It was the last game before the new season and the Community Shield Cup, so Chelsea also had the main lineup in this game. Scolari changed his previous 433 style of play and changed his 442 formation.

The goalkeeper is Hilaryo, the defense is Ashley Cole, Terry, Ivanovic and Ferreira, the midfield is Maluda, Essin, Mikel and Lampard, and the frontcourt is Robinho and Drogba.

Gao Han also sent all the main players to play in this game, and arranged three, four and three formations.

The goalkeeper is Cech, the defense is Kompani, Xavi Martinez and Mascherano, midfielder Xavi Alonso drags behind, David Silva and Modric are in the center, Kaka breaks in front, and the front trident is Cristiano Ronaldo, Benzema and Sanchez.

This is also the main lineup that Gao Han wants in his mind.

Both sides played many games last season and were very well aware of each other. After the game started, they did not have much tests and directly entered a fast-paced offensive and defensive battle. Chelsea was not willing to be outdone, and both sides fought fiercely in the midfield.

The first threatening attack in this game happened in the fourth minute. Benzema suddenly intercepted the ball successfully. While caught Chelsea off guard, it also made the teammates around him feel untimely to react. He passed the top and passed the left side. Cristiano Ronaldo followed up and shot with a kick, but was saved by goalkeeper Hilario.

This attack was launched too suddenly, and the Portuguese didn't have time to prepare.

The game started to be controlled by Manchester City, especially the pass and ball control in the midfield and backcourt, and Chelsea was a little passive in the scene.

In the eighth minute, Manchester City launched an attack from the right. After Sanchez got the ball on the right, he threw away Ashley Cole and made a cross, but Kaka, who followed in the middle, volleyed and failed to suppress the ball and kicked away.

But after Manchester City attacked for ten minutes, Chelsea quickly seized the opportunity to counterattack.

Mascherano made a mistake in passing and receiving the ball with a teammate, and Chelsea seized the opportunity. Drogba made a straight pass behind him. Robinho made a quick counterattack after receiving the ball. With Xavi Martinez pressing step by step, he rushed to shoot at a long distance, but the ball was easily obtained by Cech, and Chelsea's first attack ended in vain.

Because the game is a warm-up match, both sides play very unrestrainedly without any restraint. Chelsea even played against each other, but neither of them created an excellent offensive opportunity, and there was no threat to grasp the goal front.

Finally, in the 19th minute of the game, Xavi Alonso made a precise long pass to the frontcourt. Benzema pulled the ball to receive a long pass from the teammate and forced a breakthrough from Terry. He passed the ball to the penalty area with a low pitch. Kaka, who was inserted in the back row, made a push shot and sent the ball into the bottom of the goal net, one to zero.

This goal also opened up Manchester City's offensive momentum.

Just three minutes later, Manchester City successfully intercepted the ball again. Sanchez sent an accurate cross from the right and sent the ball near the penalty spot. Cristiano Ronaldo directly pushed the ball without anyone to guard it, but hit the post on the left and rebounded back to the penalty area.

After a storm, Ivanovic took the lead in clearing the siege, destroying a Manchester City attack.

But when the game reached the 29th minute, Manchester City once again made a sharp attack. When Sanchez faced two players, Ashley Cole and Maluda, he forced the ball out of the crack and crossed the ball from the right side of the penalty area to the back point. Cristiano Ronaldo calmly seized the opportunity this time, jumped high, and headed the ball, 2-0.

Just two minutes later, Modric made an accurate pass from the middle, and Sanchez penetrated the penalty area from the right at high speed. After receiving the ball, he formed a single shot, but his last shot was saved by goalkeeper Hilario.

After that, the two sides continued to play against each other. Manchester City relied on the advantage of passing and controlling the ball, creating more and more threatening offensive opportunities. However, Chelsea also performed very tenaciously. Although they were two goals behind, they were not discouraged at all. The two teams played very fiercely.

Until the end of the first half, Manchester City won another goal. Benzema received a pass from Kaka and forcibly broke through Ivanovic and Terry's defense, entered the penalty area, faced the goalkeeper with a sharp shot, and once again broke through Chelsea's goal, three to zero.

With three goals in a row, Manchester City made a smooth attack in the first half, which also allowed everyone to see with their own eyes that Gao Han's team was continuing the amazing performance in the second half of last season.

But Gao Han was very sober about this.

The main reason why the first half of this game was that Chelsea was not conservative, and the two midfielders arranged by Scolari were not strong enough in the two midfielders Mikel and Essin.

Therefore, Gao Han was very doubtful, will Scolari really use 442 as Chelsea's main formation?

In the second half, Manchester City had three goals in hand, which was sure to win. Gao Han also replaced four substitutions in one breath, replaced Cristiano Ronaldo, Sanchez, Kaka and Modric, and replaced Gareth Bale, Sturic, Adam Larana and Milner.

Gao Han's purpose of substitution is very clear, that is, to use Chelsea to run-in with these new players from the team, especially several midfielders. Gao Han wants to see how they can perform when facing Chelsea.

