After leaving the hospital, Wan Sheng returned to the club and even though the team was not in training, he still had a lot of work to do, the most important of which was to prepare for the Community Shield.

The Community Shield, formerly known as the Charity Shield, was first held in 1908-09, replacing the London Shire-Lord's Charity Shield, which had begun in 1898-99 (although the tournament was held two more later times at the same time as the Charity Shield). The early matches were played in the form of the London Governor's Charity Shield, which consisted of a professional team versus an amateur team (traditionally a gentleman versus Bo Niu), the first match between Manchester United (Pro League champions) and Queens Park Rangers (amateur Southern League champions), the first game was a 1-1 draw, and the rematch was won 4-0 by Manchester United, both games were played at Stamford Bridge, and the Charity Shield has not been decided by a replay since then.

At that time, the competition was not very important, and the games at the end of the season were often mixed up, and eventually the professional team was abolished against the amateur team, but there was no fixed form of selection of teams, such as the England national team against the FA team who was about to travel to Canada in 1950-51, and the playing venue was often changed.

It wasn't until 1959 that the FA set the time for the start of the season in August.

In 1974, the then FA Cup secretary agreed that the match would be held at the National Stadium (Wembley Stadium) by the winners of the First Division and the FA Cup winners as the opening match of the new season, with tickets for charity purposes and donations designated by both sides, with a total donation of more than £5 million between 1974 and 2000.

The format of the match is currently a tiebreaker, with a tie being a penalty kick, but between 1975 and 1993 the tie was the winner, and if the match was tied within 90 minutes, they would have won the title together and each retained the Charity Shield trophy for six months.

In 1993, the penalty shoot-out was reactivated, with United winning on penalties after a one-draw with Arsenal.

With the establishment of the Super League in 1992-93, it was only natural that the teams competing against the Super League Champions League would host the FA Cup, and in 2002 the Charity Shield was renamed the Community Shield.

Derby County won the FA Cup last season, while their opponents are last season's Super League champions Arsenal, and this is a belated clash between the two teams, as the first round of the league has only just met.

Normally, the Community Shield would have been played before the first round of the league, but the match was postponed until 20 August due to the fact that Wembley Stadium has been under renovation in recent years and cannot hold major events, and the venue can only be set at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.

The clash between Derby County and Arsenal at the Millennium Stadium is still very eye-catching, the Community Shield itself is nothing, and what fans value more is that Derby County beat Arsenal in the league, so when it comes to the Community Shield game, can Derby County maintain its excellent form and defeat the defending champion Arsenal again?

This is a question that many fans are concerned about.

Therefore, this Community Shield competition still attracted the attention of many fans, many foreign fans who did not know Derby County noticed the game, and many English fans paid great attention to the game.

This kind of game has received much more attention than the first round of the meeting at Highbury Stadium, although it is not as good as the FA Cup final at the end of last season, but it is also the first trophy of the season, and Wan Sheng also hopes to win this trophy, he told the players not to be careless, in the game, must be dìng mentality.

Soon after the two teams arrived in Cardiff, the next afternoon the game officially began.

The big win over Arsenal in the league Derby County obviously made Arsenal pay more attention to Derby County, they no longer have any carelessness, but treat Derby County as an opponent who really needs to be dealt with seriously, and the same is true for Derby County, how is this also a trophy, Derby County has never won the Community Shield in history, and they have only participated once, and they still want to bring back the trophy competition.

But the game was different from what I imagined, and it was a very tough game for Derby County.

Arsenal obviously learned the lesson of the last meeting, they defended very tightly from the beginning, although they are always good at attacking teams, but when they are solid defensively, they can also do well, in the face of such a non-routine card, suddenly focus on the defense of Arsenal, the Derby County players are somewhat uncomfortable, in the first half they have been trying to attack, but the only two good chances, were missed, fortunately the team defense also did a good job, as a result, both teams did not score in the first half.

After seeing Arsenal's style of play, Wan Sheng also had to scold Wenger angrily in his heart for a 'treacherous and cunning', if it is a normal attack, Derby County is not afraid of Arsenal, and then the two sides will be equal to five or five, which Wan Sheng still has some confidence, but after Arsenal strengthens the defense, it is very difficult for the team to figure out the normal attack and find opportunities.

