Chapter 837: Confident or Domineering?
"Defending the title, starting with the Community Shield" - Manchester Evening News. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Yesterday, Villa Park welcomed the first official game of the Premier League season in the Community Shield, with last season's league winners Manchester City taking on FA Cup winners Chelsea.
From the first minute of the game, the defending champions showed their ability to control the tempo of the game, but in football, you don't have to be the first to score the first goal.
At half-time, Chelsea relied on a brilliant combination to tear through City's defence and finally go into the break with a 1-0 scoreline.
However, in the second half, the situation changed again, and Manchester City's long-range shot from the midfield wind brought the game back to the starting point, but then the biggest turning point of the game came in.
Branislav Ivanovic, who played at Chelsea's right-back, applied for a yellow card for himself with a violent tackle in a defensive attack, and Chelsea completely lost Manchester City's chance to compete for the long and short of the game.
Just five minutes after the red card, City put the lead in a brilliant individual performance from Sergio Aguero and the Argentine, who broke through from the flank, shook off two Chelsea defenders in quick succession and volleyed into the top right corner to make it 2-1.
After that, Manchester City continued to dominate, and although Chelsea played several counter-attacks, it was unfortunate that they could not change the scoreline, but Manchester City won the game completely in the 70th minute.
An assist from Silva ushered in Van Persie's first goal in a competitive game for Manchester City, Silva received a pass from Li Feng and moved diagonally, Van Persie moved away from Terry and pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal to make it 3:1.
It was also the final score of the game, and then Mancini began to make substitutions, which also signaled that the Italians would give up their resistance, while on the other side, Van Basten also began to rotate, allowing several of the team's young players to come up and feel the atmosphere of the score.
"The phenomenal performance of the wind has ensured Manchester City's victory, and there is no doubt that in the new season, Manchester City wants to complete the defense of the title, and the performance of the wind determines whether Manchester City can do it in the new season" Subsequently, the media did not hesitate to praise Li Feng.
"Attention of the Premier League, the era of Manchester City is coming" There are also media who exaggerate such slogans, but this should not be according to good intentions.
In the Premier League, Manchester City can only be regarded as an upstart, although relying on the double has entered the giants, but in the next few seasons, if Manchester City cannot guarantee results, it is likely to be beaten back to the original.
Either way, defending the Community Shield is a cause for joy and is just the beginning, with City still having a Super Cup game to play in September, against UEFA champions Atletico Madrid.
In December, Manchester City needs to travel to Japan to participate in the Club World Cup, the full name of the Club World Cup is called the FIFA Club World Cup, the name is very loud, but unfortunately the competition is very weak, after all, the difference in the strength of clubs between the six continents is too big.
At the same time as the Community Shield ends, the Premier League will also end their final friendly matches, and the league will kick off in a week's time.
Manchester City's players finally had a rare two-day break after a month of training, with Van Basten giving his disciples two days off before the league officially began.
Li Feng didn't plan to go out to thank anything for two days, he planned to stay at home for two days, and by the way, he was interviewed by Stuart Brennan, a columnist for the Manchester Evening News, and a domestic sports weekly.
Brennan has always been helping Li Feng speak, and it can even be said that Brennan is Li Feng's pen in Manchester City, and almost all the news about Li Feng's bad news is Brennan fighting back for Li Feng.
Therefore, some people sarcastically ridiculed Brennan as Li Feng's dogleg, but Brennan didn't seem to care much about this situation, besides, I don't know if I want to be Li Feng's dogleg.
"First of all~~~ Congratulations to Manchester City for successfully defending the Community Shield" The two are also old acquaintances, so there is nothing polite to be polite.
"This is just the beginning~~~" Li Feng smiled.
"Perhaps, when you first joined Manchester City, what you said would have been doubted by countless people, but now, I am sure, no one will doubt your words anymore," Brennan took out the interview recorder.
"Hahaha~~~ They don't dare to doubt it, but when what I say doesn't come true, they will definitely be eager to jump out" Li Feng laughed.
Both of them in Li Feng's mouth know that Li Feng will not take the initiative to cause trouble, but he has offended a lot of people, but Li Feng's achievements are too dazzling now, and others can't do anything about him.
"What do you think last season's title brought to you and your team-mates?" is a topic of conversation about Manchester City's results last season, after all, last season was the best result in City's 100 years.
"Confidence, absolute confidence, we've done something that Manchester City hasn't done in a hundred years, we've surpassed countless predecessors, don't you think, even I, compared to last season, have become more confident."
"Then I have to worry about all the people who like Manchester City, because we all know that you are confident enough, if you continue to be confident, will it become conceited" Although Brennan used a joking tone, it was also a kind reminder to Li Feng.
"This may only be verified by time, after all, I am just a mortal, am I confident or conceited, and the results of Manchester City will speak for themselves" Li Feng does not seem to be serious about this problem, because he knows very well that his strength has stood at the top of the football world, and his advantage is too great compared to others.
'Well, let's talk about the new season, I think the competition for the Premier League this season is definitely a lot more intense than last season, after all, Chelsea and Manchester United have invested a lot in this summer,' Brennan turned to the upcoming season.
"It's definitely a good thing for the fans, and of course I mean neutral fans, but for me personally, I prefer the way I am now, winning against strong opponents, I think it's more rewarding, and when the opponents get stronger, it will push us to improve together."
The more he interviewed, the more Brennan found that Li Feng's self-confidence was not just talking, and after the interview, Brennan couldn't help but recall the first interview, compared with that time, Li Feng had indeed changed a lot.
However, Brennan felt that the word self-confidence was not appropriate, or that "domineering" would be more appropriate.
Seeing Brennan off, Li Feng took Sylvia to a Chinese restaurant, where a few compatriots were waiting for him and had dinner by the way. (To be continued.) )