Community Shield 2018: Coach Pep confident entering the season

The fact that new coach Sarri has only had 2 weeks to get acquainted with the Chelsea players, and many players from both teams have just returned from the 2018 World Cup, has made the Community Shield match more bland than usual.

Aguero shines

The Stamford Bridge team will regret not recruiting Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid 10 years ago because they had Didier Drogba playing brilliantly. And then, nearly a decade later, Chelsea still can't help but regret that decision because he is the "killer" of this team.

Sergio Aguero, author of 2 goals. Photo: Internet

In the last 6 matches against Chelsea, he has scored 7 goals against Chelsea, all of which were smart escapes to break the offside trap and then continued to show his killer instinct. Man City dominated the game from the first minutes, the 30-year-old Argentine striker received the ball from young talent Phil Foden in the middle position.

With just a few turns, he easily fooled and eliminated centre-back Antonio Rudiger before unleashing a low, angled shot that defeated compatriot Willy Caballero in the goal.

The goal that sealed the 2-0 score was a familiar move for Man City, the ball was cut into the armpits of the center back and left back. Aguero, as usual, broke free and curled the ball into the goal to score. It was Aguero's 12th goal against Chelsea, with 10 of those coming in a Man City shirt.

Aguero is the first Man City player to score 200 goals and is the third highest scorer in Premier League history. He needs just two more goals to overtake Robin Van Persie, before overtaking Thierry Henry in the foreign top scorer list.

In addition, Pep introduced young talent Phil Foden, 18 years old. This young midfielder played steadily in the midfield, assisting the opening goal for Aguero after running to disturb the Chelsea defense. Foden could have doubled his achievement if the Argentine senior had not been unlucky in the second half, facing the opponent's goal.

Concerns for coach Sarri

The curse of the number 9 at Stamford Bridge still haunts Alvaro Morata even though he has just surprised everyone with his decision to change his shirt number from 9 to 29. The seniors who wore this shirt have had failures in their careers, including Fernando Torres, Radamel Falcao, Steve Sidwell and Khalid Boulahrouz. According to the explanation, he wore number 29 to celebrate the birth of his twins on July 29, but the change of shirt has not changed his luck.

Phil Foden (47) played very confidently. Photo: CNN

During 70 minutes of inaction on the pitch, the former Real Madrid star touched the ball just 20 times, passed the ball 11 times and fired a single shot that missed the target. It would be normal if Alvaro Morata disappeared from Stamford Bridge in the last few days of this summer transfer window.

Jorginho, the Italian midfielder, had a disastrous debut, making obvious and fatal mistakes. In addition to being blamed for Chelsea's first goal when he left Aguero out of the way right at the 16m50 line, he also lost the ball dangerously twice.

Jorginho is not a box-to-box defensive midfielder good enough for the pace-and-power-driven environment of English football, although he has been used by Sarri in a similar way to his success at Napoli, with more touches than any of his team-mates.

Chelsea played wide in the Cesar Community Shield, with Azpilicueta playing well on the right flank but Alonso has struggled on the left. Alonso is a wing-back in a 3-4-3 but when new boss Sarri switched to his favoured 4-3-3 system, with two full-backs, the midfielder struggled.