On August 10, the England Community Shield match came as scheduled.
Manchester City won the domestic treble last season.
Community Shield against Premier League runners-up Liverpool.
In order to allow Hao Qiang and Aguero to fully recover, Pellegrini was very cautious in using them.
In this semi-warm-up Community Shield match, the two of them were not even included in the squad.
The two stayed in Manchester and the team went to London to play the Community Shield.
Maybe Pellegrini has a good intention.
But he seemed to have forgotten something.
If Manchester City does not win the championship, his operations will put pressure on himself.
If Manchester City wins the championship.
Hao Qiang and Aguero didn’t even have the chance to attend the award ceremony...
Aguero also told Hao Qiang on the phone.
But Hao Qiang didn't care.
Even if you win the Community Shield trophy, it will be forgotten in two days.
Liverpool's resentment that has been building up all summer finally has a chance to be released.
Especially in the absence of Hao Qiang and Aguero, Liverpool turned the semi-warm-up Community Shield into a life-threatening final!
At the end of half-time, Manchester City fans were confused.
0:3!
Liverpool sealed the victory.
Pellegrini only realized it later.
That’s sloppy and careless!
Maybe he has not yet recovered from the complacency of winning the local Triple Crown last season and being promoted to the ranks of championship coaches.
"What is Pellegrini doing?"
"It's acceptable if you can't match Hao Qiang and Aguero. Then just defend against counterattacks and attack with Jovetic and Dzeko. Do you think these two can do something big?"
"Oh, what a bad luck!"
"If you ask me, I still have to scold him. If I don't scold Pellegrini, he looks harmless and calm, but secretly his tail is raised to the sky!"
"That's right. Does he think that last season's Triple Crown was all due to him? How amazing is he? He's so stupid. I don't want to settle the score with him for being eliminated from the Champions League. Why does he think he's a master?"
In fact, Manchester City's top management looked down on Pellegrini from the beginning to the end and had to make do with it.
Most fans do the same.
With Manchester City's financial resources, they should have a world-class coach no matter what.
Pellegrini is a little famous, but this kind of coach is everywhere in European football.
Which league doesn't have a few green leaves to set off the masters?
Therefore, when Manchester City performs poorly, Pellegrini will definitely be criticized and attacked by many fans.
Manchester City made five substitutions in the second half.
Then they ended up in a goalless draw with Liverpool, who had called in early.
Neither side achieved anything.
Liverpool defeated Manchester City to win the Community Shield.
Manchester City went home disappointed.
The media criticized the performances of Jovetic and Dzeko.
The former really feels like he can't play well in Manchester City, and the latter has been looking to leave the team all summer, but Manchester City won't let him go!
The main reason is that no suitable replacement can be found.
Hao Qiang is the unshakable main center.
Under the main force, there must be substitutes.
Whether it is rotation or emergency, Manchester City must have this kind of regular configuration.
So it's no secret that Dzeko wants to leave, but Manchester City has welded the door shut so that he can't fly.
Hao Qiang and Aguero looked at the group of teammates who had returned from the defeat, and they were also a little depressed.
The new season has not officially started yet in the strict sense, but the team atmosphere seems to be a bit worrying.
The new Premier League season will officially kick off in a week.
Manchester City travels to the Northeast to challenge Newcastle United.
Due to the disastrous defeat in the Community Shield, Fleet Street claimed that Manchester City faced unprecedented challenges in defending their title.
When Manchester City came to St. James' Park to play against the Magpies Newcastle United, they were surprised to find that Newcastle United performed extremely unrestrained and tough.
I don't know if it's because the new season has just started and there's no need to fight for relegation, or if it's because I really don't take Manchester City seriously.
Compared to the stable starting lineup at the end of last season.
Manchester City's first league match of the new season saw changes in the midfield.
Fernando and Fernandinho formed a strong defensive midfielder for the Skinheads.
Mangala's partner Kompany is also a member of the skinhead gang.
Anyway, the players in Manchester City's midfield and backfield who have bright heads are all tough guys.
As a result, Manchester City's midfield organization almost only relies on David Silva.
Xavi Garcia can also bring some help in offensive organization.
But the effect of the combination of Fernando and Fernandinho is to highlight one word: hard!
It's hard.
Not enough subtlety.
This has reduced the efficiency of Manchester City's offensive organization.
Hao Qiang's retreat to assist will not change this, after all, he has also retreated in the past.
David Silva relieved some of his defensive duties and played as much as possible on the wing.
Navas is still the same, basically only concentrating on supporting tasks on the wing.
Neither Aguero nor Hao Qiang had any objections to this.
If a winger came to divide the firepower, they would not be happy.
It's not necessarily just domineering.
But as Manchester City is the defending champion, if their teammates are very strong, then that's all. What if a guy comes along and misses the target with a few blind shots.
Let them, top stars and superstars, play house with him?
Opportunities should still be given to players with high certainty to seize them!
Newcastle United attacked resolutely and had a good rhythm.
However, facing Manchester City's skinhead defense, they always failed to create great opportunities.
Manchester City, who were slow to find their rhythm, created good opportunities as they switched back and forth to speed up the pace near the end of the first half.
Hao Qiang and Aguero swap positions regularly.
With the support of Clichy, he played a triangle pass and cut cooperation from the wing.
Aguero took the initiative to connect and then passed the ball diagonally back.
Hao Qiang touched the ball while cutting inside, spiked the ball, avoided the defensive player's interception, and then shot furiously in front of the penalty area line.
The powerful and heavy shot sent the football flying towards the far corner of the goal like a cannonball.
Newcastle United goalkeeper Krul was helpless.
After Hao Qiang scored, he smiled and pointed at Aguero, and the two ran to the sidelines to celebrate.
Manchester City's first goal in the new season, made by Hao Qiang!
No surprises.
Manchester City fans were ecstatic.
The Community Shield fiasco made them miserable for a whole week.
I finally feel better now.
"You still have to look at me, Emperor Hao!"
"In fact, our defending season will definitely be more difficult than winning last season, so Pellegrini needs to be more vigilant, and it's best not to play tricks!"
"This year we have strengthened our midfield and backfield defense. As long as we are not affected by injuries, we still have a chance to make greater progress."
"It's open, it's open, Hao Huang scored 43 goals in the Premier League last season. Can he still score 40 goals in the league this season?!"
"Hahaha, Hao Huang is a man who has steadily scored 40 goals in a season. He will definitely score 40 goals."
Newcastle United fans are frustrated.
Coach Alan Pardew scratched his head, there was still nothing he could do against Manchester City.
Their posture and momentum are very strong.
But the problem is that the offense can't create great opportunities, and there are no unexpected moves.
It seems that active oppression is not the right choice.