Although the team's tactics are fine, the individual ability of the players is still some, and the offensive ability that the whole team can play, it still takes some luck to break through the solid defense and score the ball.

Therefore, in order to be more stable and win, Wan Sheng asked the team to change its strategy at halftime and focus on defense.

So the second half of the game can be imagined.

Many fans were expecting a good matchup, but the two attacking teams chose to defend solidly in the second half, and the result was a lethargic game, but the coaches of both teams sat firmly in the dugout, and there was no intention of changing the style of play.

"This game...... It's boring......" Many commentators are expressing similar meanings.

But their claims didn't make any difference in the way the two teams played and the situation on the pitch, with both teams failing to score in the second half in such a boring game.

The game went into extra time.

After 30 minutes of extra time, both teams were still like this, they were both defending solidly, the first priority was to ensure that the goal was not conceded, the second was to strengthen the attack, both sides could not find many chances at all, Arsenal's defense, Derby County after the contraction of the defense, the defense was also solid.

However, in the 27th minute of extra time, the game finally took a turn.

It was a controversial decision in front of Arsenal.

Van der Vaart received a pass from Morris and wanted to finish a shot with his head, but at this time, he was squeezed by the opposing central defender Campbell and fell directly to the ground, and the referee stepped forward and pointed directly to the penalty spot.

Penalty kick!

With less than three minutes left in extra-time, the referee awarded a penalty to Derby County, which is clear to everyone and if Derby had taken the opportunity to score the goal, they would have almost won the game outright.

Under everyone's attention, Morris, who took the penalty, lived up to the trust of the Derby County fans and team-mates, and he sent the ball into the right corner of the net with a penalty to give Derby County a 1-0 lead over Arsenal.

It was a goal that almost left Arsenal in despair.

It was the final minutes of the game, and there were only three minutes left before the end of the game, and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger argued loudly with the fourth official on the sidelines, and he even shouted angry at the referee on the pitch, but fortunately the referee probably also knew that the penalty just now was a bit harsh, and ignored Wenger.

But in any case, Arsenal were behind, and when extra time was all over and the referee blew the final whistle, the score was 1:0, which meant that Derby County won the first trophy of the new season against Arsenal.

"Champion! We are the champions! ”

After the game, the Derby County stadium was cheering with trophies in hand.

In contrast, Arsenal is naturally very dissatisfied, their players are still pestering the referee to try to say something after the game, and in the post-match press conference, Wenger also angrily denounced 'this is a referee-decided game', but this does not help, after all, no matter what is said after the game, it cannot change the result of the game, and the Community Shield trophy already belongs to Derby County.

After the game, the media also asked Wan Sheng about the penalty award, Wan Sheng said, "I don't think this is a game where the referee decides the winner, when Rafael fell, you can see, he has a physical contact with Campbell, whether there is a violent physical collision is not clear, this is a ball that can be judged or not, but if we don't make a penalty, it is unfair to us, and Arsenal will definitely not say it like now......"

Wan Sheng didn't refute anything, just stated it with facts.

This is the case in the professional arena, some balls can be awarded or not, it all depends on the referee's meaning, for example, this ball is taken to other leagues, eighty percent of the time it may be a penalty, and in England, there is also a fifty percent chance, it depends on the referee's opinion, but it is definitely unfair to Derby County not to make a penalty, so the game itself has nothing to say.

In the end, Derby County won the Community Shield, and it doesn't matter what happens to Arsenal or what they think or say, because what they do doesn't change the outcome.

Wan Sheng doesn't spend his mind on sympathizing with his opponent's feelings.

It was a good feeling to win the first trophy at the start of the season, and after returning from the Millennium Stadium, Derby County took home the Community Shield silver disc trophy to the club, and the club and the fans celebrated that night, but it was only a small celebration, after all, the Community Shield is not a heavyweight trophy, and the Derby County fans were even more happy to see the team win against Arsenal again, which proved the quality of the team and made them look forward to the new season.

However, the result of the third round of the league made Derby County fans slightly disappointed.

It was Derby's first home game against Aston Villa.

Originally, fans thought that Derby County could beat Arsenal in two games, and Aston Villa should be able to win the league, but in the end, Derby County only played 0:0 with Aston Villa, the only consolation is that Derby County suppressed the whole game, but until the end of the game, Derby County did not score a goal, and Aston Villa defended the goal with a solid defense. R1152