The second game of the International Cup is Manchester United vs. Manchester City.

This game is quite interesting, such as Mourinho and Pep Guardiola playing each other again since La Liga; Ibrahimovic's conflict with Pep Guardiola; Shen Peng and Pep Guardiola came to the Premier League at the same time after the Bundesliga......

However, in the end, due to the venue, the two sides canceled the game.

In this regard, Shen Peng was also very helpless, the game was originally held at his own doorstep, and many domestic fans bought tickets to watch the scene in order to support him, but the two club teams had high requirements for turf, and the quality of the turf on the scene did not meet the requirements.

Mourinho also explained to Shen Peng that if the turf is too poor, there will be hidden dangers to the safety of the players, and he doesn't want any player to have something happen to the venue before the official start of the league, and Shen Peng also understands this.

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Failed to play at home, but in a friendly match on the 31st, Shen Peng helped the team beat Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League 5-1 at home, and the team that had only been abused by Shen Peng in the Champions League suffered in this game - of course, it was caused by Shen Peng.

Shen Peng was very active in the game, often breaking through with the ball on the left flank, causing a lot of problems for the opposition defence, and three of United's five goals were directly related to him: he brought two assists and one goal.

Of course, he also made a few mistakes, but after the previous game, Mourinho strengthened the defense on Shen Peng's side, so Shen Peng's mistakes were resolved by his teammates behind him, of course, this mistake is not worth mentioning compared to those three goals.

After the game, Shen Peng's wonderful performance also attracted a lot of media attention.

"The man is back!"

"Two assists and one goal, Shen Peng is perfectly integrated into Manchester United!"

"Manchester United didn't sign players this summer, they signed trophies!"

However, there are also many people who oppose it, thinking that it is still unknown whether Shen Peng has adapted to the Premier League now, and the opponent is just a Turkish Super League team, which cannot explain anything at all.

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On 3 August, Manchester United host Everton.

It's still a friendly match, but against a team from the same Premier League, so you can get a rough assessment of the team's actual fighting power.

Then ninety minutes later, the result of the game was 0-0.

Although Everton finished 11th in the league in the first two seasons, they have been hovering between five and eight in the league before, which can be regarded as a Premier League powerhouse.

They also played very seriously in this game, successfully defended Manchester United's attack, and also let Shen Peng see that "there is no weak team in the Premier League".

Although in recent years, due to the performance in the Champions League, compared with La Liga and the German Bundesliga, the Premier League has gradually had the taste of "rookies pecking at each other", but due to interests, the Premier League teams are quite serious when they play in the league, and it is not uncommon for the team at the top of the table to be defeated by the team at the bottom of the rankings, so every game cannot be taken lightly.

For example, in last year's Premier League, it was Leicester City that no one expected to win the championship, they were ten points ahead of second-place Arsenal, and they also became the sixth champion team in the English Premier League after Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester City, and Blackburn.

You know, before the 13-14 season, they were still a Championship team, and after being promoted to the Premier League in the 14-15 season, they ranked 14th, and they were relegated successfully, and in the blink of an eye, they created a miracle of winning the Championship in the 15-16 season.

However, after experiencing the miracle of Bochum winning the title just after being promoted to the Bundesliga, people are much more accepting of Leicester's results.

After this game, various media naturally had to analyze it again, many thought that Shen Peng showed his original form in the face of the Premier League team, and some people thought that this was just a friendly match, and Shen Peng should be given more opportunities......

On 7 August, Manchester United finally had their first official game of the season.

They will play Leicester City in a Community Shield match at Wembley Stadium.

The Community Shield is held between the FA Cup winner and the Premier League winner, with the latter being runners-up if a team wins both the FA Cup and the Premier League, which is a competition similar to the Super Cup.

Manchester United are taking this game very seriously as a team, and with a new manager and strong new signings like Shen Peng in place this season, a win at the start of the season can go a long way in boosting morale and give the team a good start to the league.

Although the opponents were league champions last season, after they won the championship, many of the players have risen in value, and many have left the team to join other big clubs, even if they have brought in some players, but in general, they are a little weaker than last year.

Of course, United will not take it lightly, and Leicester City's top scorer Vardy, who scored 24 goals last season, has retained, and he is better than the Premier League Golden Boot Harry? Kane is just one goal away from saying what he can do.

Leicester City attacked with the momentum of last season's league champions as soon as the game began, with their twin strikers Jamie Vardy and Shinji Okazaki roaming around the United penalty area in search of opportunities.

However, Mourinho has paid attention to defense, and he focused on taking care of these two championship goalscorers before the game, so after a fight, Vardy and Shinji Okazaki have little chance under Manchester United's defense.

On the contrary, United's two new signings this season, Shen Peng and Ibrahimovic, have shown two eyes.

Shen Peng was on the left side, not only successfully stopping Leicester City's attack on the right side, but also breaking through many times, and each time he was able to roll up a wave of chickens and dogs in Leicester City's defense; Ibrahimovic as a center forward, although he is old, his physical fitness has not faded much, coupled with rich experience and keen sense of smell, as well as the height of 1.95 meters, it has put huge pressure on Leicester City's defense.

In the thirtieth minute, Shen Peng was about to break through when he faced Leicester City's two-man attack on the left side.

The two of them did not slack off, one immediately stopped, and the other was staring at the ball, as long as Shen Peng planned to break through, he would rush up and destroy the ball as soon as possible.

But in the next moment, the two were stunned, because Shen Peng's breakthrough was just a feint, and when he was about to break through, he suddenly got up and passed the ball to Rooney in the middle!

After receiving the ball, Rooney saw the opportunity and stuffed it straight, and the ball rolled directly to the feet of Ibrahimovic, who did not hesitate to shoot with his feet, and the ball rolled directly into the goal.

The two defenders who defended Shen Peng glanced at each other helplessly, they had tried their best to defend, but they still didn't prevent it, not only that, the two of them came to defend Shen Peng, which led to more openings in other places, this ball was scored by Shen Peng who saw the flaw in their defense and scored with an accurate pass.