Manchester United's visit to China brought almost all the main players, but unfortunately, due to objective factors such as injuries and fatigue, the only four remaining veterans of the 1999 treble era did not appear this time, and the other two Champions League winners in the team, Van der Sar and Hargreaves, also watched from the sidelines.

In 1999, Manchester United visited Shanghai after winning the treble, but it was a crippled team that came to China, Beckham did not come because of his honeymoon, and even coach Alex Ferguson came for some reason, and the Shanghai team played against a "second team" brought by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ryan Giggs. This time, Manchester United came to Guangzhou, originally bringing a popular team with almost all the main forces, but unfortunately the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes, and all 6 European champions did not play.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Gary Neville, both of whom have missed the entire Asian tour of the year due to injuries and surgery, both veterans witnessed a miraculous comeback at the Camp Nou, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer coming off the bench to score the winning goal. Neville underwent ankle surgery this summer, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had another knee operation, and both are staying in Europe to rehab for the new season.

Paul Scholes, who did not feature in the Champions League final in the treble (suspended due to yellow card accumulation), travelled to Asia with Manchester United and participated in the team's first two friendlies, but what he didn't expect was that he returned to England early due to an injury in training before the Macau game, missing out on the enthusiastic fans in Guangzhou.

Another "widow" Giggs, who won the triple crown that year, sat on the sidelines and did not play in this game due to fatigue and weather. He simply walked out to midfield with goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar to greet the crowd with the Reds' Premier League trophy before the game, and Van der Sar happened to be one of two players in the United squad who had won the Champions League in addition to the previous four, the other being new signing Hargreaves. During this trip to Asia, Hargreaves watched the whole process because of his injury, and the game was just a little more than an hour before the start of the game.

Maybe it's an accident, maybe it's a coincidence, but the Guangzhou fans at the game site didn't have the opportunity to see the six European champions perform, which can't but be said to be a pity.

In the last game of Manchester United's Asian tour, due to too many goals before, Guangyao was too weak. Ferguson sent a substitute combination of Nani and Martin on the left and right wings, and the protagonist on the wing was naturally joined by Nani for a sky-high transfer fee, after scoring a good goal in the first game. In this game, he scored again.

Guangyao used a dense defense in this game, and once Nani got the ball, there were always 2-3 players around him, but due to the huge gap in individual ability, Nani always seemed to be relaxed when he got the ball. However, it may be due to the fact that the run-in time with the whole team is still too short. His pass was always pinpointed, and one time the back pass was cut off and caused Guangyao to counterattack, and after playing more than 20 minutes in the opening game, he began to choose to break through and shoot on his own.

In the 32nd minute, he received a pass from his teammates, cut into the left rib of the penalty area 15 meters and chose to shoot at a small angle, this time due to insufficient strength, failed to pass the top of goalkeeper Li Shuai. And in the 43rd minute, he finally completed the ideal shot. After winning the ball on the left, he faced three defenders, burst into the box with ease, and fired a left-footed shot into the far corner from a tight angle of 12 meters on the left flank, this time the ball flew over the goalkeeper's head and hit the far post to score. Although the opponent was a little weaker, the creativity and technique involved in this goal were still very high and impressive.

Nani celebrated with his signature somersault after scoring with Shenzhen, but this time he disappointed the enthusiastic fans at the scene, as Ferguson banned him from somersaulting when he was recovering from an ankle injury, so as not to cause a recurrence of the old injury.

With a £17 million transfer to Manchester United, Ferguson is optimistic about Nani's prospects; Second, the example of Ronaldo's successful transfer is put in front. Judging from Nani's first two games, his individual skills are not a problem at all, and when facing close and even multi-person defenses, the ball is very stable and the breakthrough ability is good. But it should also be noted that in these two games, whether on the left or the right, he went to a certain way, and the crosses along this way were basically completed by the full-backs, and he himself chose to shoot inward, he did not have much contact with his teammates, and there were some mistakes in the limited ones.

This situation is very similar to Ronaldo, who just arrived at Manchester United in 03, with excellent personal ability, daring to break through and dare to shoot, but in terms of passing and awareness of the overall situation, it still needs to be cultivated, and now Nani is still a personal hero. Of course, Ferguson can cultivate Ronaldo, and the probability of cultivating Nani is also very high, after all, he is only 20 years old, and the problem in front of Nani now is not to cooperate with the pass, but the fierce physical collision of the Premier League, and his body is a little fragile compared to Ronaldo in 03.

After returning to the UK, Manchester United will play their final warm-up game before the Community Shield after a week of recuperation, against Inter Milan.

