F.A Cup champions Man U. defeated Premier League champions Leicester
City 2-1
today to win the community shield, handing Jose Mourinho and
new star signing Zlatan Ibrahimovic their first silverware with the
club.
A Zlatan Ibrahimovic second half goal was all that was needed to
overcome a resilient Leicester City side who had equalized through Jamie
Vardy after youngster Jesse Lingard scored the first goal of the game.
Jose Mourinho started the match with new signing Eric Bailly and Daley
Blind manning the defence while Rooney, Lingard and Superstar Zlatan
Ibrahimovic handled the attack.
Leicester City, still basking in the euphoria of being crowned
Premier League champions started with a team almost identical to their
title winning team of last season with N'golo Kante, who recently signed
for Chelsea the major exception, while new boy Ahmed Musa had to make
do with a place on the bench.
Jesse Lingard, United's FA Cup final match-winner against Crystal
Palace in May, gave new boss Jose Mourinho's men a 32 minute lead with a
stunning solo goal.
He picked the ball up just inside Leicester's half, dribbled past
four Leicester players and slotted the ball past goalkeeper Kasper
Schmeichel.
Nigerian winger Ahmed Musa showed how much of a constant threat he could
be on the wing after he was introduced at halftime alongside Demarai
Gray.
Leicester City hero Jamie Vardy equalised seven minutes into the
second half after pouncing on Marouane Fellaini's poor back-pass and
dribbling past goalkeeper David De Gea.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was standing fractionally offside when Antonio
Valencia delivered a stand-up cross from the right side to which he
jumped and headed into the net after shrugging off Leicester City
captain Wes Morgan.
It was a not too important match but in terms of a trophy,
increasing fitness levels and mental preparation ahead of the premier
league season which starts next weekend and Paul Pogba's imminent record
breaking arrival, Jose Mourinho will be happy to have won the match.
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