Chapter 581 Community Shield! Manchester United revenge? Or the new Southampton 5-time winner?

Coach Adkins was originally annoyed with the unknown players imposed by the "mysterious club president". After all, whether it was Mane, Salah, or Van Dijk Rudiger, Coach Adkins didn't know. Their characteristics, and I don’t know how to use them.

Especially Rudiger, Adkins felt big when he looked at it.

However, after three consecutive intra-team competitions, these new players not only did not fall behind, but adapted extremely quickly, often making Southampton's veteran players gasp.

The loaned Sturridge, Henderson, and early Mikel are even more powerful.

Coupled with Gu Ran's growth during this period, the entire Southampton team has expanded in strength at almost the speed of light.

On August 8, after three team training matches, Coach Adkins determined the starting list and substitute list for the Community Shield with Manchester United early.

On August 8, the Southampton team went to London, checked into the hotel in advance, and conducted recovery training.

The Manchester United team also arrived at Wembley in London early, looking forward to avenging the FA Cup final in the Community Shield.

Last season, Manchester United lost the English League Cup trophy and the FA Cup trophy. The Champions League was also reversed 3:2 by Barcelona, ​​​​with Messi, and lost the Champions League championship. Fortunately, the Premier League In the last two rounds, Manchester United won the Premier League championship thanks to the brilliant performance of the dashing Berbatov.

This means that if Manchester United can successfully revenge in the Community Shield Cup, then Manchester United can win the double crown.

And if Southampton can defeat Manchester United for the second time, then Southampton will complete an unprecedented five crowns - although the composition of this five crowns is not high in gold, it is only the English League One champion, the English Premier League champion Championship champions, etc., but to win five championships in one season is definitely the highest achievement in the history of Southampton Club.

The gold content of the Community Shield is actually not high compared to competitions such as the FA Cup and the Premier League.

First of all, the Community Shield Cup does not have a knockout system. The teams that are eligible to participate in the competition are the FA Cup champion and the Premier League champion. If the FA Cup champion and the Premier League champion of the same session are the same team, If so, then the Premier League runner-up will advance to the Community Shield Cup.

From the perspective of such a competition system, the Community Shield is not very strict.

The predecessor of the Community Shield was actually just a charity match to attract traffic before the start of the new season of England's top league, which is equivalent to the Super Cup in other countries.

So at the beginning of the Community Shield, everyone played casually and had a performance nature. But later, the event gradually became serious. It was no longer a charity exhibition match, but a real competition. Therefore, the Community Shield Cup The gold content is also much higher than when it was founded.

Any team that can enter the Community Shield is undoubtedly a strong team.

The confrontation between strong teams and strong teams is often the most exciting and the most anticipated.

In this year's Community Shield, the Southampton team, as the biggest dark horse, made a brilliant debut and attracted enough attention.

Not only did the media reporters from England squat outside Wembley Stadium and the hotel early for interviews, but media reporters from other countries also came to Wembley, preparing to witness the debut of the new Southampton team.

April 8st morning.

After the Southampton team had breakfast in the hotel, Coach Adkins briefly gave them a tactical meeting, and then the entire Southampton team took the bus to Wembley Stadium for the final game. Adaptive training.

Sturridge, Henderson, Mane, Salah, Van Dijk and Rudiger all stood on the turf of Wembley Stadium for the first time, and they were all very excited.

At 12:9 p.m., fans entered the stadium. Manchester United fans still occupy most of the country, and Southampton fans are also very fanatical.

Before the players entered the stadium, players from both sides were already singing songs humiliating each other from a distance, and the atmosphere at the scene became very heated.

When players from both sides came on the court to warm up, the atmosphere reached its peak.

After the warm-up, the players from both sides temporarily left the field and made final preparations in the locker room.

The brand-new Southampton team formed a circle, led by captain Davis, and chanted the slogan that Southampton must win.

In the new season, Southampton's captain will still be Davis, and after vice-captain Walton retired, Gu Ran was selected as vice-captain.

Of course, with Gu Ran's ability and influence, there is no problem being the captain of the Southampton team, but Gu Ran has no intention of taking away Davis' captaincy.

Davis performed very well last season. He was the third best player in the team after Gu Ran and Lallana. Coupled with Davis' popularity in the team, Davis continued to be the best player in the team. This captain is still very suitable.

Gu Ran is already the mysterious big boss, so naturally he doesn't like the position of captain.

After cheering up, the Southampton team lined up into the tunnel.

At 2:45, players from both sides took their caddies and officially entered the stadium under the wild cheers of 9 fans.

The captains of both sides came to the referee to pick sides. Vidic guessed correctly and gave Manchester United the right to pick the side first, while Davis got the priority to kick off for Southampton.

Amid the cheers of 9 fans, players from both sides returned to their respective half-court positions, waiting for the game to officially start.

Today, Southampton, as the home team, wear their classic red and white jerseys.

The Manchester United team, which was drawn by the visiting team, can only wear their blue and black horizontal striped away jersey.

It is relatively rare for this kind of jersey to appear in competitions such as the Community Shield.

Manchester United's formation today is still the same 442-- wings used the last time they played against Southampton, but the lineup has changed.

The forwards are Rooney and the dashing Berbatov.

Berbatov's position is further forward than Rooney, which means a bit of 4411, but it cannot be regarded as a complete 4411. After all, Berbatov is known as the "laziest" forward. He rarely runs on the field and is very slow. Less retreat, so it looks more like Berbatov is slacking off.

But in fact, this is exactly Berbatov's style of play.

Berbatov is a player with his own distinctive characteristics. He doesn't run much on the court, but as long as Berbatov runs, he can smell the smell of "blood", and as long as this elegant vampire If you smell the blood, you're not far from scoring a goal.

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