At the beginning of August, the Premier League is still in the preparation stage, and the first round of the league will start on the 11th.

But all the fans and media were focused on Leeds United and Chelsea at this time, as the Community Shield was about to begin.

The Community Shield is played by last season's league champions, Leeds United, against last season's FA Cup winners Chelsea. Leeds United, in particular, is back in the Community Shield for the first time since 1992.

When interviewed by the media, the head coach of Leeds United was still suave and elegant, and he said to reporters in a gentlemanly manner.

Although Leeds United are participating in the Community Shield for the first time after 15 years and it is also their first time in charge of the Community Shield, they are not nervous and will treat the game as a pre-match training session, and their main goals this season are the league and the Champions League. However, to show that he still takes the game seriously, he will field his team's strongest squad against Chelsea.

The team's captain, Smith, said he was ready to lift the Community Shield's championship shield at the ceremony. He also said that he practiced penalties in the summer, and if he had a penalty shootout this time, he would definitely score the ball.

Now Smith is becoming more and more like a mature captain, not arrogant and calm when dealing with interviews. The 27-year-old has won multiple trophies at Leeds United in the past two seasons and has lifted trophies in all competitions on several occasions.

It's just that in the England national team, his appearance ranking is still behind Gerrard and Frank Lampard, and it is unknown whether the new manager McClaren will consider Alan Smith in the left midfield position of the team.

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In the meeting room at Thorpe Arch, Leeds United's coaching staff are making final preparations for the next day's Community Shield.

George Lee is putting the finishing touches on his starters.

"Our centre-back combination tomorrow, Woodgate and Mathieson may suffer a little bit in height, and if we play against Didier Drogba, we will suffer more in the airline."

"But for the pressing up front and the ball at the back, I think these two guys are the most suitable. After all, Chelsea's defence is dominated by contraction, and we need to push the defence forward, but in order to prevent them from playing behind, our centre-backs have to turn around quickly and chase back quickly. ”

'In midfield, I don't know if Sneijder can adapt to his first Premier League game, I'm afraid he won't be able to withstand Chelsea's midfield defence.

'Arjen Robben was the first time he was fixed on the right and I was afraid he wouldn't fit in. Although I have been asking him to attack more independently, it seems that he still does not dare to play more, and he still chooses to pass the ball when some balls should come by himself. ”

'Kuyt didn't score too many goals last season and I changed some of his tactical requirements this summer and I don't know if he will be able to adapt tomorrow.

'Mills is gone, Milner is now the first choice at right-back, but he doesn't work well with the defence.

After George Lee finished speaking, he threw the pen on the table and threw the questions to several assistant coaches.

"If we all solve these problems, then we can send someone directly to London tomorrow to get the trophy back, and by the way, let the FA give us the league trophy, the League Cup trophy and the FA Cup trophy together." Chris Casper said:

"And the Champions League." Colin McGee added:

"Yes, and the Champions League."

The two men obviously don't take the game seriously enough, and even most coaches don't take the Community Shield very seriously. In addition to the superstitious curse of this game, it is also the fact that most managers will use the Community Shield game as a test of their pre-season preparations.

In the previous Community Shield matches, neither side would give their best. Both sides will be a little more restrained and try not to cause unnecessary injuries.

Brian Kidd saw that the two stinky boys were being dishonest again, so he knocked on the table and motioned for them to be serious.

"In tomorrow's game, George just mentioned that there are a few problems that we still need to pay attention to, if it is more serious, we must solve the problems in the first few games of the season, otherwise it will really affect the whole season."

'If we really put the whole defence on the top, will we be beaten by Chelsea?' Gary Kelly, who just joined the coaching staff in the summer, asked.

George Lee circled the two centre-backs.

"That's why I didn't play Albchester and Glenqvist because Mattheison and Woodgate were quicker to come back. And Chelsea don't have any speed players to fear right now. ”

"Isn't the new Malouda good?" Kidd asked.

"He's far worse than Robben." George Lee tapped his right winger on the tactical board with his hand.

On the tactical board, Leeds United's starting line-up for tomorrow is lined up.

Van der Sar, Baines, Mathieson, Woodgate, Milner, Barry, Parker, Sneijder, Smith, Robben, Kuyt.

This squad is basically the strongest that Leeds United can put out right now.

Except for Van der Sar, the others are all post-80s, and they are basically young fighters. Either when he was fighting, or when he was young.

Now the media outside has used the term "Young Guards 2.0" to describe this Leeds United.

Just when a few people were chatting about tomorrow's game, George Lee received a phone call.

When Li returned to the conference room after answering the phone a few minutes later, his face was a little embarrassed.

'Guys, we might have to put Schmeichel on tomorrow, the doctor just told me that Van der Sar was injured......

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While Leeds United's coaching staff is struggling with injuries to their main goalkeeper, Chelsea's coaching staff is also struggling with tomorrow's game.

Jose Mourinho and his four Portuguese assistant coaches analysed for a long time and found that their side's victory against Leeds United tomorrow was not very certain.

The main reason is that Chelsea have not invested enough in this summer.

Although the team only sold one and a half main players, Robben.

But the team really can't compliment it when it comes to recruitment. Boss Abou stopped paying and Mourinho only brought in Malouda and Belletti by selling part of the £24 million that Robben sold. Among them, Belletti is also a substitute for Alves after going to Barcelona, and Mourinho's longing Brazilian full-back refused the invitation of the London team and chose to stay in La Liga.

The striker didn't buy players, and Drogba, Shevchenko, and Pizarro, who just joined for free, is okay, but this winger is not something that Malouda can solve.

"Damn it!" Mourinho knocked on the table again.

Again lamenting that Robben should not be let go, and he was still sold to a competitor, Leeds United will send Robben on the field in tomorrow's game.

Whether this transfer is right or wrong will be known tomorrow.

Jose Mourinho was still discussing tomorrow's tactical arrangements with his aides while watching the media interview with George Lee on television.

Immediately after the broadcast ended the interview with George Lee, the interview with Mourinho himself the other day was broadcast on television.

The arrogant and uninhibited image of Mourinho before on TV has disappeared, and Mourinho at that time was more of a helplessness and vicissitudes.

If Mourinho was in previous seasons, he might say that the championship is already in the bag, and it is inevitable to win this championship. But Mourinho has now been disillusioned by the power struggles in his squad this summer, and he doesn't know how long he will be at Stamford Bridge.

The image of the "madman" has disappeared from the TV interviews.

"Smack~" Mourinho picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, then sighed.