The first game of the new season in Notts County is not the Premier League, but a traditional competition in England, the Community Shield.

Prior to the name change in '02, the tournament was called the Charity Shield, and the match was between the Premier League winner and the FA Cup winner of the previous season.

It's not a big game, but as a warm-up to the start of the Premier League, there are things to be seen.

Notts County qualified for the FA Cup, while Notts County faced Premier League giants Manchester United, who won the Premier League last season.

After David moved to Notts County, several super teams in the Premier League, including Liverpool and Arsenal, and Notts County have already played against each other, and the only one who has not played against each other is Manchester United.

As the defending champion of the Premier League, Manchester United's operation in the transfer market this summer is not satisfactory, at least from the previous warm-up games, Manchester United has lost the sharpest offensive weapon in the past, and the departure of Xiaobei has changed a lot of the Red Devils' offensive system.

At least in David's view, Manchester United is by no means the protagonist this season, and Arsenal ended this season with a terrible unbeaten record, which is also Arsenal's most glorious season.

Of course, this game is not that important, and it is good for the team to sprint for the next Premier League in the Premier League by getting used to the atmosphere of playing against the Premier League teams in advance.

It's more or less a championship, and David doesn't think there are too many championship trophies in the team's honor room.

This game can also be regarded as the first appearance of the two teams in the new season after the summer run-in, so most of the media were present at the press conference before the game.

When asked about his goals for this season, he did not hesitate to take the Premier League title and the Champions League title as if these two trophies were worthy of Manchester United's status as a giant.

If David was on the scene, I am afraid he would be able to stand directly in front of Lord Fu and tell him loudly that these two champions Manchester United are no play!

Indeed, the league was suppressed by Arsenal, and although Manchester United has gone in the Champions League, there is absolutely no place for the Red Devils in the top four, because this season's Champions League is a very famous season in history.

When asked what he thought of the opponent of Notts County, Lord Ferguson smiled unexpectedly weirdly, and then said a word very calmly, and this word completely ignited the scene of the press conference.

Runner-up!

These are the words that come out of the mouth of Lord Fergus.

This runner-up is obviously not the runner-up of the League Cup or the FA Cup, but the runner-up of the Premier League.

Ferguson thinks Notts County can finish runners-up in the Premier League?

Is this a sincere compliment to Notts County or a disparagement of Arsenal from the side?

Obviously, England's top flight has changed from the previous double red club to the current direct collision between the Red Devils and Arsenal Arsenal, and after Liverpool has lost the title competition year by year, the competition between Manchester United and Arsenal for the title has become the main theme of the Premier League.

Over the past seven seasons, the Premier League has been won by these two giants, with Arsenal winning two titles and Manchester United winning the other five.

In such a fierce competition, Ferguson suddenly said that he was obviously not really optimistic about Notts County, but used this means to belittle his biggest opponent Arsenal!

The reporters were all excited, originally thinking that there would be no interesting news about an inconsequential Community Shield, but they didn't expect that Ferguson, an old Scottish man, was not willing to be lonely at all!

"Do you think Notts County are better than Liverpool and Newcastle, or even better than Arsenal, a serious contender for the Premier League title?" A reporter asked excitedly, and this question also represents the question of all reporters.

Ferguson nodded with a smile and said with a serious face: "That's right, in my opinion, Notts County's strength is very strong, if they are given a few more seasons, they may have the strength to win the championship directly, but this season, Manchester United can still suppress them to win the championship." As for teams such as Arsenal, they should not be opponents of Notts County, after all, Notts County have already won the UEFA Cup for England in League One. On top of that, if I'm not mistaken, Notts County have already eliminated Arsenal in the League Cup when they were in League Two, doesn't that tell the story? ”

The reporters suddenly remembered that Ferguson was really not untargeted, but real.

The reason why Notts County was able to participate in last season's League Cup as an English League One club was precisely because they won the English League Cup in League Two last season, and on the way to winning the championship, they unexpectedly eliminated Arsenal, which was a shocking upset that shocked England!

The story of Notts County and Arsenal is not over, although Ferguson did not say, maybe he forgot, maybe he didn't know at all, but the reporters remember very well that in the FA Cup quarterfinals last season, Notts County once again stubbornly defeated Arsenal, and finally lifted the FA Cup trophy.

Speaking of which, Notts County have won two consecutive victories against Arsenal.

The reporters looked at each other, and they had been ignoring it before, but the facts are in front of them, and Notts County is really a bit of an arsenal nemesis!

But the FA Cup and the Premier League are completely two different concepts, okay, even if Notts County eliminated Arsenal in the Cup, does that mean that Notts County can also suppress Arsenal casually in the Premier League?

It's kind of!

No, that's!

Not to mention the surprise of a single knockout game, Arsenal's commitment to the two cup games alone is enough for Arsenal to have something to say.

Obviously, Ferguson, a stubborn old man, is using this way to belittle the opponent and make Arsenal uncomfortable, but the question is, does this method really work?

Anyway, with Ferguson present, Loew, a junior, has no sense of existence at all, listening to Lord Fold talking eloquently, Loew can't cry or laugh, obviously it is the first time to understand the power of Ferguson's mouth.

'Manchester United are strong and we will do everything we can to win this game, but whatever the result is, I think it will be a valuable experience for the players because they are still young!' This formulaic speech was the only sentence Loew said at the press conference, but it was still considered by the media to be Loew's lack of confidence and did not dare to argue with Manchester United, which really made him helpless for a while. (To be continued.) )