Ordinary teams are not mediocre, and a century of team history adds new achievements

How difficult is it for an ordinary team to win the England Community Shield Championship? From 2003 to the present, only two teams outside the top five in the league have achieved this goal, one is Leicester City in 2021, and the other is Crystal Palace, which defeated Liverpool through a penalty shootout in the early morning of August 11.

reporter Yin Chengjun reported that the "civilian team" broke through again in the English Community Shield, formerly known as the English Charity Shield, is a annual championship hosted by the English Football Federation, which is the English Football Super League champion vs. the FA Cup champion.

This victory is simply a rare and rare in a century for Crystal Palace, a team that has no strong team background. First, they won the FA Cup last season and were qualified to compete in the Community Shield Cup, which is enough to make their fans proud for the rest of their lives. Three months later, facing the stronger Liverpool, they won again and won two heavyweight championship trophys in just a few months. Such a record is difficult for even the top teams in the Premier League.

Since its official name change in 2003, the Community Shield Championship has been basically won by Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. Leicester City is the first small team to break the barriers of the giants. They are very resilient teams. They once won the Premier League championship in Creation Myth in 2016, but lost to Manchester United in the Community Shield match that year. In 2021, the team won the FA Cup again and finally won the championship after defeating Manchester City. Now, Crystal Palace is inheriting the legend of Leicester City and performing the extraordinaryness of an ordinary team to the extreme.

Those who lose community shields win the Premier League?

Liverpool also made great efforts in this community shield game. They are currently the strongest club in England. The four new players of Wilz and Ekitic all appeared, and they do not want to let any champions fall easily. However, Crystal Palace showed its toughness, Liverpool led twice, they equalized twice, and dragged the game into a penalty shootout with extreme defense. In the end, the "snap point expert" Henderson shone brightly and saved two penalty kicks, and the powerful Liverpool was defeated by Crystal Palace.

This is really an embarrassing experience for Liverpool coach Slott. The club spent a lot of money to introduce four new players, including Wilz, this summer, but it defeated Wembley Stadium in the "opening whistle" of the new season, which made the whole team ashamed.

However, the magic of Community Shield is that it is the "poison" of Premier League giants. All the Community Shield champions in the previous five seasons missed the Premier League championship. In the past 14 seasons, Manchester City won the Premier League championship again after winning the Community Shield. In other words, as long as you win the Community Shield, you won’t think about the Premier League championship. This time, is Liverpool a blessing in disguise, lose in the east and win in the east?

It is even more difficult for Liverpool to defend the title

It is difficult for Liverpool to win the Premier League championship this season. Their strongest competitor Arsenal recruits and their strength has increased a lot. Manchester City's condition has also stabilized and is another giant that covets the championship. Chelsea has reached the strongest height in recent years with the Club World Cup victory, and even Manchester United is preparing for the battle, hoping to regain glory.

Because of this, Liverpool attaches great importance to this community shield game. With their strength, they are enough to crush Crystal Palace. During the game, new players such as Flynnon, Wilz and Ekitic also showed their due abilities and participated in the goal. But no one expected that in recent years, Van Dijk, the back-end defender, made two mistakes, one was a mistake in making mistakes, and the other was a man-tapping mistake, giving Crystal Palace two goals. Head coach Slott did not hide this when he was interviewed by the media after the game. He said: "This game makes me feel complicated. Facing such a team with tight defense, our offense is slightly better than last season. But we conceded two goals, which needs to be improved. If we want to win the league championship, we can not only not give our opponents too many opportunities, but we can't concede the ball."

Slott sees it very clearly, but on the football field, sometimes thinking about it does not necessarily mean that we can do it. Although Liverpool has avoided entering the vicious circle of "the community shield loses the Premier League", there is still a long way to go to defend the title.