Chapter 834: Debut Show

"The players are ready for the 2014 English Community Shield, which will take place against league champions Southampton and FA Cup champions Arsenal!"

Amid the cheers of the on-site commentators, the opposing sides have already set up positions on the pitch.

"Judging from the starting line-ups, both sides gave their best."

"As a London team, Arsenal played a four-three-two-one game in this game, with Szczesny in goal, and Gibbs, Koscielny, Mertesacker and Juanfran who just switched from Atletico Madrid this season.

"Arsene Wenger is very happy with the right-back, and judging from the pre-season International Champions Cup, the arrival of Juanfran has really improved Arsenal's defence, especially on the right side."

'There are still three players in midfield, Wilshere, Mikel Arteta and Aaron Ramsey, and up front, a combination of Cazorla, Higuain and Mesut Ozil, which was Arsenal's strongest squad last season.

'Judging from the pre-season International Champions Cup, Arsenal performed quite well, and Arsene Wenger also said in an interview that the Gunners showed quite good competitive form in the summer preparation, and he is personally very satisfied.

'Relative to Arsenal's excellent form, Southampton's pre-season campaign was a bit of a disappointment.

'Bielsa's side have not performed well in the International Champions Cup, with many believing this is due to the absence of a main squad, but many believe that the transfers of Luka Modric, James Rodriguez and Xavi Martinez have weakened the Saints' control in central midfield.

"Bielsa still adopts a four-three-three tactic in this game, the goalkeeper is Manuel Neuer, the backline is Luke Shaw, Laporte, Varane and Danilo, David Alaba suffered a slight injury in the warm-up game and is temporarily rested."

'The three midfielders are a combination of Paul Pogba, Toni Kroos and Cesc Fabregas, which is also very surprising, and Di Maria, who has just moved from Real Madrid this season, has even been placed in the squad by Bielsa.

"Among them, Cesc Fabregas used to be the captain of Arsenal, and no one thought that after returning to the Premier League, Fabregas's first game was against Arsenal, so we can see that there are many Gunners fans who are booing him in the stands."

"The front three are Eden Hazard, Suarez and Sanchez, which is the least controversial!"

'Judging from the starting line-up of the Saints, Bielsa is still in the process of tweaking the squad, especially in midfield, based on previous games and training, and the news we have received, Bielsa is still the most important player of Toni Kroos, and if there is a need to strengthen the defence, it will be Matic.

"However, the other two players in the midfield, Di Maria, Paul Pogba, Cesc Fabregas, Oscar and Mateo Kovacic, all have chances, and the veteran Kaka can also play a role in many key moments, and Bielsa's hand can be described as quite luxurious, depending on how he arranges."

With a crisp whistle from the referee, the audience cheered, and the game officially kicked off.

"It was Arsenal who served first, and Arsene Wenger kept making a press motion on the sidelines, and it was clear that the Gunners were going to be the first to attack."

"In the past, Southampton's attacking after the opening game has always been a weapon to defeat the enemy, so taking the lead after the opening may be able to disrupt Southampton's rhythm, and after Xavi Martinez moved to Bayern Munich, Southampton's two central defenders have not been consistent enough."

"So, Arsene Wenger is attacking at this time, maybe he just wants to get a chance to score."

However, Arsenal's first attack failed to reach Southampton's penalty area.

Mesut Ozil tried to get a pass to Higuain, but the ball was intercepted by Raphael Varane on the edge of the box, breaking the touchline.

"This is Raphael Varane, who after the departure of Xavi Martinez, is seen as the core of the Saints backline for the next decade, who has been quite eye-catching in the World Cup, who has just destroyed an attack of the opposition, and who is now organising the defence, commanding and having the style of a general."

"In this game, he was partnered with the French centre-back Laporte, who is only 20 years old now, with his left foot, which is also very important to Bielsa, and he once said that the left central defender is good with the left foot, and the right central defender is the right foot, which is conducive to his system of playing the ball at the back."

Arsenal's second attack still didn't work.

Once the throw-in was delivered, Mesut Ozil cut down the middle and right-back Juanfran quickly stepped inside.

However, Southampton's left-back, teenager Luke Shaw quickly followed, tangled up Juanfran on the left side of the penalty area, forcing Juanfran to accidentally go wide and the ball went off the line.

For Luke Shaw's solid defense this time, the Saints fans at the scene responded with warm applause.

It's clear that Saints fans also have high hopes for the homegrown youngster.

'It's another Saints academy youngster, 19-year-old left-back Luke Shaw, solid defensively, goal kick.

Arsenal's tactics were to attack after the opening, so Southampton's goal kick soon fell to the Gunners' feet and the attack soon returned.

It can be seen that Arsene Wenger has played very shrewdly and very resolutely, which is to play the soft underbelly between your left centre-back and left wing-back after the departure of Xavi Martinez.

Who told you that the left centre-back is Aymeric Laporte and the left wing-back is Luke Shaw, both young players?

But Arsenal are also smart in attack, not the kind of straight attack, and that's not Ozil's style.

