Chapter 928: Battle of the Weather Vane

This season's Liverpool training camp was carried out relatively early, but Chen Yu did not participate until August, some players of Liverpool actually have opinions, but Chen Yu only came back to two warm-up games, one of which only played half a game, but there are already five goals and two assists, the efficiency is so high, people are not convinced, for a while there is no objection in the Liverpool team, even a few new signings are also respectful and awe, from the heart to agree with Chen Yu's status as the first star. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The 2007/08 Premier League season is fast approaching, with Liverpool recruiting and honing their formation and style of play, and other Premier League giants preparing for the new season. Looking at the strength and configuration of the top 20, as well as the trend of the Premier League in the past decade, this year's Premier League champions will basically be produced in the four giants of Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, and the other teams are still playing soy sauce.

Liverpool were the champions last season and the winner remains the same, so this season Liverpool have mainly tinkered with the squad and have not made a big move, but the performance of the other three giants in the transfer market has been surprising.

In the past three years, the Blues have spent 89.05 million, 56.1 million and 66.32 million pounds on summer transfers respectively, but so far this year only 13.5 million have been spent, and the only one who has spent a transfer fee so far is Frenchman Malouda, which is a little puzzling, but judging from the attitude of Abou and Mourinho, they do not think that last season's defeat was a problem of team strength, and it was injury that defeated Chelsea to let Liverpool win the title.

Therefore, Chelsea's introduction this summer this season is mainly to enhance the depth of the squad, and free transfers of Ben Haim, Pizarro, and Sidwell are difficult to enter the main squad for a while, but they are excellent additions to their respective positions. The Israeli defender can play in four positions in the defence, especially at centre-back, and can get on in time if Terry or Carvalho have a problem; Pizarro offers a new option for the centre-forward position, with a well-rounded character that Mourinho calls "English centre-forward" and a favourite on the Peruvians' adaptability; Sidwell is a pillar of Reading and he will be an insurance agent for Chelsea's midfield.

Of course, the transfer window is not closed now, and with Chelsea's deep pockets, it could set off waves in the transfer market at any time.

Manchester United's failure last season has displeased Manchester United owner Glazer, and they have also increased their investment in the transfer market this season, with Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson alone worth more than £50 million, and a two-year loan of Argentine striker Carlos Tevez, which will cost another £12 million if he turns regular after two years. That's a lot of investment. So much so that Mourinho said that in the past, people said that Chelsea won the championship with money, and he was curious what public opinion would say about Manchester United now.

The most heavyweight transfer of the Premier League this summer will appear in Arsenal, but it is not introduced but sold, Arsenal's king Henry 16 million pounds transfer to Barcelona, which is definitely a huge loss for Arsenal, in order to make up for the loss caused by Henry's departure, Arsenal introduced Da Silva, but it is difficult to say what the effect is, in other reinforcements, Poland's young goalkeeper Fabianski and Norwegian defender Nordved are future reserves, it is difficult to make a difference in the short term; Sagna only increased the thickness of the defensive line, at most it provided the possibility for Eboue to liberate into the midfield, and in general, Arsenal's strength was obviously damaged, and after purging several substitutes, there was no corresponding introduction, and the depth of the squad became weak. However, there is still a period of time before the transfer deadline on August 31, and it is not ruled out that the professor will buy one or two more players, but with the character of Arsenal and Wenger, the buyer will not buy a big-name star, and it is very likely to buy another future star.

Compared with Liverpool's outstanding performance in the warm-up game, Manchester United and Chelsea did not perform well in the warm-up game, Manchester United's trip to Asia was forced to draw by the Japanese J-League and South Korea's K-League teams.

Chelsea drew just one game in their warm-up games, and it was Dutch powerhouse Feyenoord who drew them, and the others were all wins, but the wins were difficult, with the vast majority of them being one-goal wins, and Jose Mourinho's side still struggled to solve the goal problem.

Arsenal's warm-up results have always been good, this season their warm-up opponents are stronger than Liverpool and Manchester United, but so far there is no defeat, but the results of the warm-up game are really nothing, since the 0304 season, Arsenal has been good in the warm-up games in recent years, but Arsenal has not been able to have the last laugh in any season.

The warm-up game is just a run-in lineup for major clubs and tactics, and the real reference value is not large, otherwise the champions in recent years should be Arsenal.

Now that the league is about to start and the warm-up matches are almost over, the teams are resting and adjusting, preparing for a grueling schedule of ten months without a winter break, while league champions Liverpool and FA Cup winners Chelsea have a 'warm-up game' comparable to the league.

