Every year at the beginning of August, the Premier League begins to gear up.

As a precursor to the tournament, the Community Shield has also become a big stage for everyone to observe the preparations for the reigning Premier League champions and the defending FA Cup champions, so this charity event at Wembley Stadium every season is very eye-catching.

This season is significantly worse.

The reason is simple, the Saints have an extra world's number one superstar, Leo Messi!

At a sky-high price of 150 million, after switching from Barcelona to Southampton, Messi has never appeared for the Saints except for the match between China and Tottenham Hotspur after playing 45 minutes.

This has also made the outside world full of speculation, what is going on with Messi?

Although Southampton officials and Messi's agent's father have repeatedly clarified that Messi has no problems, just needs to rest and recover his state, the media does not believe it at all, and fans are full of worries.

Where, exactly, when will Messi play for Southampton?

This has also become the focus of attention of fans all over the world, and even the bookmaker William Hill has offered odds.

Interestingly, the one with the highest odds is the Community Shield!

But as soon as the squad of the two teams was announced, the fans who bet on Messi to appear in the Community Shield were blinded.

In Ancelotti's squad, Messi was never seen at all!

As a result, the media exploded again, and even Ancelotti was unhappy with Messi, and the two were at odds.

In the end, Ancelotti landed in the Premier League again and coached Southampton's first official game, and the outside world also paid considerable attention to see if Ancelotti could continue the glory of the Bielsa period.

Southampton officials also paid enough attention, not to mention Yang Huan's personal appearance, Ron Gurley, Nicolas Cortez and other core executives also gathered at Wembley Stadium, and even Bielsa, the former coach and now the football adviser of the Saints, also appeared in the stands and gave Ancelotti enough support.

Both the Saints and Arsenal played a formation similar to 4231 in this game.

Southampton's lineup is goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, and the backline is Luke Shaw, Aymeric Laporte, Raphael Varane and Danilo.

David Alaba picked up a bit of an injury during the summer training camp and although he has recovered, Luke Shaw has been eye-catching during his recuperation, so Carlo Ancelotti continues to schedule him for this game.

Toni Kroos occupies one of the two midfielders, with Cesc Fabregas his partner, but it is unclear exactly what the division of the two will be.

The four attackers up front, Suarez up front, Hazard and Sanchez on the wings, and Pogba playing in the middle of the four, two, three, one and three.

Di Maria has extended her vacation because of her participation in the Copa America, and she returned to the team late and has not played for the time being.

Arsenal's line-up is also in a four-two-three-team formation, with Petr Cech in goal, Monreal, Koscielny, Mertesacker and Bellerin at the back, and Flamini and Ramsey in midfield.

The front three were Theo Walcott, Mesut Ozil and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and the striker was Gonzalo Higuain.

When Yang Huan was in the stands, got the list of the two sides, glanced at it, and handed it to Bielsa, who was sitting next to him, the Argentine madman immediately shook his head when he saw it.

"Arsenal is out of action in this game!"

Yang Huan also nodded, "The gunman's waist can't stand up, and everything is out of the question!" ”

Ramsey can run, but he is not the material to play at the back, and Flamini is not satisfactory.

"Arsenal's midfield configuration is mainly to play control, once it encounters strong pressing and pressing, it can't turn up immediately, and the entire midfield will be all off, this is a hard injury, no medicine!"

Bielsa sighed regretfully, "I don't understand, this waist has been paralyzed for so many years, why hasn't Wenger thought about changing it?" If you don't strengthen the back this season, the top four will still be hopeless! ”

Last season, Arsenal missed the top four and lost to Manchester United in the league standings, a very important reason was the shortcomings of the midfield position, which led to the team losing points at critical moments.

It's not a question of a season or two, it's an Arsenal problem.

But Arsene Wenger doesn't seem to have thought about adding reinforcements yet.

After the opening, the development of the game was not unexpected.

It's all four, two, three, one, and the tactics are basically the same, and they all adopt front-court pressing tactics after the opening.

The difference is that the Saints' overall defense is more tightly organized, starting from the front to apply pressure to limit the Gunners' offensive organization, and then taking the overall retreat, always maintaining a compact and meticulous tactical formation.

Toni Kroos sits at the back of midfield and is becoming more and more a big man.

Don't look at him, he is not the kind of fierce beast-type defender, but he is commanding, like a needle in the midfield.

Over the past few years, as he has grown and improved at Southampton, he has improved rapidly in terms of positional sense, defensive awareness and skills, and he has also worked well with the two central defenders behind him, Aymeric Laporte and Raphael Varane.

When to press forward, when to return to defense, he has done quite well.

Cesc Fabregas assisted by Toni Kroos, and the two were always focused, and Meng was always on the spot.

In the face of Southampton's tight defence, Arsenal's attack was lacking in effective threat.

Except for Walcott's relatively vigorous performance on the left, the Gunners' entire positional attack was almost completely paralyzed.

Higuain was alone in front, almost isolated.

Not to mention that you can't get the ball, even if you get the ball, you find that you don't have a chance to shoot at all.

Southampton, on the other hand, looked very vigorous after the opening and adjusted their form very well.

From the very beginning of the game, the Saints frequently created threats, especially the attacking line-up of four players in the front field, which put Arsenal under great pressure.

