After the friendly against Benfica, the Arsenal squad immediately returned to London to prepare for the upcoming league game.

However, Arsenal have one more game to play before the league starts, and this is this year's England Community Shield.

The England Community Shield was originally known as the Charity Shield, which first began in 1908.

The first match of the Charity Shield was played in 1908-1909, replacing the London County Governor's Charity Shield, which had begun earlier in 1898-1899, and the earlier matches maintained the format of the London County Mayor's Charity Shield by professional teams against amateur teams (traditionally the Gentlemen's vs. Po Bull), the first match was played by Manchester United (Pro League champions) against Queens Park Rangers (amateur Southern League champions), the first game was a 1-1 draw, and the rematch Manchester United won 4-0, both games were played at Stamford Bridge, Since then, the Charity Shield has not used a rematch to decide the winner.

The Charity Shield was initially not taken seriously, and at the end of the season, the players of each team went on vacation, often competing in a ragtag army, and more often than not, the team was understaffed. Perhaps for this reason, the FA simply abolished the professional vs. amateur format and began to choose teams without a fixed format, and even after the 1950-1951 season, the England national team and the visiting Canadian team became the Charity Shield.

This pattern continued for many years, and it was not until 1959 that the FA set the time for matches to be played before the start of the new season.

In 1974, the Charity Shield ushered in a heavy reform.

The then FA secretary set the match to be played at the National Stadium (Wembley Stadium) by the winners of the First Division and the FA Cup as the opening match of the new season, with tickets for charity and donations to the target of the two sides, with a total donation of over £5 million between 1974 and 2000.

The FA also formulated that the format of the game is a winner-or-loser, and a tie is a penalty to win or lose, and there is no driving love. However, between 1975 and 1993, the teams tied for the title, and the opposing teams kept their shields for six months.

With the establishment of the Super League in 1992-1993, it was only natural that the Charity Shield would play against the Premier League champions against the FA Cup winners.

By 2002, the England Charity Shield had been renamed the Community Shield of England.

The teams competing are last season's English Premier League winners and FA Cup winners. Last season, Arsenal were the FA Cup winners and they qualified for the Community Shield.

Last season's Premier League champions were Chelsea, so this time Arsenal's Community Shield opponents are Chelsea.

Chelsea have had a very good schedule in recent seasons, and Chelsea have also made big additions this summer, snatching Arsenal's target Juan Mata, and it is clear that Chelsea are looking to challenge for the Champions League title.

This season, the main players of the Chelsea team did not leave the Chelsea team, but brought in a group of good players, and their strength has been strengthened, which is definitely not a good thing for the Arsenal team.

Now Arsenal fans are very interested in this game, and they want to see how Arsenal are in form.

In fact, even the current Community Shield championship is not so important, this game is just a warm-up match between the Premier League champion and the English FA Cup champion, in preparation for the future league.

Now Arsenal fans will also want to use this game to check Arsenal's current form and see if there will be problems for Arsenal in the new season.

In the previous warm-up match, the Arsenal team's table was not good or bad, however, in the previous game, they lost to the Benfica team by a large score, which is not the most, the most important thing is that the players of the Arsenal team have shown a very strong fatigue, which makes the fans of the Arsenal team worried.

By this time, the Arsenal players had returned to London and they were now preparing for the Community Shield.

While the Community Shield title is not very important to Chelsea and Arsenal, it is a light weight in their hearts, but then again, who doesn't want to win the trophy? In this game, Chelsea and Arsenal are naturally very eager to win the title.