Although he was already behind three goals, Scolari obviously has not given up on the competition for the Community Shield. He did not make a big substitution like Gao Han, but continued to play with the main lineup and increased his offense in the second half.

After this put Manchester City in trouble for a while, Gao Han even had to use defensive cards and confrontation cards to stabilize the team's defensive formation. But even so, Chelsea still had an advantage in the field in the second half.

Until the 65th minute, Gao Han used two more substitutions, replaced Kompani with Fertonheng and replaced Zabaleta with Xavi Alonso.

But less than two minutes after this substitution, Chelsea also made a substitution. Falcao replaced Drogba and the team changed the team again. Falcao became a single forward. Robinho and Arshavin were separated from the wings, and Maluda, Essin and Lampard formed three midfielders.

As a result, less than a minute after Falcao came on the court, Essin intercepted the ball in the middle and passed a fatal pass. Falcao successfully counterattacked and scored a single goal, breaking Cech's goal and regained a goal for Chelsea.

After recovering a goal, Chelsea's morale was greatly boosted and began to launch a fierce offensive against Manchester City. Falcao soon received a pass from Arshavin on the right in the 85th minute. He got the ball at the front of the small penalty area and pushed the ball with the opportunity, scoring again, rewriting the score to three-to-two.

After scoring two goals in a row, the Blues were full of morale and were in a state of tying up the score, but Manchester City quickly launched a counterattack, especially with the support of the Gaohan skill card, Sturridge dribbled the ball into the right and shot a shot on the crossbar, which made Chelsea sweat from the top and the bottom.

After that, the two sides entered a stalemate and neither of them scored again.

In the end, Manchester City thrillingly defeated Chelsea with a score of 3-2 and won the Community Shield.

This is also the first community shield champion in Gao Han’s coaching career.

However, Manchester City also exposed many problems in the game, such as the substitute lineup was not strong enough, and several new players did not show convincing performance, even Gareth Bale, who shone in Tottenham in the second half of last season.

In the second half of this game, Gao Han consciously asked Harvey Alonso to retreat the overall formation, mainly focusing on the center line, with the purpose of exerting the speed and impact of Gareth Bale and Sturridge on both wings.

But on the one hand, Chelsea's pressure and pressing are done well, and on the other hand, the players are not skilled in cooperating with each other, which leads to Gareth Bale not performing well on the left, but Sturridge on the right performs well on several attacks.

In the middle, Adam Larana continued to behave properly. His reference is Kaka after the transformation. Gao Han was very satisfied with this performance. As for Milner's passing and control, he was not as good as Modric in terms of pass and control, but he made great contributions in defense.

The only problem is what Gao Han said, the tactical awareness is weak, and the induction rate needs to be strengthened.

Feltonheng was the most tragic second half of this game. He played for 30 minutes on the bench, but both goals were lost were related to him. This made the Belgian lively before the game, but when he ended up, he looked like a stray dog.

But Gao Han didn't plan to talk to the players after the game. He felt that sometimes appropriate blows may not be a bad thing for a player with a big heart like Fertonghen.

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The Community Shield was won away from Wembley Stadium, but Manchester City's performance in the first and second half was very different, which made many media reporters' comments polarized, believing that the first half was a dream and the second half was a disaster, and that the angels and the devil coexisted.

Gao Han didn't take this seriously at all. In an interview with the media, he said that he was very satisfied with the performance of the two half-time players, and some problems did arise during the game, but this also means that the team still has room for further improvement and improvement.

“As I have always emphasized, my responsibility is to solve the problem when the team has problems.”

"If the team is perfect and there is no problem, I should be out of work."

That's what I said to the outside world, but Gao Han's attitude in the team is relatively tough.

Early the next morning, at the summary meeting after the team's restorative training, Gao Han pointed out the various problems exposed in the team's first and second half, especially in the second half, which was not worthy of conceding two goals.

Once, although Fertonheng returned to defend immediately when he was on the robbery, he did not retract in time, which led to the excessive distance between him and Harvey Martinez and the defense line was torn open by Essin's straight pass.

And the second goal conceding is even more inappropriate.

After Fertonheng came on as a substitute, he would occasionally act a little at a loss, looking a bit distracted, but was seized by the keen Colombian striker. Coupled with Al Shavin's just right pass assist, he knocked on Cech's goal again.

It should be said that the two goals conceded were personal issues, and Gao Han also pointed it out without hesitation at the post-match summary meeting.

But at the same time, he also gave Fertonghen a positive affirmation, because the Belgian central defender showed strength and level in several rounds and defenses. Gao Han believed that this was a very good phenomenon and firmly believed that Fertonghen would definitely perform well after integrating into the team.

Carrots and sticks are also a common method used by Gao Han to hit young players.

In addition to Fertonghen, many other players have also been criticized by Gao Han, but Gao Han finally believes that there is still one week before the new season, and the team still has plenty of time to prepare and improve.

After the morning of restorative training, Gao Han announced that the team would have a day off, the players would adjust themselves and prepare for the new season.
Chapter completed!