Martin: "GOOOOOOOOOOAL, the ball was scored and the score became a 3:3 tie. This game was really unexpected. In just five minutes, Manchester United conceded goals one after another and the score was evened."
Neville: "Oh, Manchester United was a bit careless. Such a good situation was ruined just like that."
He Wei: "Oh, Manchester United It's a pity. What was originally a good lead was equalized by the opponent within 5 minutes, and it was after the opponent was sent off a man. This is really a pity."
Zhang Lu: "Actually, it's okay, at least it hasn't been reversed. This is football, and this is its charm. No one knows how it will end until the final whistle."
Is the game going to a penalty shootout?
Community Shield There is no overtime. If the game is tied within 90 minutes, the winner will be decided directly through a penalty shootout.
Ferguson was immediately overwhelmed. He had never experienced this kind of uncertain game in two years. Ever since Zhang Kuang joined Manchester United, he had basically established the lead early and easily won before the end.
This time it's going to be a penalty shootout?
Regardless of whether Ferguson is happy or not, he has to start preparing the roster for the penalty shootout.
Just as Ferguson and his assistant Phelan were studying the list of penalty kickers in a low voice, Manchester United launched a counterattack after losing two goals in a row and then won a corner kick.
Martin: "Oh, corner kick, just now Hernández's shot was blocked by Lescott. Corner kicks have always been Zhang Kuang's strong point. If we give a corner kick at this time, it will be dangerous if Zhang Kuang takes it."
Neville: "Haha, yes, corner kicks are Zhang Kuang's strength. However, I believe that Manchester City will guard Zhang Kuang strictly. It's time now. There is no need for Mancini to remind Manchester City's players. All Manchester City's players know what to do..."
In the 88th minute, Shinji Kagawa took a left corner kick into the penalty area, while Zhang Kuang went outside the small penalty area, causing Manchester City's defense to be a little confused.
Rooney took this opportunity to leap forward and attack the goal, but no one stopped him.
Martin: "Rooney Header... GOO... Oh, Joe Hart punched out...Zhang Kuang... Header...
The ball went in, GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL, buzzer beater, buzzer beater, at the last moment, it was Zhang Kuang's header, Zhang Kuang's hat trick, 4:3..."
Neville: "Ah, this goal was really full of twists and turns. First, Rooney's header was knocked out, and then Zhang Kuang's header went in. Manchester United... I don't know whether it's their luck or their strength. It's really... beautiful!"
He Wei: "It's in, it's in, it's in, the ball is in, Zhang Kuang, header, hat trick, this ball is a header kick, it's so beautiful."
Zhang Lu: "Hey, Manchester United's cooperation this time is quite innovative. Manchester City players all know the advantages and disadvantages of Zhang Kuang's corner kick. The three defensive players were attracted by Zhang Kuang. As a result, Shinji Kagawa really did not pass it to Zhang Kuang, but lobbed the ball into the small penalty area.
This is attacking in the east and attacking in the west. Manchester City was tactically confused. Manchester City was very lucky. Rooney's header was punched out by Joe Hart, but he didn't expect Zhang Kuang's lightning header to make up the goal. Tsk tsk, it looks good, it looks good."
After scoring the goal, Zhang Kuang slid to his knees for a long distance, and then punched the air desperately while sliding to his knees. Then Rooney and Hernández followed suit, and finally the three of them hugged each other...
Then Shinji Kagawa, Carrick, Fletcher and others came...
Manchester United on the bench even more excitedly ran out of the awning to celebrate, and Ferguson also clapped happily.
The players on Manchester City's side were immediately dumbfounded. This...
They had only been happy for three minutes when they were immediately driven into the ice cave again.
In the 94th minute, David·Silva hit the goal directly with a free kick, and De Gea lifted the crossbar with one palm.
"Beep, beep, beep--!"
The final whistle blows.
Manchester United 4-3 Manchester City.
All the fans cheered.
He Wei: "Okay, the referee blew the whistle to end the game! After 90 minutes of fierce battle, Manchester United defeated Manchester City four to three and won the 2012 Community Shield!