The Reds' 3-2 defeat to Inter Milan has led to widespread criticism and Ferguson is desperate to quell media suspicions with his first title of the new season against a mighty Chelsea. Chelsea have been uncharacteristically out of the box this season and haven't been making a big splash in the transfer market, although their main squad remains fairly solid. The two giants have met before the start of the new Premier League season, with both sides looking to get off to a good start with a win.

Although Chelsea won the FA Cup last season and Didier Drogba won the league's Golden Boot, the feat of completing a fourth consecutive Premier League title fell short, and the Ivorian recently said in an interview that he was still saddened by the loss of the league title.

Drogba was in astonishing form last season, scoring incredible goals and eventually winning the Premier League Golden Boot with 20 goals, but unfortunately Chelsea fell short in the race for the league title, eventually losing to Manchester United, and due to injury at the end of the season, Drogba was only announced in the final FA Cup, although his goal ended Manchester United's dream of a double, but the Ivorian was still unrelieved.

Drogba said this in an interview with the News of the World. The defeat to Manchester United will motivate the Chelsea players to do their best to reclaim the league title. "When it was known that Manchester United would keep the trophy for a year. I felt like I was in hell. ”

"When the league is over, I just sit down and think about them celebrating the title, and I feel hurt. It's not just me, it's the feeling of the whole Chelsea team, it's not good, so we have to get it back. "The way last season ended is still etched in my mind. It's unforgettable, we watched the trophy slip away from our hands. After a whole year of hard work, it doesn't belong to us. ”

"Manchester United will keep the trophy until May. It makes me feel even more sad. It would be a great thing to be able to win the league three years in a row, but Manchester United are better than us, from a fair point of view. They did play better. The championship is a matter of course. ”

'In recent months I've been thinking about how to get trophies back and that's what this stronger Chelsea team is aiming for now. Didier Drogba made a declaration that he will miss the Community Shield against Manchester United due to injury, although the league has not yet started and it is unclear who will die.

Of course, Ferguson also has reservations about the Community Shield. The five midfielders Manchester United brought in in in the summer: Jonker, Nani, Anderson, Hargreaves and Tevez due to injuries, labor certifications, transfer disputes and other reasons. The four of them didn't have much training with the team, so the attacking combination of midfield used by Alex Ferguson in the Charity Shield will be part of the early stages of the league.

In fact, Jonker is in good form and can play at all, but against Chelsea, Ferguson chose to put Jonk on the bench.

The 2007/08 English Community Shield was played at the new Wembley Stadium, with last season's Premier League champions Manchester United taking on FA Cup winners Chelsea.

Manchester United have won the Community Shield 15 times, compared to Chelsea's three. Manchester United's squad is all from last season, with only Jonker and Nani on the bench among the new signings, while Hargreaves and Anderson are not in the squad, and compared with last season's main squad, only the injured Paul Scholes and Neville are missing. For Chelsea, captain John Terry suffered a knee injury, Didier Drogba and Andriy Shevchenko were rested and not in the squad, while Joe Cole was a bit of a surprise centre-forward, with Ben Haim and Carvalho partnering at centre-back.

In the 4th minute, A-Cole tried to hit Joe Cole with a long-range shot from 25 meters to the left. In the 18th minute, Rooney's right-footed shot from 30 meters in the middle was blocked by a defender. In the 21st minute, Ronaldo broke through the left side of the backfield at high speed and broke into the left rib of the penalty area and crossed the low flat ball, Ben Haim failed to clear the ball and just rubbed the ball, and the unguarded Giggs at the back point inserted a left-footed shot from 8 meters at high speed, and A-Cole, who was supplementing, struggled to shovel out.

In the 22nd minute, Ryan Giggs crossed from the left, and Carrick cleverly fired a right-footed shot into the bottom left corner from 25 yards, just wide. In the 27th minute, Malouda's free kick from the right side was hoisted into the penalty area, and Essien shook his head 6 meters in front of the goal, and Mikel jumped to the top of the ball at the back post, slightly off the back post. In the 30th minute, Rooney shared the ball, Ronaldo's low cross from the right side passed Cech at the front post, and Silvestre's shovel shot at the back post was only a little short.

In the 31st minute, Malouda fired a low left-footed shot from 25 meters in the middle of a run, and Van der Sar held the ball. In the 32nd minute, Patrice Evra fired a left-footed diagonal shot from 30 meters to the left. In the 33rd minute, Ben Haim brought down Rooney who broke through and received a yellow card. Cristiano Ronaldo's free-kick from 30 yards is blocked by the wall. In the 35th minute, Patrice Evra played a 2-on-1 match with Ronaldo on the left side and crossed the bottom, and Giggs shot a left-footed curling ball near the penalty spot, and the ball flew into the upper right corner, 1-0.

