Chapter 786: The First Championship of the Season

Back in the dressing room, Gobo did not criticize the team's performance in the first half and, of course, did not praise his players.

He just asked the players to continue to strengthen their attack in the second half while paying attention to Manchester United's attack, and use a strong attack to crush their opponents!

The team that wins this game will undoubtedly build strong self-confidence, which will be very good for the team to start the league!

On United's side, Pep Guardiola is boosting the morale of his players.

He kept telling Manchester United's players that their ability is the best in the world, they don't have to be worse than Manchester City, or even better than Manchester City's players, they can dominate in attack, and it is not a wrong choice to play against Manchester City, but can give full play to the team's potential!

When the time comes, as long as Manchester United can score a second goal, they will be able to beat Manchester City in one go!

And Manchester United's players are also very excited under the encouragement of Pep Guardiola, their attack in the first half did repeatedly threaten Manchester City's goal, and they did not fall behind in the attack against Manchester City!

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After the break, there was not much change for either team.

The second half is basically the rhythm of the first half!

The tense battle continues!

In the 48th minute of the game, Casemiro raised his foot too high when defending at the edge of the penalty area, and the referee awarded him a foul and gave Manchester United a free kick opportunity at the edge of the penalty area!

Luka Modric and Pedro stood in front of the ball, both of whom were capable of taking free-kicks, but in completely different ways.

When the referee blew the whistle, Pedro ran towards the ball first, and he made a gesture to hit the goal hard, but when he was about to reach the front of the ball, he slammed to the other side!

Then Modric followed up and curled a shot with his right foot!!

The football went around the Manchester City wall and went straight to the Manchester City goal!

Oblak was quite focused, he picked it in the air, stretched his body, and pulled the ball out of the bottom line with his fingertips!!

Oblak !! He's very focused and explosive! With an arm span of more than two meters, he has a very large range of control and allows him to save the ball off the line!! It was a very nice save!! ”

After Manchester United created a threat, Manchester City quickly completed a very dangerous attack.

In the fifty-first minute of the game, Griezmann took the ball in front of the court and tried to break through!

As a result, he was put to the ground by Thiago!

The referee gave City a free-kick on the right side of the field!

Sanchez pretended to kick the ball, but he stepped on it back when he ran in front of it!

Then David Silva crossed the ball into the middle of the box!

Manchester United centre-back Nicolas Otamendi and Vincent Kompany headed the ball off the line.

However, the referee signalled for United to take a goal kick.

City's players protested, but soon stopped dwelling on the matter.

It's hard to get an accurate penalty when it's too late, and that's all too normal on the football field. Even Manchester City fans didn't pay much attention to it.

And when Manchester United's goal kick was taken, Manchester United quickly advanced to the front!

Luka Modric takes the ball on the edge of the box, straightens it up, and then suddenly cuts inside and volleys with his left foot!

The football hit Umtiti's foot and refracted it!

With a sharp spin, the ball went around Oblak's ten fingertips and flew into the goal behind him!

While the Manchester United fans were cheering, the Manchester City fans were gone.

They remembered the previous decision and thought that the referee's mistake had caused their team to concede a goal.

The Manchester City players on the pitch didn't bother with this problem, they were a little helpless.

The opponent's shot was deflected and scored into the goal.

There was a bit of luck in scoring like this, and they couldn't do anything about it.

On the sidelines, Pep Guardiola raised his arms in celebration, while Gao Bo stood on the sidelines, he pressed down with his hands, signaling the Manchester City players not to worry, there was still time for the game, and then he asked the players to continue to attack and not be afraid to fight against opponents.

In fact, Manchester City, who are one goal behind, must also attack.

In the 66th minute of the game, Sanchez crossed from the left!

De Gea strikes and hits the ball out! However, football is still at the feet of Manchester City.

Antoine Griezmann went straight from outside the box and Hazard was distracted by Hummels when he shot and the ball hit the side-netting.

In the 68th minute of the game, Manchester United's forward free kick was passed into the penalty area, causing a scuffle!

In the scuffle, Little Pea Hernandez scrambled to shoot, and the football flew towards the goal!

Oblak makes another great save!

If it weren't for Oblak's wonderful performance, I'm afraid Manchester City would have conceded a third goal!

However, Manchester City's attack also quickly hit the danger zone of Manchester United!

David Silva crosses half-high from the edge of the box to get around the defence and find Eden Hazard.

As a result, the football was in the hands of Otamendi!

The referee decisively awarded a penalty!

Antoine Griezmann easily converted the penalty to make it 2-2!!

This goal made the game even more intense!

Since there was no overtime in the Community Shield match, the match was tied at 90 minutes, and the two sides decided directly on penalties!

So for the rest of the game, both teams attacked almost with all their might.

And the two goalkeepers became the most dazzling protagonists in the next 20 minutes of the game!

De Gea and Oblak both made good saves!

However, by the end of the 90-minute game, the score was still 2-2.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the fans began to look forward to the thrilling penalty shoot-out.

"Penalty shootout!! The two sides went to a penalty shootout!! ”

The commentators were also very excited!

Penalty shootouts are almost the most exciting part of a football game.

No one can predict the outcome of a penalty shoot-out, unless it is England who will take the penalty.

The first to play was Alexis Sanchez!

Gao Bo chose to let Sanchez come on first to take the penalty.

Alexis Sanchez was calm in the face of De Gea, pushing a ball into the bottom right corner and slotting the ball in.

And Manchester United was the first to come up with Hernandez, a little pea.

Hernandez's penalty was also solid, as he volleyed straight into the top right corner of the net, leaving Oblak helpless.

In the next three rounds, players from both sides scored penalties.

The score of the penalty shootout became four to four!

Fifth round penalty shootout!

Manchester City came on the pitch with David Silva.

David Silva was solid and that was why Gao Bo let him take the final penalty.

Sure enough, he lived up to the expectations of Gao Bo and the Manchester City fans, and scored a penalty safely.

Next, the pressure is all on Manchester United's side!

Pep Guardiola's favourite Thiago stood at the penalty spot, the fifth United player to take a penalty.

Oblak stood in front of the goal line, he didn't make any movement, his eyelids drooped and he looked relaxed!

Thiago starts running!

"Shot !!"

Left!!!

Oblak is out of the house!!

Thiago's shot angle is tricky, but not too powerful!

Oblak made a save, and the ball was saved from the bottom line!

Oblak !!!

Amid the roars of the commentators and the cheers of the City fans in attendance, Oblak raised his arms in the air.

City's players burst into the box.

"Congratulations to Manchester City, they won the penalty shoot-out and won the Community Shield!"