Soccer Card System

　　 Chapter 147 Community Shield Cup

　　 For Sir Alex Ferguson, it was really just a passing incident to mention Drrinkwater in the media. For him, what really matters is Manchester United's plans for the new season.

For Ferguson, who has led this team for 23 years, they once again completed their three consecutive Premier League titles last season. This is Manchester United’s second dynasty. All the Premier League opponents seem to have returned to being red again. In the era of empire dominance, whether it is Abramovich's Chelsea, Wenger's Arsenal, or Benitez's Liverpool, they are all overwhelmed by Manchester United. They can only watch Manchester United once again complete their three consecutive championships!

　　 But this season is quite a challenge for Manchester United. In this summer, Tevez was lost. The departure of World Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo hurt the Red Devils. Abandoning Tevez, Manchester United will pin its hopes on veteran Michael Owen, but now Owen is no longer as courageous as before, and the haze of injuries often hangs over him. Whether Irving can maintain a high level of stable performance has always been a question. Even if he can play stable, Antonio Valencia can fill the vacancy of Ronaldo, coupled with the growing old Giggs and Scholes, Manchester United's strength is bound to decline.

　　 So the media generally believe that this season is quite a challenge for Manchester United.

　　 But Ferguson doesn't think so. He thinks his team's lineup is still quite strong in the Premier League.

　　 Rooney and Berbatov’s strike partner is enough to threaten the defense of all Premier League teams. They have such strength. Even if he loses Cristiano Ronaldo, Ferguson believes that the introduction of Valencia from Wigan is enough to replace Cristiano Ronaldo's position. In order to regain the confidence of players and fans, he even put the number seven shirt on Valencia.

Gao Bo is naturally the development of Valencia later. Valencia is an excellent winger, but to be honest, it is a bit too much to reach the height of Ronaldo, and the pressure of the No. 7 jersey makes Valencia a little difficult to support. So later Valencia took the initiative to not want this jersey and it turns out that Valencia's performance after changing the jersey number has indeed returned to normal.

　　 But now Ferguson doesn't know this, he still has high hopes for Valencia. And Ferguson does not want to lose the Community Shield game.

Now the English media is generally watching the excitement of Manchester United. Luton has defeated Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool one after another. This is a member of the Premier League big4. Now in the Premier League semi-finals, Manchester United has not played against Luton, so the media This is quite expected.

　　 "If Luton can complete the feat of defeating Manchester United in the Community Shield, coach Gao Bo may become the only coach who has successfully beaten the top four of the Premier League before leading the low-level league in one season."

　　 Even "Sky Sports" began to tease in the newspaper.

　　 This is actually related to the nature of the Community Shield. The Community Shield Cup was originally called the Charity Shield. It is an annual championship hosted by the Football Association of England between the champions of the English Premier League and the FA Cup. If the team wins a double championship (all the Premier League and FA Cup championships), the opposing team will be the Premier League runner-up. The game is traditionally held at Wembley Stadium as the opening match before the start of each season. This kind of warm-up cup match, the media did not pay much attention to the victory or defeat. As the season opener, this is more like a festival, because after this match, the Premier League matches have started one after another. .

　　 But this year’s Community Shield is a bit special, because it is difficult for the FA to imagine that the English Premier League teams will actually participate in this Community Shield game-usually the Community Shield is a confrontation between Premier League teams. So in terms of the schedule, Luton could only postpone his first round of the league, because the first round of the first division and the community shield crashed.

　　 There is nothing to say about Luton. If you want to say how much Gao Bo sees the Community Shield, he does not.

For Gao Bo, he regards this game as a high-quality warm-up match. When facing a team like Manchester United, what kind of performance the team can show after an offseason, the new How is the player's integration, especially this game will definitely encounter some difficulties, Gao Bo wants to see how tough this team is.

　　 But before that, Gao Bo wanted to solve the problem of Alex Sandro's labor certification first. Gao Bo has decided to use the special genius clause!

　　 At this time, the special genius clause is actually very loose. Before England’s disastrous performance in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the labor certification was not very strict.

　　 So generally speaking, as long as the team uses this clause, the FA will generally pass it. Gao Bo, who didn't know much about labor certification, didn't know this before, but John reminded him.

　　 "We need to find someone with enough weight to attend the hearing?" Gao Bo was actually not too relieved.

　　 "No need! You can do it!" John said confidently.

"I?!!"

"Yes, think about it, who did Vardy excavate? And Charlie, Kanter, Adam!" John said, "This fully shows that you are a very discerning head coach! As long as you have a letter of recommendation, The FA will pass it!"

　　 Gao Bo thought about it, it seems that the same is true.

　　Proving who is a genius is actually a very subjective thing, which requires a weighty person to speak.

　　 Gao Bo did not expect that he has some weight in the football world.

　　 Gao Bo got a letter of recommendation and handed it to the team’s legal counsel Morris to deal with this matter.

　　 But before the start of the Community Shield game, Alex Sandro's labor license has not been issued. The team has thought about everything, the only thing they didn't expect is the efficiency of the FA!

　　 The team sent a letter to the FA in mid-July to apply for a labor license to Alex Sandro.

　　 The FA did not reply until the end of July. Of course, this application was rejected, and then Luton appealed, using the "special genius clause" in the appeal.

　　 However, the FA has not responded to this complaint until now.

　　 This makes Gao Bo dissatisfied with the FA's work efficiency to the extreme.

　　 This program takes too long, right?

　　 Until August 8th, Alex Sandro's labor certification application did not come down, so he was doomed to not play in the FA Cup.

　　 So Sandro had to be a spectator in the stands.

　　 Speaking of Luton’s players are very familiar with Wembley~www.ltnovel.com~ They played at Wembley twice last season, and at the beginning of this season, they came to Wembley again.

　　 Most players are not new to this, but new players such as Griezmann are very interested in England’s National Stadium.

　　 The weather on the day of the game was not bad. As the opening game of the new season, Wembley attracted a lot of attention from fans.

　　 Even Luton fans didn't feel fresh about Wembley. They have been here twice last season, but that doesn’t mean

They lose enthusiasm.

　　 At Wembley, there are still a lot of Luton fans.

　　 In the Wembley locker room, Gao Bo is making the final mobilization of the team.

　　 "This game is the first game of the new season. What effect can our training for more than one month achieve? This game will be a total test!" Gao Bo said.

"I repeat, the game against Manchester United is a brand new game. Manchester United is an opponent we have never encountered before. Even if we met Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool last season, we cannot give us any experience in this regard. The only thing we can do is to defend firmly first, and then look for opportunities to counterattack!!"

　　 When Gao Bo finished speaking, the players walked out of the locker room.

　　 The Community Shield Cup is about to begin, and this brand new season is about to begin.