In the 45th minute, A-Cole picked up a pass from the left side of the midfield, Malouda used his speed to shake off Brown, and in the scramble with Ferdinand, he won a high ball and burst into the penalty area, facing Van der Sar, and shot the ball into the far corner with his left foot at a small angle of 8 meters on the left rib. In the third minute of stoppage time, Rooney kicked Cech while Cech was holding the ball, and the referee showed Rooney a yellow card. In the first half, the two sides played to a 1-1 draw.

At the start of the second half, there were no substitutions for either side. In the 50th minute, Patrice Evra burst into the penalty area from the left side with speed and crossed, Ronaldo shook the defender's right rib and shot with his left foot 10 meters away, Cech struggled to block it, Rooney grabbed the ball and passed back, Silvestre inserted a left-footed shot from 12 meters on the left rib, and A-Cole struggled to block it. In the 51st minute, Pizarro replaced Malouda as a center forward.

In the 60th minute, Chelsea made a steal in the middle and Pizarro was assigned to the left. Joe Cole's cross was too poor and Wright-Phillips, who was unguarded at the back post, had no chance to shoot into the empty net. In the 62nd minute, Ryan Giggs crossed from the right. Johnson's header cleared the right post and went off the line. In the 63rd minute, Carvalho tripped Patrice Evra and received a yellow card. Cristiano Ronaldo's 30-yard free-kick from the left is a powerful shot on goal, and Cech gets on top of it.

In the 68th minute, Diarra replaced A-Cole and Nani replaced Sylvester. In the 70th minute, Pizarro's right-footed curling shot from 25 meters went wide. In the 73rd minute, Frank Lampard played a long ball. Wright-Phillips crosses from the right and the United defenders are the first to clear. In the 74th minute, Vidic was pushed down when he was scrambling for the high post of a set-piece in the box. The referee ignored it.

In the 75th minute, Rooney returned a pass from the left rib of the penalty area, and Ronaldo was not prepared enough to stop the ball and gave it directly to the opponent. In the 79th minute, Sidwell replaced Johnson. 81st minute. Joe Cole fired a powerful right-footed shot high from 30 yards. Fletcher then replaces Ryan Giggs. In the 82nd minute, Joe Cole was replaced by Sinclair. In the 83rd minute, Manchester United counterattacked, Ronaldo burst into the penalty area from the left side and shot with his right foot from a small angle of 8 meters on the left rib, and Cech made a timely attack to block the ball. Nani whipped in a corner from the left, Sidwell cleared the ball and Fletcher fired high from distance. In the 91st minute, Mikel received a yellow card for a vicious tackle.

90 minutes to fight. The two sides played out 1-1 and went straight to penalties. Round 1. Pizarro shoots with his right foot into the left centre, and Van der Sar saves. Rio Ferdinand fired a powerful shot into the bottom left corner and Cech pounced in the right direction. Manchester United 1-0. In the second round, Frank Lampard chose the same direction as Pizarro and Van der Sar saved again. Michael Carrick scored safely to make it 2-0. In the third round, Wright-Phillips shot into the upper middle of the road and Van der Sar saved. Wayne Rooney fired into the top left corner to give United a 3-0 penalty shoot-out.

This year's Community Shield final ended with a 4-1 win over Chelsea in the penalty shoot-out, with captain Ryan Giggs once again lifting the trophy and scoring a beautiful goal.

The game was a new challenge for Ryan Giggs, as Ferguson fixed him in a position that he was not unfamiliar with: the midfielder. In previous games, Ryan Giggs also played in such a position, but at that time, he did not stay in the middle all the time, but constantly rotated with Rooney and Ronaldo, often pulling to the side to do the ball, unlike today, he stayed in the middle completely, and the only cross from the side was Manchester United's tactical free kick.

But don't assume that just because Ryan Giggs is in the middle of the pitch doesn't pose much of a threat, the goal is the best proof of that. In the 35th minute, Patrice Evra played a 2-on-1 combination with Cristiano Ronaldo on the left and then crossed the bottom, and Giggs curled a left-footed shot near the penalty spot, and the ball flew into the top right corner to help Manchester United take the lead. The British Press Agency praised it as an expert goal, and Ferguson also said that the ball was very beautiful, and the wonderful thing about this goal was that before Giggs shot, the opposing two players Mikel and Carvalho were basically completely lying in front of him, and the shot was only high, and at this time A-Cole had returned to the right post to guard the right post, Cech stood on the left side of the goal, and the ball flew over the head of A-Cole on the side of the post.

