Chapter 444 Good Start

The warm-up match swept the former European champion Inter Milan 3-0, which undoubtedly injected a strong heart into the Manchester City Legion, which is about to compete in the new season of the Champions League. Although Mr. 38 million Aguero is still watching the game, under the organization and connection of Silva, the Blue Moon Legion still showed a strong attack power.

However, Silva, who comes from the winger, is not a handsome talent in the middle of the midfield after all. There is still a lack of the last jigsaw puzzle in the hundreds of millions of men's of the Manchester City Legion, and this person may be the French midfielder king Nasri, who has been following for a long time. According to the news from the Sun today, Manchester City has made a "ultimate offer" to Arsenal for Nasri's transfer, which has reached a huge amount of £22 million. The Sun boldly predicts that Nasri's transfer is likely to be completed within the next 48 hours.

According to an internal official of the Manchester City club, the £22 million offer is the final offer of the Blue Moon Legion. If Arsenal chooses to refuse, the Manchester City people will not raise the offer again. They will choose to wait for a year to get the French midfielder for free next summer. However, according to the insider news of The Sun, Wenger and his think tank are likely to accept this generous offer from Manchester City this time to complete Nasri's transfer as soon as possible. The Sun also revealed that although Nasri's transfer is likely to be completed within this week, the French midfielder will basically not play in Manchester City's Community Shield game against Manchester United this weekend.

With Nasri's support, Blue Moon's lineup can basically be said to be "almost perfect". The team's general Aya Toure issued a warning to Ferguson and his Manchester United. If possible, it is wonderful to score three goals in Wembley (again Manchester United). Of course, the most important thing is not whether I score or who scores, but to announce to the world that Manchester City has returned and must prove its strength in front of Manchester United. Toure continued: "This season's league will be more difficult, but we are not what we used to be. I think this season belongs to Manchester City. We will prove to the world that we have the strength to win the championship. I think Manchester City will become as powerful as Barcelona. As for Aguero, he is a fantastic player, dexterous, smart and extremely fast.

Of course, in addition to stepping up the acquisitions, the cleaning work within Manchester City is also in full swing. Head coach Mancini said that Adebayo, Santa Cruz and Bellamy are all likely to leave the team. Adebayor wants to go to Real Madrid, but if they want, he can leave at any time. We already have four top strikers with different characteristics. Adebayo hopes to play in the game. Of course, I personally support him to go to Real Madrid. However, the Togolese striker's desire to join Real Madrid may be just wishful thinking. Mourinho, the leader of the Galactic Battleship, said that the club has no intention to acquire Adebayo.

As for Wright Jr., who broke out in the recent warm-up match, he has been coveted by the Bolton Club. The Daily Mail said that Bolton coach Owen Kohler wants Little Wright to replace Li Qinglong, who was seriously injured and broke his leg.

Manchester City, the sworn enemy in the same city, has strong reinforcements, while Manchester United has entered the stage of remembering the stars.

Manchester United's legendary goalkeeper Van der Sar's farewell match will be held at the Amsterdam Arena. Van der Sar revealed some details of the farewell match to Manchester United's official website.

The farewell match is divided into three parts. First, Ajax U13 vs. Manchester United U13. Van der Sar's son Joe is ready to represent the Red Devils U13. Then, the 1995 Ajax won the Champions League against the Netherlands in the 1998 World Cup in France, including Davis, Ovimas, Stam and Hasselbaink will participate in the competition; the finale is Ajax vs. Van der Sach's Dream Team, and the coach of the Dream Team is Sir Ferguson. Of course, his Dutch assistant Mullenstin will also assist.

This time, Ferguson led Ferdinand, Vidic, Carrick, Giggs and Li Yu to help the five active Red Devils, the retired Manchester United captain Gary Neville and former Manchester United striker Saha. After the game, Van der Sar will bid a fond farewell to 52,000 fans.