Speaking to reporters before the game, Chelsea captain John Terry said: "We have brought in some very good players in our squad this summer, and our strength has been significantly strengthened, and I think our Chelsea team will be more productive in the new season, and we will have more ambition in the new season." ”

Terry added: 'Our Chelsea team is more focused on the Champions League and I am confident that we can win the Champions League and we are very confident. ”

John Terry continued: 'This Community Shield is not very important for us as a Chelsea team, but I firmly believe the victory is still ours for our Chelsea team and we will give it our all to win this game. ”

John Terry continued: "Our opponents Arsenal have gone a lot of key players this summer, even their absolute heart Cesc Fabregas has left Arsenal, Arsenal has obviously had a very huge decline in quality, and they are definitely not as strong as they were last season. ”

Terry also said: "Although, Arsenal have brought in a lot of players this summer, but in my opinion, there is no one who can replace Fabregas and play the role of Fabregas, so the strength of the Arsenal team has dropped a lot, and I think this season Arsenal's results will obviously not be as good as last season." ”

Terry also said: "Of course, Dongfangchen's strength is very good, he will bring a lot of trouble to our Chelsea team's defense, but I want to say that football is a team sport, no matter how strong Dongfangchen is, it can't hide the fact that the overall strength of the Arsenal team has declined, so this season, I think the Arsenal team is not to worry, our opponent should be Manchester City." ”

Terry's words are very reasonable to many people, and in their opinion, this season, the strength of the Arsenal team has dropped a lot, especially the loss of the core of the midfield, and the tactical play of the Arsenal team has been completely disrupted, which can be said to be a mess.

This is absolutely fatal for the Arsenal team, who will find it difficult to form the Arsenal team again in a short period of time to the strength of last season. So, this season, Arsenal should not pose any threat to the Chelsea team!

In addition, the Liverpool team has undergone a change of personnel this summer, and they have also changed the manager of the team, compared to the Arsenal team, the Liverpool team is more turbulent, the strength of the Liverpool team is more declining, and they should not be able to threaten the Chelsea team.

Although Manchester United did not have much reinforcements this summer, the players they introduced were very targeted, that is, to fill the shortcomings of the current team lineup, after this summer's recruitment, the strength of Manchester United has been significantly strengthened, which is a very big threat to the Chelsea team.

There is also the Manchester City team, Manchester City has spent a lot of money this summer, and they still continue their crazy investment in the transfer market, this summer is a crazy recruitment, it seems that last season the team reached the top four and qualified for the Champions League, which made the Manchester City team more determined.

In the new season, Manchester City has a Champions League game, they naturally want to strengthen their strength, in the summer, Manchester City's recruitment is very large, and it costs a lot, which makes the Chelsea team a little afraid, it can be seen that Manchester City is now the spoiler of the Premier League, maybe Manchester City will become the team that breaks the Premier League pattern.

So now Chelsea are most worried about two teams, and that is the Manchester duo. And Arsenal, Chelsea are not worried, Terry is telling the truth.

Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard also commented on the interview, saying: 'We have a big addition to our Chelsea squad this season, we will be even better and we will be aiming to defend the league title and win the Champions League. ”

Frank Lampard said: 'I won't say much about the league, but winning titles for several seasons in a row has given us enough impact in the Premier League. In the Champions League, we have a lot of experience as a Chelsea team, and now it's time for us to give it a go, and I firmly believe that this is the best chance for Chelsea to win the Champions League and we will take it. ”

Lampard added: 'For this upcoming Community Shield game, I think our Chelsea team will win at the end, our Chelsea team has strengthened and we are in very good form now, while Liverpool have dropped a lot and from the recent warm-up games, Liverpool are not in form at all, so they can't compete with our Chelsea team at all, the victory must be ours. ”

Frank Lampard concluded: 'Of course Arsenal have a very strong team in the Arsenal team, which is something we need to pay attention to as a Chelsea team. However, he is the only one in the Arsenal team and we are confident that we can keep an eye on him and the victory will definitely belong to our Chelsea team. ”

Frank Lampard was full of confidence before the game, and he said that we were confident that we could win, and that was what the whole Chelsea team is feeling and thinking right now.

Chelsea manager Villas-Boas also spoke to the media.

Yes, Chelsea are coached by Villas-Boas, not Carlo Ancelotti. Carlo Ancelotti stepped down as Chelsea manager at the end of last season, and it was Villas-Boas who succeeded Carlo Ancelotti.

Last season, Chelsea were in excellent form in the Premier League, winning the Premier League. However, in the Champions League, Chelsea have played very poorly.