Earlier, Ryan Giggs had another unmarked shot from behind, but that shot was blocked by A. Cole and Petr Cech combined. A good midfielder must not only have good passing ability, but also good back insertion, and Giggs's passing skills and ability to read the game have never been questioned, and a few back row insertions in today's game also proved his talent for shooting.

Playing Ryan Giggs up front can be said to be a move that Ferguson has been planning for a long time. Last season, due to United's shortage of substitutes, Ferguson allowed Ryan Giggs to try a few shots in the middle, but not so often, and Giggs moved more on the pitch on the wing. But this season, with the introduction of Nani, the move of Patrice Evra forward, the promotion of Eagles to the first team and the injury of Park Ji-sung, United have plenty of options at full-back. At this time, letting Ryan Giggs play in the front is a kind of protection for the older Giggs, because the forward midfield is far less labor-saving than the wing-back, and also because Manchester United's current midfield is too young and needs a veteran to control the tempo. Fixing Ryan Giggs in a midfield position is a win-win for United and for him.

Ferguson said after the game: 'It was a tough game, the temperature was part of it and I didn't think either team was at 100 per cent, but I think you should expect it in the Community Shield. Both teams have this game as a litmus test for next week's Premier League opener, but no matter what the game, it's always a joy to win. ”

'A lot of the players were tired but the belief that needed to win got the players into the game and the atmosphere very quickly. I think both goals were brilliant and Malouda's one was very, very good. The one we led was brilliant and Giggs had an incredible shot. ”

The star of the game was of course Van der Sar, who saved three Chelsea penalties in a row in the shoot-out, and Ferguson praised him after the game: "Van der Sar is amazing, he managed to use his experience to bring us the title. ”

After winning the title, Ferguson remained aware that "the result is not very important, I think everyone in this country knows exactly which teams will compete for the title. Arsenal and Liverpool will play an important role this season, perhaps for the better of the game itself.

Ahead of Reading's Premier League opener next week, Ferguson hopes Tevez's transfer will be finalised: "I hope we can have a stronger squad against Reading next week. Jonker, Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson will play in Wednesday's friendlies that will help us, and Tevez will also be involved, and the transfer is almost complete. ”

Meanwhile, the penalty loss to Manchester United was the second defeat in a twelve-yard battle since Cech joined Chelsea, but he was no worse than Van der Sar, who saved three penalties, and arguably the Blues' best performer.

Petr Cech has had extra luck in penalty shoot-outs in the past, winning the European Youth Football Championship for the Czech Under-21s in 2002 and then helping Rennes to the French Cup, both of which came on penalties. However, Petr Cech's ability to save penalties has been overlooked due to his overly steady play in the athletic battles, and goalkeepers such as Dudek and Reina, who often make low-level mistakes, have become popular because of their watches in the 12-yard showdown.

Indeed, Cech was also a good penalty saver, but the Czechs seemed to have lost that magic after arriving at Stamford Bridge, with no penalty saved in last season's Champions League semi-final against Liverpool, while United's Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Wayne Rooney were all on the back burner tonight. Interestingly, although Cech said before the game that he still had to wear a helmet, it was a surprise that he took off his protective gear in the penalty shoot-out, but unfortunately luck didn't go in favor of the Blues.

If you don't count the penalty shoot-out, Cech's watch is heroic. Looking at the post-match stats, Manchester United had six shots on target, while Chelsea had two. The Blues have conceded just one goal, and in addition to the excellent play at the back, it is clear that the credit for Cech cannot be ignored. Although he lost to Van der Sar on penalties, he was undoubtedly better in terms of the first 90 minutes.

Throughout the game, Cech saved the dangerous ball many times, especially in the 21st minute to save Giggs's point-grabbing shot, and in the 50th minute, Ronaldo had already dunked down Akol in the penalty area, but Cech still kept his shot out, these two saves were extremely critical, otherwise the score would have become 3-1, where would it be a penalty shootout.

Jose Mourinho has said that a good goalkeeper can give the team a dozen more points, and Cech is exactly that person. While Petr Cech may lose to some goalkeeper who is better at saving penalties in a winner-or-lose cup game, the incredibly steady Czechs are the favourite of all coaches when it comes to marathon league matches. "We're going to try to win all the titles. But our first goal is to reclaim the Premier League title and win the trophy. That was Petr Cech's bold statement in an interview with 442 magazine, and despite losing the Community Shield, Chelsea will have to rely on his brilliant saves if they are to regain the league title. (To be continued......)