In an interview with Manchester United's official website, Van der Sar said, "I hope it will be a good night. For fans, it is a good opportunity to see many top players, and there are also many promising Ajax players in active service. I have been away from Ajax for 12 years, so I really look forward to going back to see my old friends. Thank them for their support and holding such a farewell match for me, which is the most perfect way to say goodbye. I'm glad that Coach Ferguson, Mullenstings and Manchester United players came to this game. I want to thank Manchester United fans and Manchester United coaching staff for their support over the past six years. I hope it will be long before I can see you again.

Three days later, on August 6th, Manchester United star Scholes' farewell match was held at Old Trafford. Manchester United beat the New York Universe 6-0. Scholes took the lead with a strong shot, and then declined the penalty opportunity. Li Yu hit. Nani and Welbeck each scored one goal, and Diouf scored twice. Scholes's 18-year career officially ended.

Scholes joined the Manchester United youth team in July 1991 and officially transferred to a professional player in January 1993. In September 1994, he played for Manchester United for the first time in the league, scoring twice against Ipswich, but Manchester United still lost 2-3. Scholes made 676 appearances for Manchester United, ranking fourth in history; scoring 150 goals, ranking ninth in the club. In the Champions League final on May 28, 2011, Scholes came on as a substitute in the 77th minute, which was his last official game at Manchester United. Scholes also scored 14 goals in 66 games for the England national team.

In Scholes' 19-year career, he won 10 Premier League titles, 3 FA Cup titles, 2 League Cup titles and 6 Community Shield titles with Manchester United. 4 European championships. He won the Toyota Cup in 1999 and the World Club Cup in 2008.

The players of the two teams lined up before the game, welcoming Scholes and his children to enter, and all the fans applauded warmly. Cantona wore a suit and leather shoes and entered as the coach of the New York Cosmos. Manchester United's former coach Ferguson and CEO David Gill presented him with honorary awards and certificates, and King Pele and former Old Trafford King Cantona also presented him with signature jerseys. Scholes wore the captain's armband to fight. And every time Scholes took the ball, he passed the ball and stole it, which attracted the fans on the sidelines.

6-0, Manchester United will win the warm-up match this summer to the end, boosting the team's confidence before the community shield on Sunday night.

As the war is approaching, Ancelotti said that Carrick and Little Pea will miss the community shield against Manchester City. After Carrick kicked the Van der Sar farewell game, his heel was a little tight, and we were not going to take a risk. Hernandez will still be absent for two to three weeks and should return by the end of August. Considering that he had a concussion many years ago, we must be careful. The good news is that Fletcher and Valencia have returned and participated in training.

In this game, Ancelotti sent 22 players to play. In addition to Scors playing 74 minutes, Li Yu, Nani and Ashley Young playing 62 minutes, the other 18 players played half-court at most, and their physical strength will not affect the community shield against Manchester City on Sunday night. This is the second Manchester derby in the history of Community Shield. The last time it was in October 1956, when it ended with the victory of Manchester United.

Ancelotti deliberately downplayed the community shield before the game. "It's easy to be full of ** to play this type of game. I don't think we will change our principles. I have always regarded the Community Shield as a stepping stone for the first game of the new season. There are two or three players who need a game to further improve their physical condition.

The starting list of Community Shield Manchester United should not change much from this game. There is no suspense about the goalkeeper, two central defenders and left-backs. In the right-back position, Raphael has been starting continuously recently. Community Shield may be closer to the starting role than Fabio. In the two forward positions, Nani and Ashley Young have been in good shape recently. Sit down. There should be no problem with the main force; the variable in the mid-forward position is too big. Because Carrick can't play, Fletcher has just resumed training and may not be in the best state. Under such circumstances, Ancelotti may send a combination of Giggs and Cliveli; there is no suspense for the front line, and Li Yu will definitely start, and because of Hernande Si still needs to rest.

So, who will partner with Li Yu? This really must be noted. Now that there is only a young player, Welbeck, on the front line of Manchester United, will there be any surprises?

