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| Community Shield Preview: Chelsea v/s Manchester City |
The long wait is finally over. After a bunch
of pre-season games, long travelling and International duties for few
the new season finally kicks off with the usual season opener- FA Community Shield. English Premier League champions take on the Champions of Europe for the Community Shield in a match that is assured to be a classic.
For City, last season ended their long long
wait for a Premier League title when they won the title in the most
fascinating way possible scoring two goals in stoppage time. City who
lost the Community Shield to fierce rivals Manchester United last season
will be hoping they can better that result this time around.
Chelsea enter this competition as the FA Cup
winners beating Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley last season. This game will
mark Chelsea’s sixth appearance in the game since 2005 but they have
only won two of the five previous appearances.
The match will be played at Villa Park in
England because Wembley is being used for the Olympics. The last time
Villa Park hosted the Community Shield final was back in 1972 which is a
significant day for Man City as they won the Community Shield that
year. Certainly history favors the Manchester Club.
TEAM NEWS-
Manchester City: Manchester
City have a very similar squad to what they had last season with no new
additions so far only players who were out on loan have re joined the
club. City may be without the services of David Silva and Mario
Balotelli as they have been given extended leave after their involvement
in the European Championships. Mancini might start Tevez up front with
Aguero and Nasri might be called up to fill in for David Silva.
Chelsea: A lot has changed
for Di Matteo’s side since the 19th of May. The club is now without the
services of Didier Drogba,Salomon Kalou and Jose Bosingwa (All 3 of them
started against Bayern Munich in the final). So how have Chelsea
replace them? Well, Chelsea have added Marko Marin,Eden Hazard,Throgan
Hazard and Oscar to their roster so far, although I don’t expect Throgan
to get any game time in this game but Eden will surely be in the
playing XI. Chelsea will be without Oscar as well who is with Brazil but
Chelsea might welcome back Juan Mata and Romeu due to Spain’s early
exit. With new signing Marko Marin doubtful for the clash, Juan Mata may be called to replace him
Expectations will be high when both teams
step out at Villa Park for the curtain raiser. I honestly believe this
game is City’s to lose. Not many changes made to their squad and the
players have gelled up well.
Prediction: Chelsea 2-1 Man City
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ReplyDeleteLike you said,City have already gelled well and looked good in pre-season. Especially with counter attacks against Arsenal there in China. What I noticed though is that City lacked possession so we might stand a good chance to win this game if we create effective chances. Mata could be an impact sub in the second half but I doubt we'll win this one. The team just isn't gelled well enough. My prediction..1-0 to City.
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ReplyDeleteI only expect our team will play well. A win or loss is not very important. Like people said, we need to stick together and make clear our tactics for upcoming season.
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