Zhang Kuang performed a hat trick, and Hernández made a contribution. Let us congratulate Manchester United for winning the first championship of the season, and let us also congratulate Zhang Kuang for a hat trick. Director Zhang, how do you summarize this game?"
Zhang Lu: "Hey, a derby, seven goals, Zhang Kuang hat trick, Balotelli red card, penalty kick, crossbar... Community Shield has everything.
Manchester United's offensive line showed terrifying firepower today, but the defense also conceded three goals. Ferguson will definitely have to beat the defense after the game.
For Manchester City, Balotelli's red card was the turning point, but Mancini's team showed resilience, chasing from zero to two to two to three, and from two to four to three to four, without collapse."
He Wei: "Zhang Kuang started the new season with three goals, and Community Shield's trophy is a beginning. Manchester United this season is worth looking forward to. Well, audience friends, this game will be broadcast here for you, thank you for watching slowly!"
Next, a simple awards ceremony was held on site. When Vidić and the team lifted the trophy, the audience shouted: We are the champions!
After the awards were given, the players were interviewed in the player tunnel and expressed their thoughts one after another.
Rooney: "Today's game was too thrilling. We were almost dragged into a penalty shootout. Fortunately, God favored us in the end."
Zhang Kuang wanted to step forward and interject. "It's not God, it's you and me. God didn't do anything. We earned the goal ourselves."
But he knew how controversial it would be if he interjected this sentence, so he just smiled.
When the reporter asked him, Zhang Kuang responded like this:
"Today's Manchester City is indeed tenacious, but football sometimes requires more than tenacity. Rapists will only become more excited when faced with a woman's struggle."
"Pfft, haha..."
Zhang Kuang These words are a bit damaging, but... he doesn't care.
Reporter: "Zhang, shouldn't you be a bit more gentlemanly? Such words are humiliating Manchester City."
The media, who are obviously closer to Manchester City, are unhappy.
Zhang Kuang: "Uh, sorry, I was just a joke. If it offended Manchester City, I apologize here. But as everyone knows, I was really just a joke."
Reporter: "Zhang, what do you think of your new teammate Shinji Kagawa?"
Zhang Kuang: "His debut today was quite successful and he performed very well. Not only did he provide an assist, but he also cooperated with everyone in the final goal to complete the tactical arrangement of attacking in the east and attacking in the west."
Reporter: "Then do you think he will be as successful as you in Manchester United like Park Ji-sung?"
Zhang Kuang: "There is no technical problem. It would be even more perfect if he had Park Ji-sung's running and physical confrontation abilities.
Of course, this is just the beginning. He has never played Premier League before, and he will gradually adapt and improve in the future."
Reporter: "Zhang, what is your goal this season?"
Zhang Kuang: "Of course it is to help the team win all the championships it can win, and then I will try to set another scoring record myself. These are the two goals."
Reporter: "What about the woman?"
Zhang Kuang: "Huh? I'm a good man, don't talk to me about this."
"Haha..." Everyone laughed.
Reporter: "Then you told Zabaleta on the field that you were a little bit conceited because you beat the eighth girl yesterday. Have you doubled your demand for women now?"
Zhang Kuang was stunned. "Ah? No, don't talk nonsense. When did I say this on the court?"
Reporter: "Zhang, don't try to quibble. Lip readers will translate it during the live broadcast."
Zhang Kuang was stunned for a moment, then gave a thumbs up. "I was negligent. Next time I will cover my mouth when speaking."
"Haha..."
Reporter: "Zhang, why don't you renew your contract with Manchester United? Are you planning to leave the team next season?"
Zhang Kuang glanced at the reporter meaningfully. "Let's wait until the end of this season to discuss this issue. Now is not the time to talk about this."
Reporter: "Then will you leave Manchester United?"
Zhang Kuang: "Of course, no one's career is only with one team, and it will be sooner or later that he leaves. But no one knows the specific day, including myself."
Reporter: "..."
After the game, in the locker room.
Zhang Kuang walked into the locker room with the game ball and asked each teammate to sign it. Vidić signed first, then Rooney, Ferdinand, Shinji Kagawa...