In fact, Manchester United has been secretly negotiating a transfer. Of course, this time the protagonist should be locking in the front line. After all, after losing Rooney, Manchester United's front line has become a little thin. In any case, a front line player should be introduced.

According to reliable information, Manchester United has launched a pursuit of Lukaku. Belgium's new Warcraft is a good seedling to upgrade Manchester United's front line in Ancelotti's mind.

The competitors are Chelsea and Arsenal again! The top three in the Premier League can always appear together at any time.

The price offered by Manchester United is not as crazy as when competing for Mata. Like Chelsea's bid, it depends more on the wishes of the players themselves!

Although Dzeko's consecutive goals bring hope for Manchester City's attack power in the new season, the long-range shot of Black Polly with a slightly lucky foot does not hide Mancini's seven strikers with a total value of nearly 200 million pounds of Tevez, Aquiro, Dzeko, Balotli, Adebayo, Bellamy and Santa Cruz. However, it is impossible to run into an effective front line for the team.

The issue of Tevez's leaving is still pending. Adebayor, Bellamy and Santa Cruz, who returned on loan, are not popular with Mancini. They have been training in the youth team all summer, and Balotheli, who has been self-proported to be a center, has been used as a forward in the last two games by Mancini as a striker. At present, he can play as a striker. Zheke, who corrects his name.

According to the Daily Mail, Mancini has made it clear that even if they can't be rented or traded, they will never be included in the next competition. The team list of the season, including the recent depression, changed to the forward-back Balothely (with a weekly salary of 65,000 pounds). The total weekly salary of these four people has reached about 400,000 pounds. Manchester City is equivalent to using two Rooney's salary to waste the team's salary.

In this game, Mancini once again sacrificed Dzeko's single striker formation, but after all, the level of the game is different from that of the opponent a week ago. In the last Manchester City midfielder with a lively performance, this game did not enter the rhythm of the game at all, and most of the time of the first half of Dzeko was wasted on running back and holding the ball.

In the first minute of the first half of stoppage time, Milner passed the ball from the left, and Dzeko took a step after taking the ball in the middle. He volleyed vigorously with his right foot 30 meters away from the goal in front of Vidic. The angle of the ball was not difficult, but formed a rebound near the goal line. De Gea could not respond and let the ball rush from his hand into the net. This shot was Dzeko's first shot in the first half, reflecting his gradually recovered self-confidence and current good competitive state. However, under the absolute disadvantage of 34% to 66% possession, Dzeko's goal more reflects the personal ability of the star than the effective organization of Manchester City's midfield.

In the second half, due to the strong rebound of Manchester United, Manchester City's attack as a whole was compressed, and the midfielder led by Silva could no longer organize an effective attack. In the case that Dzeko urgently needed a forward partner to disperse the pressure for him, what Mancini did was to replace Balotelly with the midfielder Barry, and finally Shanshan came. Late replacement for Adam Johnson, I don't think it's a waste to spend more than 300,000 pounds a week on Bellamy, Santa Cruz and Adebayor.

In the second half of this game, Manchester United sent a defense line composed of Raphael, Evans, Phil Jones and Smarin. However, such a "child defense line" actually trapped the luxurious attack combination of Manchester City people with "diamonds". It can be seen that the problem facing Manchester City's front line now.

According to the Daily Mail, Mancini's luxury has even affected his relationship with the team's CEO Cook.

These three players can't be rented or sold. A high weekly salary is a big obstacle. Bellamy, with a weekly salary of 80,000 pounds, made it clear that "I still have one year left in my contract. If Manchester City considers paying me a year's salary in advance, it will be much more convenient for me to join other teams." Of course, the senior management of Manchester City, who has become smart now, will not be so generous. The more realistic situation is to subsidize the loan team. However, from the transfer of Tevez, the senior management of Manchester City also seems to hate the fact that the teams want to take advantage of themselves and begin to struggle with the issue of money.