The Gunners' two flanks up front, Cazorla and Mesut Ozil, are both more central and free to move the flanks out, while also mobilising Southampton's defence for the full-backs to exploit.

The first shot was just a trial, and soon, Arsenal did it again.

Still on the right, it was still Mesut Ozil who won the ball in the ribs, drew Luke Shaw out of position, cut inside and then passed back to Ramsey, who crossed diagonally to the wing and Juanfran quickly cut in a cross.

Fortunately, in the penalty area, Laporte grabbed the first landing point very steadily, and the header pushed the ball out to resolve a crisis.

"Arsenal's offensive is getting more and more effective, just the first shot is just a test, the second time is real, directly into the penalty area, it seems that the Gunners' style of play has also been rehearsed."

Bielsa on the sidelines also saw it, got up from the ground, shouted a few times at the players on the field, and made some gestures, what exactly it meant, I'm afraid only the players in Southampton know.

But the result on the pitch was that Southampton's formation was retracted.

Both Paul Pogba and Cesc Fabregas retreated to the 30-metre zone and even rushed to the edge of the penalty area.

But Arsenal's attack after the opening was impressive, and the coordination was quite smooth.

It was another time for Mesut Ozil to pick up the ball on the right flank, and after finding Aaron Ramsey, he crossed to Cazorla.

The Spaniard hit the ball straight at goal, only to find the ball on Raphael Varane, who was followed by Wilshere who wanted to play again, but was blocked by Toni Kroos in time to defuse the crisis.

"Arsenal were very resolute in attacking after the opening, invested a lot of troops, and played quite threatening in attack, but they were a little less lucky, especially in the front of the big penalty area, so they should be more patient."

After several successive attacks were frustrated, Arsenal also adjusted, starting to try to take the ball in front of the penalty area and pass into the box, taking advantage of Higuain's excellent scorer.

But the first pass was big, and it was confiscated by Neuer's direct attack.

The second time, Higuain clearly didn't appreciate Cazorla's passing intentions and ran past, while Varane intercepted the ball.

I saw that the French central defender was very calm after holding the ball, glanced ahead, passed the ball with one foot on the ground, and passed the ball forward.

Sanchez received the ball and was interfered with by Gibbs, who counter-attacked on the spot, and crossed to Cesc Fabregas in the middle.

The latter faces the direction of the Arsenal goal, faces the incoming ball, stops and pushes.

The ball was seen almost in a straight line, through the gap between Arsenal's two centre-backs who pressed into the arc of the centre circle.

And Suarez, who has been waiting for an opportunity, is like a cheetah, quickly passing by the two of them, chasing the ball as fast as possible.

At this time, in front of him, there were no more defenders, and only one goalkeeper, Szczesny, was left.

"Single knife! Suarez! The on-site narrator shouted in surprise.

The emotions of all the fans in the stadium were also mobilized.

Sortie!

It was a decision made by Szczesny.

He wants to compete with Suarez for speed, and he will see who can touch the ball faster.

Because he knows very well that as long as Suarez receives the ball, it is almost impossible for him to block such a single knife.

But it turns out that even if he attacks, he still can't stop it.

Suarez doesn't have the speed of a gallop, but he's not slow either, and he's very calm.

Seeing that Szczesny was attacking, he decisively grabbed ahead of Szczesny and poked the ball with his foot.

This stab just made the attacking Szczesny pounce.

Suarez, on the other hand, was nimble enough to bypass Szczesny, then caught up with the ball again and easily pushed the empty goal!

“…… Suarez...... goalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!! ”

"In the sixteenth minute, in the sixteenth minute, Southampton was scored by Suarez!"

"It was a brilliant counterattack!"

"A one-on-one goal from Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez!"

"It was none other than Southampton's new signing, former Arsenal captain, Cesc Fabregas, who delivered this wonderful, scalpel-like through ball for him!"

"It's so beautiful, Southampton tore the Gunners open the net with a sharp counter-attack!"

"Who would have thought? Who would have thought? It was not Arsenal who scored the first goal! ”

"That's the most fascinating thing about football, it always surprises you when you don't expect it!"

The Saints fans at the scene were crazy!

Nearly every Saints fan rushed out of their seats and shouted over there.

Suarez rushed out of the stadium in one breath and rushed to the stands of the Saints fans, listening to the cheers that poured from the stands, he should have heard all the fans chanting him.

"Fabregas's pass is quite beautiful, the route and strength are just right, Suarez is very comfortable, and from this pass, it is not difficult for us to see Fabregas's passing skills."

"1-0, Southampton take the lead for the time being!"

"Cesc Fabregas's debut, in his first official game with the Saints, opened the door for Southampton with a precise pass, and also made a dream start to his Saints career!"

'We saw that Cesc Fabregas didn't celebrate as much as his team-mates after setting up Suarez's goal, and he was clearly taking into account the feelings of the Arsenal fans, which shows that he still has a lot of affection for the Gunners.

'Now the pressure of the game is on Arsenal.

'Will Arsene Wenger make changes to his team's tactics?'