A few days later, the vast majority of the Manchester City players returned to the squad except for the international who played in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in South Africa - and then the entire squad left for the United States to begin their pre-season warm-up trip to the United States.

Manchester City's 2010/2011 pre-season opening game came three days later, in a 5-0 win over Porttrantim at Mello Stadium in Oregon, with David Silva setting up goals from Yang Fan and Bam Adebayor, and substitute Dzeko also netting a goal, but the highlight of the game was Manchester City's new signing James Milner, who netted twice in the game.

Manchester City came to the United States to play a warm-up game, which attracted the attention of the American media, in this country where the enthusiasm for football is very ordinary, the reason why they pay attention to this English football club is naturally not because of football factors, but because of Manchester City's flag star Yang Fan!

In addition to knowing that Yang Fan is a football star, what Americans know about Yang Fan is more because of the emotional scandal about this Chinese star, he is the rumored boyfriend of Emma Roberts, one of the four little 'flowers' in Hollywood, of course, what is more widely circulated now is that the two have broken up, in addition, what makes the gossip fire of the American media even more blazing is that the media suspects that Yang Fan is now in an ambiguous relationship with Ashley Olsen, the sister of the Olsen sisters.

The American media even quickly found evidence, after the match with the 'Portlanders', the paparazzi followed Yang Fan's whereabouts, and sure enough, he was photographed with Ashley Olsen, the two of them entered a luxury hotel together, until the next morning, the Chinese star slipped out of the hotel and left in a hurry, while Ashley Olsen did not leave the hotel until close to noon, in the words of the American entertainment media, Ashley Olsen's eyebrows seemed to be full of one word: 'spring' love 'swing'. Obviously, Yang Fan has been well-watered, and some gossip media have even fabricated stories about Chinese stars using a dozen Durex in one night, and this story has been widely circulated......

In an interview with the media, Yang Fan refused to talk about the 'private' relationship, while Ashley Olsen's sister Elizabeth Olsen emphasized that her sister and Yang Fan were only business partners, and that Yang Fan invested in their own properties, and that they and Yang Fan were just ordinary shareholders. However, apparently this does not explain the fact that the man and woman spent twelve hours alone in the hotel room. Read the full text of the latest chapter

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Four days later, City lost 3-1 to Sporting Lisbon in the second match of their 2010/2011 pre-season warm-up match at the Red Bull Arena in New Jersey. The whole team of Blue Moon played badly in this game, and Yang Fan's performance can only be said to be average, he did not score, however, Silva's goal came from his goal.

After this game, several other Manchester City players finally returned to the team, Argentina international Tevez, Dutch international De Jong, German international Boateng and the two brothers Yaya Toure and Kolo Toure, who were on leave due to business, also officially returned to the team.

This was followed by a 3-3 draw between Thierry Henry's New York Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, in Game 3 of Manchester City's 2010/2011 pre-season fixture. Yang Fan scored twice in the game, and Tevez, who participated in the game for the first time after returning to the team, also scored a goal in the game, although after a holiday, Yang Fan and Tevez, the most terrifying striker partner in the Premier League, are still full of tacit understanding.

After this warm-up game, Manchester City left the United States and began to return to England to prepare for their first official game of the new season, the English Community Shield.

Each season, the Community Shield in England is like the Super Cup of any other league, a pre-season tournament between the league winners of the previous season and the cup winners of the previous season. Because in England, there are two cup competitions being the FA Cup and the English League Cup, and the Community Shield in England specifically refers to last season's Premier League winner against last season's FA Cup winner.

If last season's league winners and FA Cup winners were the same team, it was last season's league champions versus league runners-up.

The Community Shield, formerly known as the Charity Shield, was first held in 1908-1909 to replace the London Magistrates' Charity Shield, which had begun in 1898-1899. The early matches were played in the form of the London Governors' Charity Shield, with the first match being Manchester United (Pro League champions) vs 'female' Park Rangers (amateur Southern League champions), the first game being a 1-1 draw, and the replay won 4-0 for Manchester United, both of which were played at Stamford Bridge.

It was not until 1974 that the FA confirmed that the Charity Shield would be played against the FA Cup champions and that the match was played at Wembley Stadium as the opening match of each season in England's top flight. In addition, it is also pointed out that all the proceeds from the 'gate' ticket of this match are used for charity purposes, and the donation objects are designated by both sides of the competition, which is why this game is called the Charity Shield.

