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On Sunday, the reigning champions of the previous season in England, Chelsea, claimed their first trophy of the season - the "Community Shield" shield. Mourinho's players, thanks to two goals from Drogba, defeated another London team with a score of 2-1.
London Chelsea 2 - 1 London Arsenal 8' [1 - 0] Didier Drogba 57' [2 - 0] Didier Drogba 65' [2 - 1] Francesc Fabregas
In the 8th minute, the first goal of the match was scored by Chelsea's newcomer Asier Del Horno after a close pass, by Ivory Coast national team striker Didier Drogba. In the second half, the same Drogba doubled the score with a great individual run lasting 12 minutes.
Although after seven minutes, young Arsenal star Francesc Fabregas softened the score, giving hope to the owners of the FA Cup, the result did not change until the end of the match.
According to experts, Arsenal's newcomer Alexander Hleb looked good in front of almost 60,000 spectators gathered at the Millennium Stadium, while Chelsea's line-up featured newcomer Shaun Wright-Phillips in the last 20 minutes of play.
During the post-match press conference, the arrogant Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho of the winning team was not inclined to overvalue this trophy: "Winning is always nice, but this trophy will have no influence on the upcoming season."
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger was pleased with his team's performance, especially the performance of 18-year-old goal-scorer F. Fabregas, who took on the role left by P. Vieira in this match.
"Patrick left, Francesc replaced him. In my opinion, he played fantastically today," praised the French strategist. "The result is not that important. When we won this shield 4 times, no one paid attention, so I considered these matches to be friendly - the most important thing is to play for 90 minutes and not get injured."
