can score are blocked.  Damn it, problems are often solved with a magic ball in the end, and now Liverpool has scored a magic ball again. Will they lose this time?  The strong psychological suggestion made Chelsea players become impatient, and the offense became simple and crude. They hoped to use the impact of Drogba and Shevchenko's superb shooting skills to solve the problem, but Liverpool were not afraid of this.  Attack, the four people on their defense are all strong and strong. It is very difficult for Drogba to break through Liverpool's goal with his own body. Shevchenko and his teammates are unfamiliar with the cooperation and can't find the space to shoot. Chelsea's offense  It's almost like scratching the surface, unable to pose a fatal threat to Reina.  The turning point of the game came in the dU minute. Chelsea's big signing this season, German team captain Ballack, strained his thigh while fighting for the ball. He was replaced by Kalou, although Ballack was more capable than Kalou.  , but Ballack and Lampard have similar characteristics, and their movements often overlap. This is also the reason why Chelsea did not play smoothly in the front. Now that Ballack is off the field, Chelsea's offense has improved.  Kalou and Robben were separated on the wings, and Lampard found the feeling of last season in the middle.  In the 44th minute, Lampard made a long pass from midfield and Essien headed the ball over. After receiving the ball, Shevchenko passed between the two Red Army central defenders Agger and Carragher and calmly pushed the ball towards goalkeeper Reina.  It rolled between Reina's legs and into the net.  I Shevchenko scored his first goal after joining the Blues.  Seeing Sheva's goal, Abramovich danced excitedly in the stands. He personally introduced Shevchenko by name. This was also Abramovich's first transfer to a team, and Shevchenko's first official game.  Just scoring goals in the game is giving him face.  However, the madman Mourinho was not surprised. Although Chelsea's offense improved and they evened the score, Liverpool was very difficult to deal with. Chelsea in this state was not sure of defeating Liverpool.  Sure enough, in the second half, Benitez mobilized his troops, Gerrard, Bellamy and Alonso came on the field one after another, and Liverpool once again took the advantage on the field.  Among Chelsea's starting personnel, except for defender Gremi, the other 10 people have participated in the World Cup in Germany.  This lineup was dragged down too much by the World Cup. The entire Chelsea team fell into a cycle of fatigue. Even the two iron men Terry and Lampard performed mediocrely.  Terry, who had just been promoted to captain of England, actually made several low-level mistakes, which was unimaginable in the past.  In the 85th minute of the game, Chelsea finally paid the price for their poor state. Bellamy, who came on as a substitute, used his speed to break through the base at high speed and passed a tricky curve ball from the right. Terry and Bridge missed the ball.  Crouch, a man with a height of 2.01 meters, leaped high without any defense and scored Liverpool's goal again with a header.  Liverpool took the lead for the second time, with only five minutes of regular game time left.  At this time, Chelsea people had realized that they were going to lose. Some fans left the stadium early. Chelsea head coach Mourinho also used his last substitution place. Mikel replaced defender Ferreira for the final  It took a try, but Liverpool and Chelsea had played against each other 10 times and were very familiar with Mourinho's tricks. They defended tenaciously and finally held on to the score of 1, snatching the first championship of the season from Chelsea. This was also theirs.  The 13th Community Shield championship.
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