"League winners Manchester United and FA Cup winners Portsmouth will start the Community Shield tonight at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff) Although this is the first time since 1996 that a team from outside the traditional semi-finals has competed, Portsmouth and Redknapp are by no means unfamiliar names to Manchester United. To read the latest chapters of the book, please search] "Sports news is playing on TV, and this is a report on the upcoming Charity Shield match tonight.

In Bars large and small in Manchester, Manchester United fans are also talking about the upcoming Charity Shield game, discussing the story of Manchester United and Portsmouth.

The two teams played a battle in the sixth round of the FA Cup last season, but Manchester United were unable to break the net while dominating the whole game, but suffered a sneak attack by Portsmouth before the end, Kuzzak abandoned the goal to pull down Barros, and the referee awarded a penalty in the last minute, at this time Ghanaian star Muntari, who had transferred to Inter Milan, took the penalty to 1-0! They also eliminated Manchester United and qualified for the next round of the FA Cup.

Portsmouth then went on to win the FA Cup thanks to a goal from Canou in the final, while Manchester United escaped the pain of third-tier battle after the FA Cup defeat and eventually won both the league and the Champions League.

Even in terms of a certain number of factors, Manchester United had the option to 'give up' the FA Cup. Of course, being eliminated by Portsmouth, an unconventional giant, still makes many Manchester United players very unhappy.

"Not long after the operation, although Cristiano Ronaldo has made a good recovery, the Portuguese who was imposing last season will not be able to play this game. Joining him on the injury list is partner Wayne Rooney, with the England international being hit by the flu while in Thailand. [To read the latest chapter of this book, please search] Therefore, Rooney will be absent from today's game. In addition, Hargreaves, Carrick and Nani will also be sidelined due to injury. ”

"Manchester United are the most successful club in English football to win the Community (Charity) Shield 16 times, and the first time to do so was exactly 100 years ago, when they swept away 4-0 in a replay after a 1-1 draw with Southern League champions Queens Park Rovers in their opening game. Last year's Community Shield was won by Manchester United, who beat Chelsea 3-0.

Portsmouth won the Community Shield for the second time in their history, and in 1949 they won the league and drew FA Cup winners Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 1-1 draw that was shared between the two sides. In the new season, although the "Pompey Army" let go of Ghanaian midfielder Muntari, they signed Crouch from Liverpool, and the new season of "pure England striker" formed by him and Defoe is very worthy of everyone's expectations. In tonight's game, the quality of the two will determine the outcome of the game. ”

Of course, the big thing to watch for Manchester United is that their £35 million man will likely feature in this game, and the Chinese goalkeeper has been an amazing goalkeeper in United's previous warm-up games. ”

In fact, the Charity Shield game has not been so important, when the Premier League was popular all over the world, the Charity Shield was also the English League Super Cup, but the attention of this game has not been high.

However, this game seems to be different, although Manchester United are playing against Portsmouth, which is not a big club, but it is particularly eye-catching. It has even attracted the attention of countries outside the UK, and China is one of them.

In this game, if Yang Fan can play, it will be Yang Fan's first game for Manchester United. This made Chinese fans look forward to this game even more. It's just that CCTV doesn't have the rights to broadcast the Premier League, let alone the Charity Shield, so if Chinese fans want to watch this game, they can only use the guò network. It was their only chance to see Yang Fan's debut at Manchester United.

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The bus slowly headed in the direction of the Millennium Stadium, Yang Fan sat in the car, but he was a little depressed.

Yang Fan was not in the starting line-up for today's game.

This is not to say that Ferguson does not pay attention to him, but because, during the routine physical examination before the game, Yang Fan was found to have some soreness in his muscles, and after the team doctor's examination, he said that although the problem is not big, he should be careful. If you get injured again, it can be a big problem.

Therefore, for the sake of prudence, Ferguson still decided to put Yang Fan on the bench. This also made countless Manchester United fans and Yang Fan's fans who were looking forward to this game a little disappointed.

Chinese fans, in particular, are willing to stay in front of their computers and watch such a Charity Shield match on the Internet, and they will also have to endure the torment of network delays. Isn't it just to watch Yang Fan's performance in this game, and to see Yang Fanzi's debut for Manchester United?!

Therefore, knowing that Yang Fan will sit on the bench after the start of the game, Chinese fans are a little disappointed.

Some Chinese fans who are not Manchester United fans, but only Yang Fan's fans, even maliciously thought that it would be better to be unfavorable to Manchester United after the half-time, so that Yang Fan might play. They are here for Yang Fan, just to watch Yang Fan's game, as for the performance of the Manchester United team, they really don't care too much.

Don't say it, it's really unfortunate to be said by these fans.

At the end of the first half, the score was 0-1 and United were 1-0 down! Portsmouth, nicknamed 'Pompeii', got off to a dream start when Crouch opened the scoring with a header.

Manchester United got off to a nightmare start and then went on to try for an equaliser, even laying siege to Portsmouth's goal on the pitch. However, the goal was delayed.

At the end of the first half, 2007/2008 Premier League winners Manchester United were 1-0 behind FA Cup winners Portsmouth.

After the start of the second half of the game, the camera repeatedly found Yang Fan on the bench, and when the Manchester United team's attack on the field was not smooth, the camera looked for Yang Fan more frequently.

Obviously, even the director was telling the fans in this way that Manchester United's most fearsome attacking weapon was not on the pitch, but he was sitting on the bench on the sidelines.

Finally, the game was 61 minutes into play, and the score remained unchanged as Manchester United were still 1-0 down to Portsmouth. Ferguson couldn't sit still, and he let assistant coach Mick. Fei Lan went to call Yang Fan to warm up.

Originally, according to Ferguson's assumption, if the Manchester United team had played smoothly and locked the win early, he would not have let Yang Fan play with a minor injury, but the current situation forced Ferguson to let Yang Fan play.

Manchester United's attack looked dangerous with a thunderbolt and a small drop, but there weren't many attacks that could really threaten Portsmouth's goal.

Replaced by Yang Fan, this has become an inevitable choice.