Manchester City's ability to get the third place in the Premier League last season depends not on the luxury front line formed by a lot of money, but on the defense of spending a little money. This result of "spend more and contribute less" makes peers laughable. At present, Mancini's practice of "paying leisure" is a little extreme, but it is a necessary move for Manchester City to follow the example of Chelsea in previous years. On the homemade poster played by Manchester United fans in this game, both sides of the Manchester United emblem are surrounded by trophies, but the Manchester City emblem is surrounded by "$", which is obviously a satire of Manchester City's waste of money.

For today's plan, Manchester City's senior management can only suffer a little loss and send away these three strikers and high-paying useless players such as Bridge (100,000 pounds per week) as soon as possible, so as to create a normal competitive environment for the team and let the stars play the power of 1 plus 1 equal to 2.

Today, there are many strengths in the Premier League. Manchester's two heroes have been rubbing their hands in the Charity Shield, and Liverpool are also ready to go after defeating Valencia 2-0.

In London, there are several happy families and some sad. "With all due respect, even if we are the fifth place next season, it will be difficult for us to win it." The resourceful Redknapp has waved a white handkerchief; and the resolute Wenger is still insisting, taking his six-year-old uncrowned Boy Scout, holding his Xiaofa and Nasri, who had already been in the heart of Cao Ying in Han; leaving young Boaz, with a group of mercenaries of the same age as him, carrying the huge pressure of Abu to get out without a crown. Force...

Ancelotti has witnessed many countries, but nothing is more popular than in recent years. First, Chelsea has been maintained for two years, and then to take over Manchester United!

In July, they took the team to North America. This is a piece of land they are familiar with, a relaxed training environment, an exotic warm-up match, and a second confrontation with the Champions League enemy Barcelona. Everything is in order. Manchester United won a complete victory in the warm-up match. In fact, except for a 2-1 victory over Barcelona, Manchester United has won a big victory in other games.

The shortcoming is that Hernandez, the top scorer in the America's Cup, just returned and fell into a concussion during training. The recovery date cannot be expected yet. Manchester United plans to let the little pea rest in August.

After three seasons of patient waiting for the Abu Dhabi Group, Mancini's Manchester City must also produce better results than the FA Cup this season.

They also won three warm-up matches in North America this time, but they were not in good shape at that time, and Balotri also made a juggling farce. After returning to Europe, they chose the second battlefield of the warm-up match in Ireland's Super Cup, with two 3-0 victories, especially the strong Inter Milan in the second game, showing Manchester City's better and better state. In short, although the two teams from Manchester have not traveled around this summer, their preparations are the most targeted and relatively stable.

It feels so good to go home! After traveling to China, Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey and Norway, Liverpool, who returned to their doorstep, finally won a long-lost victory. This summer, they were the busiest club, but the arrival of many newcomers and the absence of the main players did not let them win any impressive battle in the warm-up match. Achievements.

In the first six warm-up games, they conceded three goals in each of the first three games. In the first three games, they even had only one draw and two losses. As a result, defensive issues were put on the agenda.

But the Reds are not really so vulnerable. Just three days later, they returned to Anfield to defeat Valencia, the most powerful opponent in the warm-up match, 2-0. The haze was swept away, and Liverpool, which kept the goal, finally cheered up at the beginning of the season and waited for the new season.

For another strong team, running-in does not seem to be a problem, because so far, only three young players have been introduced to this team called Chelsea. The arrival of the three young players is difficult to make up for the heavy losses of Essien's absence for half a season and Zhirkov's departure. But although Abu is rumored to be interested in Modric, so far, this is still a tug-of-war without sunshine. On this stand alone, Chelsea's summer preparation is far behind the top three in the Northwest. What's more, how can a team that has been old-fashioned last season deal with more fierce opponents this season?

Fortunately, the current team atmosphere is still very stable, and Chelsea also achieved a complete victory in the summer warm-up. They even lost their first goal at the beginning of the last friendly match with Glasgow.