Ferguson walked in and clapped his hands. "The trophy is in the locker room. Anyone can lift it if they want. But tomorrow morning, we will start preparing for the league. Community Shield is a trophy, but it is not the end."
Everyone has washed up and can move around freely. We have two days off, but we must pay attention to maintaining our own condition and not making any big news. Vidić, come on, follow me to the press release meeting."
After Ferguson took away Vidić, the locker room started to become noisy.
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Post-match press conference.
When Mancini walked into the press hall, the expression on his face was very calm. He sat down and folded his hands on the table. There was no captain or player leading the team.
Reporter: "Mr. Mancini, Manchester City lost Community Shield. How do you evaluate this game?"
Mancini was silent for a few seconds. "There is nothing to say, we did everything we should do, but in the end we lost to Zhang Kuang.
We made preparations and made preventive plans, but we still couldn't guard him. Three goals, three methods. This is a world-class player. We lost, but Community Shield is not a league. The season has just begun, and I believe we will find a way in the next new season."
Reporter: "Did Balotelli's red card change the game?"
Mancini: "Of course, it has a certain impact. We lack a tactical fulcrum in the frontcourt, which makes the offense lose a link. Otherwise, we might not lose.
Balotelli, he is one of our most dangerous players, but I won't criticize him, he is still young."
Reporter: "Will you adjust your tactics because of this loss?"
Mancini: "We will analyze this game, find out the problems, and then improve. No team will collapse because of a loss."
Reporter: "..."
After the reporter asked a few more questions, Mancini ended the press conference and left.
Ferguson then walked into the press hall, taking Vidić with him. The old man had a unique look of satisfaction on his face after winning a derby, but he was not ostentatious.
Reporter: "Ferguson Jazz, four to three, Zhang Kuang scored a hat trick, but Manchester City also scored three goals. How do you evaluate the first game of the new season?"
Ferguson: "Our neighbor is getting stronger and stronger. They used to be just a mid-to-lower team, but in the past few seasons they have become a championship contending team.
Manchester City is becoming stronger and stronger in the hands of Mancini, and maybe one day he will win the championship, but the premise is that the prince of Middle East can continue to invest.
And we are still who we were last year, even stronger. Because we have new players in the new season, we only unveiled Shinji Kagawa today, and Van Persie will be with you in the league."
Reporter: "Vidić..."
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The first game of a new season often attracts attention. Even if the impact of the Olympics is still there, the media's attention to the world's largest football league is still enthusiastic.
The headline of the South China Morning Post was. "Crazy hat-trick, Manchester United wins the Social Shield 4-3 against Manchester City!"
The title of "Oriental Daily News" is. "Four goals to kill the city! Zhang Kuang adds another record to the record of becoming a god!"
The title of "Ta Kung Pao" is. "Mancini confesses: Manchester City still lost to Zhang Kuang!"
The title of the United Kingdom "The Guardian" is. "Zhang Kuang destroyed the Manchester City defense line, Ferguson won the first derby battle!"
The title of the United Kingdom's "Daily Mail" is. "The scorpion's tail swings! Zhang Kuang's hat trick makes Manchester City heartbroken!"
The title of "The Sun" is more direct. "Zhang Kuang three goals, Hart nightmare!"
Manchester City's "Manchester Evening News" title is. "Balotelli red card, Manchester City Community Shield lost, but the season has just begun."
South Korea's "JoongAng Ilbo" also reported on this game, "Zhang Kuang scored a hat trick on Community Shield, and South Korea Team's opponent in the top ten is in hot form."
"The Chosun Ilbo": "Zhang Kuang commented on Shinji Kagawa: There is still a gap between Park Ji-sung!"
Japan "Yomiuri Shimbun": "The world's top scorer Zhang Kuang praised Shinji Kagawa: Perfect debut, perfect cooperation with the team!"
"Asahi Shimbun": "Zhang Kuang pointed out the weakness of Shinji Kagawa: running and physical confrontation need to be improved! This is also the overall problem of Japan players!"
On social media, fans were in a quarrel:
"The number one in the world is the number one in the world. Not to mention the high number of goals scored, Zhang Kuang's scorpion tail, I watched it more than ten times, it's really awesome."