The Community Shield, formerly known as the Charity Shield, is an annual tournament hosted by the English Football Association between the Premier League champion and the FA Cup winner. If it's the same team, it will be the top-flight runners-up and FA Cup winners. The tournament is played as the opening match before the start of the season each year and is traditionally held at Wembley Stadium.

The Community Shield of England is a long-established tournament with many legends and anecdotes, and the curse of the Community Shield has been the most widespread in the last decade or so.

In the 15 seasons from 1992 to 2006, only three Community Shield titles could be won in the following Premier League season, of which Manchester United did it twice, Chelsea did it once, and Liverpool was also cursed by the curse last season, if it were not for Chen Yu's return to turn the tide, Liverpool would have fallen victim to the Community Shield curse again.

Unlike the usual warm-up matches, the Community Shield is arguably the last chance to practice before the new season, as the new season will follow, so the participating teams will take it seriously. This year's Community Shield is between Liverpool and Chelsea, Liverpool is last season's Community Shield, the league, the Champions League three champions, and last season Liverpool defeated Chelsea in the Community Shield to win the championship, Chelsea without the fear of the curse must be very keen to hit Liverpool before the official season exams, for the new season to get a jackpot, of course, also without the fear of the curse of Liverpool will never want to lose morale in such a strong conversation.

'We are eager to win our first trophy of the new season and it will give the season a good start.' Chelsea's captain John Terry spoke to the hearts of most players on both sides of the war. 'They [Liverpool] are the defending champions and are waiting for other clubs to beat them, just like us in the past, I believe they will be under more pressure than we are, and it has always been easier to play than to keep them.

Mourinho believes that this game is a microcosm of the two teams in the league this season, saying: "The most promising to win the title this season is definitely us and Liverpool, Arsenal has no play, no one has ever been able to win the title with a group of children, Manchester United will not have more hope than Chelsea and Liverpool, they have bought a lot of players, you can't say that the players they bought are not strong, on the contrary, they are all experienced and world-class players. However, before they can talk about winning the title, United must first solve the run-in problem, and as soon as possible. It's up to Chelsea and Liverpool this season and I'm sure if we can beat Liverpool in this game, we have a good chance of holding them down in the league as well. ”

Mourinho said that it was serious, but Liverpool manager Benitez thought he was playing psychological warfare with Liverpool, Benitez said: "We and Chelsea are of course strong contenders for the title, but we must not ignore the existence of Manchester United and Arsenal, their chances of winning the title are no less than ours, Manchester United is always a terrible enemy, Arsenal may play better without pressure; The Community Shield is a long-standing tournament, we have won 15 titles, and now we want to get the 16th, but the Community Shield has nothing to do with the next leagues, I believe that whether we win the Community Shield or not, it will not have any impact on the leagues behind us, the Community Shield is the Community Shield, the league is the league, and the so-called curse is unfounded. ”

Liverpool's new signing Benayoun is full of hunger for the upcoming Community Shield, saying: 'It's a great competition and it's fantastic to win trophies just after coming to Liverpool, I'm eager to play against Chelsea, they are a great team and if we can beat an opponent like that to win the trophy, the Community Shield trophy will be even more honourable. ”

The captain of Liverpool was very indifferent to the upcoming strong conversation, and he only made this assessment in an interview with reporters, "The same opponent, I think it is almost the same result, and it is better to be the same in the league next year as this year." ”

Although Chen Yu transferred to Liverpool last season, but because of injury, he missed the Community Shield with Chelsea, this time he is similar to the newcomer, for this game, Chen Yu said, "Although there is only one game, but the significance of the Community Shield is no worse than the League Cup and the FA Cup, I have always believed that the champion is the champion, only the best team can become the champion, and we have to strive to be the best team." ”

Journalists and the media saw Chen Yu as the key figure in deciding the outcome of the Community Shield, but Chen Yu did not see it that way, saying: "If everyone thinks I am critical, then in this game, I may not be able to score or assist, and the opponent will definitely look at me to death." But Liverpool have a lot of good players and I'm sure they will be able to help Liverpool win the title. ”

Most of the national leagues have not yet started, and everyone in the warm-up game is not really fighting, at this time the Community Shield starring Liverpool and Chelsea suddenly became the focus of the entire football world, before the game, everyone was predicting who would be able to win the championship of this game, many are optimistic about Liverpool, and there are many who are optimistic about Chelsea, but no matter who is optimistic, it is the ass that decides the head, the strength of the two sides is similar, and it is a final of only 90 minutes, who wins the championship can be said to be a matter of course, The result is likely to be decided by one or two details in the 90 minutes, and as The Sun put it, "Predictions are useless, let's watch the game." ”