On August 8th, Liverpool and Chelsea met at London's Wembley Stadium to compete for the Community Shield, a continuation of last season's champions.
The weather was clear and it was a rare good day. The fans of the Blues and Red Army swarmed into the stadium, full of hunger and thirst, as if they had been separated from the familiar football feast for a long time.
In the Wembley locker room, the Liverpool players were ready to go. Before they appeared on the field, Qin Xiong came to Raúl and asked Raúl, "How have you been adapting recently?"
Raúl smiled and said, "Everything is going well."
Qin Xiong raised his hand and Raúl high-fived him.
"The new season has begun again. Keep fighting."
As soon as Qin Xiong's voice fell, the two men said in unison, "Until the end of the season!"
Immediately, the two men laughed out loud.
Ambition that never aged, fighting spirit that never died, these were the commonalities of great players.
When the Red Army, Liverpool, and the Blues, Chelsea, walked into the Wembley Stadium together, the packed stadium rang with deafening applause and cheers.
The fans had been away from the stadium for too long, they could not wait for the game to start!
Let them all return to the familiar feeling and rhythm, because this was a part of their lives, a part that was very important and could not be separated from!
"After nearly three months of truce, the flames of war in England's stadium are ignited again!
Before the curtain rises on our favorite and best league, the Premier League's new season, let's first have some appetizers.
Last season's Premier League champions against last season's FA Cup champions in the Community Shield!
Liverpool against Chelsea.
This match between the two powerhouses may become a feast.
As the transfer window has not closed yet, we will not talk about the results of the signings for the two teams now.
But it is worth noting that Liverpool has brought in the free agent Raúl. This transfer made everyone give Liverpool a thumbs up.
It was a worthwhile signing.
Well, let's introduce the starting lineup of both teams.
Liverpool's starting lineup: 442.
Goalkeeper: Reina.
Defenders: Johnson, Agger, Skrtel, Aurelio.
Midfielders: Lucas, Mascherano, Gerard, Qin Xiong.
Forwards: Raúl, Babel.
Due to the World Cup, the likes of Alonso, Kuyt, and Torres are all on the substitutes' bench. This is also good, so we can see if Raúl can integrate into Liverpool in a short time.
Chelsea starts 4-4-3.
Goalkeeper: Hilario
Defenders: Ivanovic, Terry, Ferreira, Ashley Cole.
Midfielders: Essien, Lampard, Mikel.
Forwards: Kalou, Anelka, Malouda.
The match is about to begin. Let's look forward to the climax of this red and blue match! "
After the referee blew the whistle, Chelsea of the Blues took the lead to kick off.
It could be said that the aftereffects of the World Cup had the greatest impact on the powerhouses because it would give the players less time to rest and shorten their preparation time.
In the first 20 minutes of this Community Shield game, both teams made a lot of mistakes.
It was either a big pass, a lack of coordination, or a failure to force a breakthrough.
Qin Xiong was no exception. He needed to regain the feel of the game.
The two teams seemed to be evenly matched, but after the first 20 minutes of the game, Liverpool's offense began to glow with vitality.
Because Qin Xiong began to become more active.
In the 23rd minute of the game, Qin Xiong received Gerard on the left side of the front field and crossed to the side. He used his own ball to pass the ball to Ivanovic's back, and then he sped up from the other side to rush over.
After Ivanovic turned around, he was already shaken off by Qin Xiong.
Essien came to assist in the defense like the wind. Qin Xiong did not wait for Essien to get close and swept the ball into the penalty area with his left foot. Raúl slanted behind Terry to grab a shot!
Unfortunately, he was too close to Hilario, and the football directly hit Hilario's body and bounced out.
Although Raúl did not break the goal, he still let the Red Army fans see his sense of smell and nimble positioning in front of the goal.
In fact, no one said that Raúl would replace Torres. That was impossible.
After all, age was still there.
But it did not mean that Raúl and Torres could not coexist.
Raúl turned back and gave Qin Xiong a thumbs up, indicating that Qin Xiong's pass was very beautiful.
Qin Xiong nodded at him, then turned back to run to defend.
Chelsea's offense gradually began to pick up, but because the two teams were not close enough in the third line, the overall tacit awareness of the overall structure still needed to be re-cultivated, so the game gradually began to become bold and unrestrained.
In the 27th minute of the game, after Malouda and Lampard did a wall combination in the front field, Lampard suddenly slanted the ball to the other side. Kalou cut across the penalty area and passed the ball short to Anelka, who used his skillful ball control skills to swing in front of Skrtel to create a space to shoot. Then he tried to push the ball into the corner of the goal with a shot.
Seeing that Reina did not react, the Chelsea fans thought the ball would go in, but the football eventually brushed the outside of the goal and rolled out of the end line.
The Chelsea fans sighed in unison, which was particularly abrupt in Wembley Stadium.
The game became a back and forth attack!
In the 31st minute of the game, Qin Xiong suddenly cut across to the middle. He received the ball from Johnson from the right flank and sent it straight out.
The ball seemed to roll towards Gerard, who was standing more forward than Qin Xiong, and Gerard was also defended by Lampard and Mikel.
But Gerard suddenly missed the ball when he received it.
The football rolled behind him.
It surprised Chelsea's midfield defense and disrupted their defense!
Raúl retreated in front of the penalty area to receive it. Qin Xiong's pass reached his feet, and Raúl did not stop the ball and passed it back to Gerard, who ran forward after the ball was missed.
At that time, Qin Xiong, who was constantly accelerating forward after the ball, had also come close to Gerard.
Gerard kicked the ball under the pressure of Lampard and Mikel, and gently knocked the ball to the path in front of Qin Xiong's running position.
Qin Xiong took advantage of the momentum to kick the ball forward. His speed did not slow down at all, and seemed to accelerate.
At that time, Qin Xiong, who had stepped into the area about 30 yards away from the goal, saw Essien rushing at full speed. When the two were still two meters apart, Qin Xiong directly raised his leg to shoot.
Essien rushed even more fiercely. He tried to use his body to block Qin Xiong's shooting path.
But Qin Xiong's foot hooked diagonally and brushed past Essien's side.
Essien was completely fooled!
Terry and Ferreira were jointly defending against Raúl, and Ashley Cole directly came up after shrinking the middle to try to act as a screen to intercept Qin Xiong.
The right flank was completely empty in Chelsea's penalty area, and the gap was grasped by Qin Xiong.
He sent the ball behind Ferreira with a diagonal kick.
Babel, who cut inside into the penalty area, did not stop the ball with his left foot and volleyed the ball!
To ensure that the football would hit within the goal range, Babel deliberately lowered the football.
A rebound ball flew towards Chelsea's goal. In fact, the quality of the ball was not particularly good because the angle was too right.
But because it was a rebound ball, it caused Hilario to make a save and let go!
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