With a hearty 5-0 win from Slovakia, Liverpool can start preparing for the first league game against Chelsea.

Prior to the start of the league season, last season's league champions Manchester United and last season's FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur played the Community Shield.

In the eyes of the media, this Community Shield is a test of whether the two teams that were the best performers last season have suffered their form after losing their respective number one stars.

Needless to say, Tottenham's departure is undoubtedly a heavy blow to them. Manchester United have also lost two big stars, David Beckham and Veron. Although both teams have made some additions in the transfer market, in the eyes of the media, their strength will inevitably be discounted to a certain extent.

In the end, the game ended with a one-sided 3-0 win for Manchester United.

Tottenham, who had a spectacular and attacking side last season, were nothing good in this game and couldn't find a way to tear down Manchester United's defence.

You must know that they had Chen Xi last season, but they maintained an unbeaten record of two wins and one draw against Manchester United in the league and cup. The difference in strength between the two teams has become so big this season that the media and Tottenham fans can't help but lament the importance of Chen Xi to the team.

After the game, the stubborn Hoddle also had to admit that losing Chen Xi was a nightmare for his team, as his team's attacking system had to be reintegrated. Well, if he had a so-called offensive system.

The Charity Shield match also heralded the resumption of the Premier League after a three-month hiatus.

The news got the men in England excited because their favorite team was starting to play. But their wives started crying because their husbands would become football freaks and cold names overnight. After 9 long months, the passion of the weekend no longer belongs to the comfortable and spacious double bed, and the enthusiasm of the men is completely integrated into the noisy stadium or the cold TV, just like Ronaldo's famous declaration after the World Cup final: Football is more wonderful than last name love!

No, before the start of the season, a British research company Teletextsport released the results of a poll on football and surnames after a random survey of 1,000 fans with male surnames: the Premier League has greatly rewritten the habits of British people in sex. More than 10% of survey respondents proudly declared that they would choose to support their beloved team over having ~ sex with their beloved woman over the Premier League weekend. Promoted Wolves fans who have never been in the Premier League are the craziest, with 40% of them living in a small town near Birmingham announcing that they would rather watch a game on match day than **, the highest percentage of Premier League fans. This is obviously a disaster for the women around them.

In addition, the site has compiled a statistic that an average Premier League fan spends 76 hours per month and 681 hours per season watching matches, news and highlights, as well as discussing game-related content, which means two and a half hours a day spent on football. Twenty-five percent of men are more outspoken: they prefer to watch a game than to spend time with their families. It can be seen that the Premier League affects not only the surname, but also the love.

More than a third of Wolves fans with the male surname admit that their girlfriends or wives are resentful of the time they spend on football, but for the sake of football, men can only make women choose to cry.

No way, football is such a crazy sport! ――

There is no doubt that among the ten matchups in the first round of the new season, the red and blue battle between Liverpool and Chelsea is definitely the most eye-catching!

After being backed by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, it seems that there is only one winner in the European transfer market this season. People are very much looking forward to seeing how this luxury division will perform when the Premier League reopens today.

However, Chelsea's Italy boss Claudio Ranieri is flawed and even lacks self-confidence, and in his opinion, anyone who believes Chelsea can win the league title is foolish.

Claudio Ranieri has always believed that even though Chelsea's current strength is much better than last season, the time these superstars have spent together is too short. He said: 'Only those stupid people would believe that Chelsea could win the title. Smart fans know that there are three stronger teams in the league: Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool, and we are only just getting started. There's a big gap between us compared to the teams in front of us. Of course, we also want to win the championship and we have ambitions, but they are already too far ahead of us. ”

Indeed, while the Russian billionaires have spent huge sums of money to revamp Chelsea, there really hasn't been much time for the team that has Duff, Crespo, Makellele, Mutu, Bridge, Veron and Joe Cole. Ranieri knows this very clearly, "How long has Ferguson been with his team? 17 years! We can't compare to a team like that. The 28-year-old, 29-year-old players are more important and we are trying to build a team as strong as Manchester United and that is the most important thing. ”

Many believe that if Ranieri fails to get a good start to the league season, he could be the first manager to be sacked in the Premier League. However, the Italian is not particularly concerned, and he seems to be more focused on the future development of the team. "I'm an optimistic person, everybody knows they're going to die sooner or later, but they don't think about it every day," he said. That's life. If I were a gambler, then I would never buy Ranieri to be the first to be fired, because I would not be the first to be fired. Frankly I don't know exactly what made the team change, but now I'm very proud. Compared to last summer, when I didn't have any money, this summer was just perfect. ”

As well as Ranieri himself not believing Chelsea can win the title this season, a spokesman for Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich agreed, saying: "Abramovich just wants to have some fun and he wants the team to win, but that doesn't mean he will abandon them if the team doesn't win the title." It's clear that we're not at the point where we're going to win anything, maybe two years, maybe four years, it's going to take time. ”

Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez, Chelsea's first opponent of the new season, has been very lenient with this formidable opponent, saying: "Every manager wants to be in charge of a team like this, but if you spend too much time paying attention to what other people say about you, you will live a very unhappy life. I think now we have a strong team and I believe in our quality. Maybe we're not as rich as other teams, but I wouldn't envy others for that. I'm looking forward to the competitive Premier League. In terms of fairness, Ranieri has done a good job and he will continue to do so. ”

Benitez also has a unique perspective on the team's run-in problem, saying: "Sometimes a new team doesn't need too long to get together, because the good players don't need to get to know each other too much. Edison, like our team, was able to integrate into the team very quickly and I was amazed at how quickly he was. It's exciting for us to face such an opponent. Chelsea will be able to cause some problems for Manchester United and Arsenal this season because of their good foundation. Of course, I believe we can do the same! ”

Before such a high-profile game, there was no war of words of the same magnitude, and the managers of both teams were politely complimenting each other. As an outsider who has just arrived in the Premier League, Benitez has chosen to keep a low profile and be cautious. Ranieri, on the other hand, is under tremendous pressure and has to decompress himself through low-key rhetoric.

As a result, the media can only look for something to watch on their own.

First of all, the media believes that this game will be able to show whether money can build a team into an invincible team in a short period of time.

Chelsea's record was slightly worse than Liverpool last season, and since entering the Premier League, Liverpool have generally had the advantage in terms of the two teams' records.

This summer, Chelsea has invested more than 100 million in transfers, bringing in nearly a dozen powerful and world-class stars.

Although Liverpool's investment this summer is also among the top in the Premier League, it is only four or five times that of Chelsea, but the free signing of Chen Xi is considered the most successful signing in the Premier League this season.

In the eyes of the media, if Chelsea cannot win against Liverpool in this game, it can prove that a season of crazy investment in the transfer market is not enough to make a qualitative leap for the team, and the Chelsea team still needs to slowly run in and make the team gradually become a strong team, and then accumulate into a giant.

Secondly, as two teams that are expected to threaten the dominance of Manchester United and Arsenal in the new season, the winner of the direct dialogue between them will also have the initiative in the new season!

In addition, the media are also looking forward to the performance of Chelsea's big-money stars. Especially those stars who have come to the Premier League from other leagues can adapt to the Premier League and show their strength. What kind of starting lineup Ranieri will send is also a matter of concern.

Finally, it will be interesting to see whether Chen Xi, a superstar who came out of nowhere last season, can continue to perform well in the new season and impress Reds fans in his Anfield debut.

All in all, this red and blue battle is already on the verge of breaking out, and everyone is looking forward to the start of this focus battle......

(To be continued)