Community Shield Preview: Chelsea - Manchester United
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FORM GUIDE
Chelsea
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TEAM NEWS
Chelsea
Petr Cech will miss the start of the season with a calf injury so Hilario will take his place ahead of Ross Turnbull.
Didier Drogba has to settle for a place on the bench, while Alex (calf) and Jose Boswingwa (knee) are ruled out.
Carlo Ancelotti has named his starting line-up and has stuck with the same 10 outfield players who began the 2-1 loss to Hamburg on Wednesday.
Confirmed starting XI: Hilario; Ferreira, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Essien, Mikel, Lampard; Kalou, Anelka, Malouda.
Manchester United
England captain Rio Ferdinand is again missing with the knee injury that ruled him out of the World Cup.
Brazilian duo Rafael da Silva and Fabio da Silva will also miss the game through illness, while Michael Carrick (ankle) has been ruled out for the first two weeks of the season.
Sir Alex, who has confirmed that Michael Owen and Wayne Rooney will play 45 minutes each, has given Patrice Evra an extra week off following his exploits with France at the World Cup.
Possible starting XI: Van der Sar; Neville, Vidic, Evans, O’Shea; Valencia, Fletcher, Scholes, Park; Owen, Berbatov.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Chelsea
Didier Drogba will undoubtedly play a major role for the Blues this season, and could
make the difference this Sunday once again - as he has done so often.
The Ivorian enjoyed his best season at Stamford Bridge last season,
netting 37 times throughout the campaign on his way to winning the
Premier League Golden Boot. Although the Ivorian is starting on the
bench, don’t put it past him to be the match-winner.
Manchester United
The Red Devils’ key man against Chelsea could be new signing Javier Hernandez.
The 22-year-old starred for Mexico at this summer’s World Cup and has
already caught the eye of the United faithful, scoring on his debut
after coming on as a substitute against the MLS All-Stars. Sir Alex has a
tendency to start the players who did so well for him in the previous
season in these kind of games, but the Mexican will be desperate to make
an impact if called upon from the bench.
PREDICTION
Always a tough one to call with the season not yet underway. Difficult to go just on pre-season results so I’m going for a tight game with Chelsea to win narrowly. United are still without Rio Ferdinand which could prove to be the difference if Didier Drogba & Co can start the new season the way they ended the old one.Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United -
For people betting, i suggest skipping this one. Btw last charity shield ended up 6-3. Chelsea won
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The 2009 FA Community Shield was the 87th FA Community Shield, The game ended in a 2–2 draw – the goals coming from Nani and Wayne Rooney for Manchester United, and from Ricardo Carvalho and Frank Lampard for Chelsea – with Chelsea winning 4–1 on penalties.
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With the game ending at 2-2, it's draw. Betting doesn't count penalty or extra time as well.
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Err
Honestly, Chelsea players do not have full match fitness, I have no ideas about Man Utd players, but the opposition surely have an advantage.
2ndly, Ferreira at RB just means that Nani will expose him like crazy. With Terry prone to making mistakes, I am not surprised if Man Utd win.
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no cech and ashley cole no mood to play. and usually they play humji in first half DA :D
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hope tonight is a good match. next week then is the real thing. I dun think bother managers is angry at losing this match, cos its just a friendly charity tournament before kick off.
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oddly its on chn 5.
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I am sure both team would not want to have any injuries in this match.
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Chelsea XI: Hilario; Ferreira, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Essien, Mikel, Lampard; Kalou, Malouda; Anelka.
Manchester United XI: Van Der Sar; O'Shea, Vidic, Evans, Fabio; Valencia, Scholes, Carrick, Park; Rooney, Owen
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it's on channel 5.
i hope i dont get to see yossi benayoun :(
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chelsea looking good here
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united midfield is not over ran by chelsea yet as scholes and carrick are too slow, plus no fletcher to do the dirty work and protect the back 4.
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wooo see.
I am right.
Chelsea 1 goal down even though they are looking better. Chelsea just not taking their chances, as usual one.
Anelka dropping deep dunno for what reason.
Kalou as usual cmi...
Terry alot of mistakes again...
Ashely Cole best player...
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Owen please run faster
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Chelseea need to dip into transfer market already lah... kena 2 nil...
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Originally posted by Y_Shun:
Chelseea need to dip into transfer market already lah...
agree. chelsea lacking abit of creativity here. maybe because of match fitness..
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Sturridge best player sia...
damn hes really good
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Kalou kok as usual
even though he score, its just a tap in.
4minutes more!
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Originally posted by Y_Shun:
Kalou kok as usual
even though he score, its just a tap in.
4minutes more!
i think your hatred towards kalou is the same as mine towards dirt kuyt
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kns benayoun trash sia. seriously.
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kns benayoun trash sia. seriously.
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Kalopu really shite
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wtf kalou~! i want to watch penalty one leh
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aiya
consolation score 1 goal good enough.
seriously the tactics fail sia.
4 consecutive defeats, ancelotti needs to rethink its tactics