"Looking for Joe Hart's psychological shadow. He rarely concedes more than three goals to the same player in a game in a season. Only Zhang Kuang has done it many times."
"The scene of Balotelli sitting at the entrance of the tunnel watching the ball, I always thought it was very fantasy. As soon as he sat down Manchester City scored two goals in a row."
"Congratulations to Manchester United for winning the first championship of the new season. Will we have five more championships this season? Six championships?"
"If Zhang Kuang maintains this state this season, Manchester United's league championship will be secure again."
"I'm afraid this is the peak of the Manchester United dynasty. Let's watch and cherish Manchester United's games this season. Next year Ferguson will retire and Zhang Kuang will leave. At that time, Manchester United will not only win the championship, but it will become a luxury to stay in the championship zone."
"What the hell, with Manchester United's current lineup, as long as the new head coach is not too bad, he will be a core member of the championship."
"..."
When the players returned to Carrington Training Ground after a two-day vacation, they heard a message: the Community Shield they had worked so hard to win had only been in the honor room of Carrington Training Ground for less than forty-eight hours before it was moved to an inconspicuous corner by the staff.
Ferguson's original words are. "Community Shield is the appetizer, and the league is the main meal. If the players feel that getting a Community Shield is enough, I can let them prepare L'Équipe now."
Having said that, the atmosphere in the locker room is still different.
Winning a Derby and getting a trophy, even if it is just an "appetizer", is more exciting than playing against those Norway Sweden unknown teams in the pre-season.
Rooney was walking with wind in the past two days. I saw someone during training, and even after being kicked by Ferdinand, I was still lying on the ground laughing.
Shinji Kagawa still doesn't talk much, but after training, he will take the initiative to ask Carrick to practice long passes. Japan's "keep silent but practice to death" energy made Ferguson mutter to Phelan on the sidelines, "This kid can do it."
The team is still training silently, and there is a lot of sports news in mid-August, not only from the Olympic Games, but also from the transfer market, which is much more lively than Manchester.
For example, all kinds of information that the media are hotly discussing and tracking like a TV series: 'How much did the club offer again, what requests did the players make?' There is an endless stream of related news.
Hazard went to Chelsea, Lille received 32 million pounds, and Belgium received a weekly salary of 100,000 pounds after tax.
When Rooney saw this news in the canteen of the training base, he clicked his tongue at his mobile phone. "Thirty-two million, is that the number I went to Manchester United back then?"
Carrick stood nearby without raising his head. "You didn't get a weekly salary of 100,000 yuan back then."
Rooney put the phone on the table and turned to look at Shinji Kagawa: "Kagawa, how much do you earn at Dortmund?"
Kagawa almost choked on his rice and his face turned red.
Zhang Kuang passed by and patted Rooney on the back of the head. "Don't bully the newcomers."
Bayern Munich moves even more.
Xavi·Martínez Forty million euros went from Bilbao to Munich, setting a Bundesliga transfer record.
Mandžukić signed it two months ago for 13 million.
Shaqiri also went, 11.6 million.
Rooney looked at this string of numbers and shook his head. "Bayern Munich What are you doing? Playing mahjong at a table?"
Ferdinand said quietly from the side, "I'm not satisfied with the Sanya king last season. Besides, Guardiola is the winner this season. Isn't Guardiola allowed to sign new players?"
Zhang Kuang gave a thumbs up to Ferdinand: "You can see clearly, then you can see if Wayne had sex last night?"
"Haha..."
Ferdinand pointed at the newspaper after laughing, "What's there to guess? I don't care about his sexual life at all, and I haven't even looked at this transfer. It's as lively as watching a TV series."
The matter of Modrić going to Real Madrid dragged on all summer. Tottenham Hotspur refused to let go. In the end, it was fixed at 27 million pounds plus floating, which could reach up to 33 million pounds. Levy is really a greedy boss, just like Grandet."
Zhang Kuang: "The price paid by Manchester United last year was higher than this. Levy refused to sell it for fear of getting a better Manchester United. To use a saying from our China: I would rather give it to a friendly country than to a domestic slave!"
Shinji Kagawa opened his eyes wide. "What does this sentence mean?"