Manchester United win FA Community Shield
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by SSreporters
Manchester United 1 Chelsea 1 (Man U wins 3-0 on penalties): With the Barclays Premier League starting next week, Manchester United and Chelsea raised the curtain in the FA Community Shield. The first 20 minutes of the game was quite slow in the baking hot Wembley Stadium in London, but it picked up when a Jon Obi Mikel header went inches wide for Chelsea. Manchester United came back with 2 shots in 2 minutes when Ryan Giggs had his strike blocked by Petr Cech, and Michael Carrick's attempt from 25 yards went just wide. The game had it's first goal when Patrice Evra crossed the ball into the box and found Giggs, who brilliantly put it in the net to make it 1-0 for Man United. Not to be denied, Chelsea were level on the stroke of halftime on a beautiful goal by new signing Florent Malouda, who was injured in the process. The 2nd half was quite limited in the shot department, so with no extra time, the 2 teams went straight to penalties.
In the shootout, Claudio Pizarro, Frank Lampard, and Shaun Wright-Phillips all took spot kicks for Chelsea. The result? All were saved by Manchester United keeper Edwin Van Der Sar. Man U converted on their 3 kicks, and the Red Devils defeated Chelsea for the first time in 4 years.
The game was pretty dull, and hopefully that's not a sign of things to come in the BPL next week.
