[I'm more optimistic about Manchester United. Their new central defender is the "Glorious Iron Wall" Maguire! He made many wonderful clearances in the key battles of the Treble-winning season. He and De Gea will surely join forces to construct a Red Devils defense of reinforced concrete!]

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[That's right, and there's the return of the "Black Storm" Welbeck to Manchester United, an English native attacker with excellent passing and shooting.]

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[And then there's "Little Beast" Lukaku.]

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[With this group of Crouching Dragons and Phoenixes among men, Manchester United will tear Arsenal apart in minutes!]

The game was very smooth.

But the styles of the two teams were reversed.

Arsenal parked the bus, and Manchester United launched a positional siege.

Gunners fans were dissatisfied, and Red Devils fans cheered.

On the sidelines.

Enrique stood proudly in the coaching area, calmly directing the defense: The pre-match arrangement was for the players to go head-to-head with Manchester United, but they couldn't match them, so they had to shrink back.

On the other side.

Mourinho sat on the bench with his legs crossed, touching his chin, a faint smile on his face.

His tactical deployment was very meticulous: first this, then that, then that and that, and finally Manchester United wins the championship, perfect!

Gradually...

The smile on the Manchester United coach's face disappeared.

"Oh no! Why is Welbeck shooting at the opposing goalkeeper's face!"

"He seems to have reverted to Be not-in, who started 38 games in a single season for Manchester United and scored zero goals!"

"Ospina fumbles!"

"How did Lingard block Ibrahimovic?"

"Lukaku's top-notch sense of smell! A diving header!"

"Wow! The post!"

Enrique trembled all over, his palms sweating, trying to pretend to be calm.

For most of the game.

The commentators sighed: "How did that not go in?" "The crossbar!" "The post!" "Flying towards the stands..."

Arsenal finally got a counter-attack opportunity.

Maguire made a huge mistake.

He accidentally pulled down his teammate in his own penalty area, leaving De Gea facing the Arsenal striker directly!

"The defensive thinking isn't unified."

"Aubameyang! The Bundesliga Golden Boot!"

"What a scare! De Gea's wonderful save, Manchester United escaped a disaster!"

De Gea looked at Maguire, who was lying on the ground, with a melancholy expression.

The smile on Mourinho's face disappeared completely.

"Scorpion kick!"

"Wow!"

"In this kind of positional attack, Maguire's scorpion kick accidentally injured Pogba! The 100 million man angrily hammered the ground!"

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"Handball, Maguire reports his teammate for a handball! The referee gave him a thumbs up, and Mourinho angrily kicked the coach's bench."

The audience became more and more irritable.

What happened to the promised peak showdown?

The 0:0 score dragged into extra time.

In the 108th minute, Ibrahimovic came down from the heavens, breaking the deadlock with a stunning arc!

0:1!!!

In the 119th minute, Lacazette dribbled the ball through and was tripped on the edge of the Manchester United penalty area. Arsenal got an excellent free-kick opportunity!

Enrique waved his fist excitedly.

Immediately after.

The Estadio da Luz staged an extremely complex set-piece performance!

A feint!

Another feint!

Still a feint!

The football sped across the grass, dazzling the eye.

Finally, Xhaka broke through Manchester United's goal.

1:1!!!

The game was dragged into a cruel penalty shootout!

Half an hour later.

In a hotel room in the distant East.

Morata sat in front of the TV, frowning and said, "Manchester United's forwards are really unreliable... they can still miss so many open goals?"

Dino's mouth twitched involuntarily.

The notebook in his hand was filled with dense notes.

"Manchester United still won the penalty shootout."

"Arsenal's luck was a little worse."

"Enrique abandoned the philosophy left by Wenger. The main offensive methods are counter-attacks and set-pieces."

"Why does he always go against his predecessor? Playing tiki-taka when coaching Roma, parking the bus when coaching Arsenal..."

Dino closed his notebook.

Since this morning was free time, some Chelsea players could stay up late to watch the European Super Cup.

Sleep in.

Wake up and go to the autograph session.

It was still a detail learned from Bayern: the autograph session was held in a nearby open stadium or an open space provided by the brand.

In order to avoid obstructing traffic, occupying resources, and causing fan resentment in other public places.

The news of Manchester United winning the European Super Cup quickly spread around the world.

Red Devils fans were unable to sleep all night, and a hopeful word echoed in their hearts: revival.

Arsenal fans could also accept the result of the game. After all, from the looks of it, they fought their opponents back and forth... The Treble is already a height that many clubs cannot reach, so why still hope for a Quadruple or a Quintuple?

Besides.

The result of a penalty shootout cannot be counted as a victory or defeat.

According to the result of the game in regular time, Enrique at least allowed Arsenal to continue their undefeated myth.

Well, the Gunners fans who have finally tasted the sweetness are very optimistic.

Except for some Islington extremist fans, no one complained about Mr. 200 million, after all, Li Kang left the Gunners with "Undefeated Season", "Treble", "250 million"...

Post-match interview.

Pogba earnestly asked the reporter: whether his hairstyle today was handsome or not.

It took the reporters a lot of effort to bring the topic back.

"Kante is Li's partner at the club, and also my partner in the national team."

"Who is better? You can throw this question to Kante."

Post-match press conference.

Enrique did not explain the reasons for the defeat too much, but expressed: Arsenal is in the rebuilding stage, the game was played very well, and our new signings will soon arrive on the Premier League battlefield!

New signings?

The summer transfer window of the top five leagues has entered its trading peak season.

Ms. Skaia was extremely busy.

She still had to operate a few signings: the return of David Luiz and Christensen, the signing of Drinkwater, and the battle for Bakayoko from the "Monaco Supermarket"...

As for other signing plans? She had already said nonono to them!

Speaking of the Monaco Supermarket, Paris Saint-Germain took Mbappe, Liverpool took Fabinho, and Manchester City took B Silva and Mendy. It was almost emptied.

Two o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Kang and his teammates arrived at Tianhe Sports Center again.

The autograph session was simply arranged.

Chelsea carefully prepared peripheral gifts for the fans.

Third-party security personnel were also "silenced" and "warned" not to yell at fans or drive them away.

All the details were learned from Bayern Munich as of 2017.

Accompanied by bursts of cheers.

Fans entered the venue one after another.

Unlike the autograph session phenomenon in Europe, there were no small notes left here, or lipstick marks left on clothes, only simple blessings and warm photos.

A long queue formed in front of Li Kang's seat.

Morata stretched and asked curiously:

"Li, why is your signing efficiency so slow?"

"Oh! I'm signing in Chinese!"

The sun set.

Li Kang waved goodbye to the fans.

Chelsea did not continue to "cheat money" in China, it was still an experience learned from Bayern: to balance commercial value and fan sentiment.

As for the ICC International Champions Cup?

The main players had already played enough time, and Tuchel was prepared to use substitute players in the remaining games.

Tuchel's Chelsea is about to usher in the first challenge of the new season: the Community Shield!

(End of this chapter)