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Arsenal lifts the Community Shield (Picture taken from ArsenalFanTv) |
We must start congratulating with the Arsene Wenger's team Arsenal who lifted the Community Shield beating the Antonio Conte's Chelsea at the penalty shootout lottery with the new A-B-B-A formula that wasn't really liked much. The first half was mostly dominated by the Arsenal that looked like a real team much more than Chelsea that seemed very confused at the beginning. Great the shoot by the new signing Lacazette that finished on the post but generally Courtois did a really superb match saving his team in several occasions but it's the Chelsea that got the lead in the second half with Moses that was very quick in understanding the action and the direction of Cahill's header anticipating everyone and beating the keeper Cech for the 0-1 at 47'. A very bad foul made by Pedro to Elnery left the Chelsea playing the last 10 minutes in 10 men and on the same set piece action the Arsenal found the 1-1 thanks to a header by Kolasinac. The penalties missed by Courtois and Morata gave the competition to the Arsenal. Not a great start for Conte and also for the new big signings and old Italian Serie A 's friends Morata and Rudiger.
Fantastic match by Inter that beat the Villareal for 3-1 ! The Spalletti's team keeps going forward and seems unstoppable in this pre-season. Eder, Jovetic (super bike kick shoot) and Brozovic scored for the Inter that seemed pretty in control of the match. Soldado only temporarily leveled the match in the first half. Icardi went back on the pitch and even served the a great assist for Brozovic in occasion of his goal.
Very unfortunate the Napoli that made only a draw for 2-2 against Bournemouth but it was kind of undeserved. Napoli had control of the match and got the lead with Mertens at the 30'. The England team leveled the match thanks to a lucky rebound that put the ball on the head of Afobe that could score easily at 52' and they even managed to score the 1-2 but there was a clear foul over Zielinski that the referee didn't call surprisingly and Simon Francis dribbled Reina and put the ball in at 76'. Great match by the goalkeeper Begovic that made so many great saves making his goal a tabu' for Napoli that still managed to level the match thanks to a precise low shoot by Zielinski nicely assisted by Rog for the final 2-2. We think Sarri just need to fix something back there but the team is well ready to hit the ground! Nice test for the Genoa beat for 4-0 the Holland team Heerenveen thanks to Veloso (scored twice and one of them was a fantastic set piece) and two penalties by Palladino and Simeone. Nice match also for the Fiorentina that got a 2-0 victory against Wolfsburg thanks to Kalinic - that at this point might play for the Viola for another season - and Chiesa. The 2 jewels are clearly too important for the team and cannot leave. Still some problems of attention for the Fiorentina 's defenders and Pioli will have to work a lot about this too. Disappointing was few days ago the Juventus team that lost for 2-0 against Tottenham that killed the bianconeri for the whole match also getting 2 posts. Goals were scored by Kane and Eriksen. The Italian Super Cup against Lazio is approaching and Allegri seems to be quiet anyway, at least in front of the press. Good luck !
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