Manchester City loses in preparation for Community Shield

It’s only nine days before Manchester City faces Chelsea in the battle for the Community Shield trophy and the Citizens don’t look ready for this match. Man City lost their lost two matches for the International Champions Cup. One was against Borussia Dortmund last Saturday. Last night they lost against Liverpool.

Pep Guardiola still misses his most important players due to their World Cup obligations, so he isn’t too worried about losing against Liverpool. He played with a lot of youngster trying to see how they would do against one of the top teams in the Premier League. Man City did took the lead in this match when Leroy Sane scored the 1-0 in the 57th minute, but goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane brought Liverpool the victory. The Premier League starts a week after the Community Shield, giving the World Cup players 7 days extra to get in shape. It’s going to be very interesting to see how much Pep values the Community Shield. Is he going to play with a strong team, or will he start a lot of the youngsters that are playing for him right now?

The International Champions Cup has become the biggest tournament in preseason. Many big European teams use this tournament to prepare themselves for the upcoming football season. The beauty of this tournament is that it is played all around the world. Giving football fans from the entire world to watch their favourite football players live in action. The entire top 6 of the Premier League participates in this tournament, the top three of La Liga and teams like Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus also play their matches in the ICC. The strength of this tournament is amazing. There is a big chance the semi-finals from the 2018-2019 Champions League tournament will be filled with teams that started their pre-season in the International Champions Cup.