In the thirteenth minute of the game, Arsenal finally paid the price for their frequent mistakes.

The back two midfielders, Flamini and Ramsey, were attracted by Suarez, Eden Hazard and Alexis Sanchez and returned to the box.

Saints left-back Luke Shaw stepped forward and crossed from the left to get the ball into the box, but Gunners defender Mertesacker grabbed the first spot and headed it out.

But when the ball fell to the front of the penalty area, Pogba was unguarded, and a powerful volley penetrated the Arsenal goal and opened the scoring for Southampton!

The French midfielder scored his first goal of the new season for Southampton!

After that, the morale of the saints was like a rainbow, and it seemed like a bamboo.

Arsenal, on the other hand, started to be a little chaotic after conceding the goal.

Walcott on the left flank, when facing Danilo pressing, passed the ball to Ozil, but was tackled by Varane, who suddenly came up.

The French centre-back did not give it to his teammates after breaking the ball, but took two steps forward with the ball himself, and then passed the ball to the front court with a long pass close to the ground.

Suarez blocked Koscielny with his body, picked the ball behind the defence, and then turned and headed straight for goal.

Sanchez shook off Monreal, received the ball and quickly counter-attacked to Arsenal's penalty area, facing Koscielny, a deft one-on-one breakthrough, after shaking off half of his body, picked up a cross in the middle.

Suarez rushed to the edge of the six-yard penalty area, faced the incoming ball, and easily swept the ball into the goal of Cech to make it 2-0!

By this point in the game, it could almost be said that the outcome was decided.

Especially when the game was near the end of the first half, it was Pogba at the edge of the penalty area, after receiving Hazard's cross, a long-range shot was tipped off the crossbar by Cech and won a corner for the Saints.

Toni Kroos took a corner kick, and in the penalty area, Varane coordinated with his teammates in a flexible position, ran out of space, and scored with an easy header when no one was marked, 3-0!

This time, Arsenal's death sentence has been completely announced!

In the first half, the Saints led by three goals, which is indeed too big!

In the stands, the fans of the Saints were excited and cheered.

In the eyes of Yang Huan and others, it is a different taste.

"If Arsenal are in their current form, they don't want to finish in the top four of the league at all!"

Frankly speaking, Yang Huan was really a little disappointed with Arsenal's combat effectiveness.

'yes, the lack of a consistent midfielder in midfield and a lack of attacking powerhouse up front, it's very difficult for a Gunners like that to make a difference in the Premier League. Bielsa also recognized Yang Huan's judgment.

But soon, he added: "I've heard that Arsenal have recently wanted to bring in Bayer Leverkusen's Lars Bender, a player who should be able to improve the Gunners' midfield depth if he joins. ”

"As for the attacking front, Arsene Wenger's Marseille winger Andre Ayew is also quite good."

Yang Huan smiled slightly, Wenger has always been cautious, spending a small amount of money to do big things, and picking the door very much.

However, under his management, Arsenal's overall strength has been maintained well.

After a fifteen-minute break at halftime, the second half resumed.

Southampton were on the back foot after taking a three-goal lead, with Carlo Ancelotti making a series of second-half substitutions, bringing on the likes of Mateo Kovacic, Oscar, Angel Di Maria, Anthony Martial, Harry Kane and Chambers.

Arsenal adjusted the situation in the first half, hoping that the team's performance could improve.

But in fact, after the substitution, the Gunners' performance did not improve, but it could not turn the situation around.

In the final analysis, the overall strength of the pitch still has to speak, Wenger can't solve the team's weak back dilemma, and naturally can't turn the situation around.

In the 75th minute of the second half, Oscar received a pass from Kovacic, a through ball, passed to the back of the Arsenal defense, Martial inserted the anti-offside position successfully, entered the penalty area, received the ball and pushed the shot, once again penetrated Cech's goal, locked the score at 4-0.

It was also the last goal of the game!

Not long after the goal, the referee officially blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Although the Community Shield is not an official Premier League match, the Gunners lost the game with such a humiliating score as the league was about to begin, which undoubtedly cast a shadow over the league.

And Southampton's strength was undoubtedly shown in this game.

When Yang Huan stood up to applaud the team after the game, along with the Saints fans in the audience, he saw Prince William coming from the royal box and coming straight to Yang Huan.

The two people who followed him were Terry Matthews, the mayor of Southampton, and the other was often ridiculed by Yang Huan, the strange mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

The three of them came at the same time, and Yang Huan immediately realized that something might be something.

If it were ordinary trivialities, it wouldn't be able to handle these three.

"Haha, Young Master Huan, congratulations, the saints have won a great victory!" Boris Johnson laughed in his distinctive voice from afar.

In fact, it's better to shout than to say.

This guy is also a loud voice.

"Thank you!" Yang Huan politely shook hands with Boris Johnson.

He has not forgotten that Boris Johnson had delivered him the news in the first place.

However, in the past few years, Yang Huan has also given Boris Johnson benefits, such as the Northumberland plan in north London, which is definitely a glamorous achievement that can not be met for the mayor of London.

"Young Master Huan, let's go to the VIP lounge and sit down?" Prince William invited with a smile.

Yang Huan raised his eyebrows and nodded.

It seems that there is really something!