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Interestingly, the Charity Shield also made history with the goalkeeper scoring goals - the 1967 Charity Shield was the first time a goalkeeper scored. The match was played between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at Old Trafford. In the game, the famous 'goalkeeper' of London team Tottenham Hotspur, Pat Jennings, kicked the ball from his own side in the penalty area, and the ball actually flew across the entire stadium and directly into the Manchester United goal. The 'goalkeeper' who was 'humiliated' on United's side at the time was Alex Steppeni, and the match ended 3-3 with both sides winning the Charity Shield.

The rules of the game are now a tiebreaker, with a draw in regular time to score a penalty, but between 1975 and 1993 they were tied for the title, and if the match was tied within 90 minutes, they would jointly win the title and each would retain the Charity Shield trophy for six months. However, after 1993, the penalty shoot-out was reactivated.

The last time Manchester City participated in this cup competition was back in 1973, and since then, they have not been able to participate in this competition, because since then, Manchester City have not been able to win the championship, whether it is a league title or a cup title, it is a luxury for Manchester City!

While City had the opportunity to compete in the competition before 1973, City have only won the Community Shield three times so far. In stark contrast, their city rivals are a regular in the Community Shield, having won the competition 16 times.

This year's Charity Shield is played by Chelsea and Manchester City, Manchester City is the winner of the English FA Cup last season, Chelsea is the Premier League champion last season, if Manchester City and Chelsea 'meet' in the middle of the first half of last season, I believe that the vast majority of people will not hesitate to think that Chelsea will win, and even win is no suspense, from the comparison of the strength and state of the two sides at that time, this is a very normal conclusion.

However, after the second half of the 2009/2010 Premier League season Manchester City's crazy counterattack, everyone dared not say that Chelsea can definitely win Manchester City, you know, Manchester City in the first half of the season in the middle of the rankings, the second half of the season all the way crazy points, actually almost miraculously won the league runner-up, and won the English FA Cup, in the second half of last season, Manchester City drew Manchester United, won Arsenal and Liverpool, and also won Chelsea away, it can be said that in the face of the Premier League's traditional big4, Manchester City has achieved an excellent record of three wins and one draw！

Manchester City's 4-2 win at Chelsea, in particular, was one of last season's most iconic games.

In the situation like last season, Manchester City was able to kill Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, so now the transfer market is recruiting, Manchester City, which is stronger than last season, has risen in strength instead of falling, I am afraid that no one dares to make a sure prediction now!

You must know that Manchester City has made frequent moves in the transfer market this summer, and has won Boateng, Dzeko, David Silva, Kolarov, Yaya Toure and Milner and other strong reinforcements, the strength of the whole team has risen a notch, plus Yang Fan and Tevez and Adebayo, Manchester City's current midfield strength is one of the best in the entire Premier League, that is, when the Premier League defending champion Chelsea faces Manchester City, I am afraid it will be very jealous.

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Therefore, this Community Shield match is also particularly eye-catching, including Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and Liverpool manager Hodgson and others will definitely pay attention to this game, everyone wants to see what is the situation of Manchester City, which is once again recruiting aggressively in the transfer market!

Clearly, defending champions Chelsea are a fitting litmus test for Manchester City.

Manchester City and Chelsea, the clash between the old and the new tycoons, has made people look forward to this Community Shield match, and they want to see which one is more powerful between the Premier League upstarts Manchester City and the new giants Chelsea......

And the rivalry between the old rivals Mancini and Carlo Ancelotti is also particularly eye-catching.

In addition, last season's Premier League Golden Boot competition was very 'fierce', when Yang Fan was injured, Drogba almost established a huge advantage in winning the Golden Boot, but, in the second half of the season, after Yang Fan returned from injury, Drogba finally lost in the competition for the Golden Boot, and the Ivorian elephant's heart was very depressed, and now, after a holiday, Chelsea's first official game is Manchester City, facing Yang Fan again, Drogba must be very fighting to get back a city.

Before the game, the media also built momentum for this game, in a word, the Community Shield, which has always been not taken very seriously, has successfully become the focus of attention this time.