Today in England, there will be a duel for the first season trophy - the "Community Shield" title. In a clash for the title, the previous season's "Premier" League champions "Leicester City" will meet the FA Cup winners "Manchester United". "Leicester City" - "Manchester United" Match time and location: On August 7th at 6:00 pm, at the "Wembley" stadium. The match will be broadcast live on the Viasat Sport Baltic channel. What's new in these team camps: After a successful previous season, "Leicester City" lost N'Golo Kante, but managed to retain all their other leaders. The team also added some newcomers - Ahmed Musa, Nampalys Mendy, Bartosz Kapustka, and Ron-Robert Zieler. "The summer was a bit different for" Manchester United. First, they made changes in the club's coaching post - Louis van Gaal was replaced by Jose Mourinho. The team also added famous newcomers - Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Eric Bailly, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Neither of these teams has reported any serious injuries to key players, so coaches can choose from all the players in their squad. Coaches' comments: Claudio Ranieri ("Leicester City"): "We are ambitious, but we know it will be very difficult. I have already forgotten what happened last season. Now I am focusing only on the coming years. All coaches and players want to play at 'Wembley' stadium. It is one of the most famous stadiums in the world. These will not be friendly matches. We will give everything, and Manchester United will do the same. Both teams want to win." Jose Mourinho ("Manchester United"): "The week in China, during which we couldn't work, hurt us badly. So we need to train, we need to play, and the players need minutes on the field. Now we no longer have the opportunity to play training style matches against other teams. Before the 'Premier' League, we will play a match against 'Leicester City', but it's not training - it's a match. We have the opportunity to give some players extra playing minutes. Some still can't play the full 90 minutes, but we will definitely try to win this match." Interesting facts about this match: These teams met only once at the 'Wembley' stadium - in the 1963 FA Cup final, when 'Manchester United' won 3-1; Last season, both matches between these teams in the 'Premier' League ended in a 1-1 draw; Last season, Jamie Vardy improved the record of 'Manchester United' representative Ruud van Nistelrooy by scoring a goal in eleven consecutive matches; This will be 'Leicester City's' first attempt to win the 'Community Shield' trophies since 1971. Then the 'foxes' defeated 'Liverpool' 1-0 and celebrated with this trophy; The last time 'Leicester City' played at the 'Wembley' stadium was in 2000 when they beat 'Tranmere' 2-1 in the league cup match;; Playing in this stadium for the England national team in three games, Vardy scored a goal and made one assist; This will be 'Manchester United's' 30th attempt to compete for the 'Community Shield' trophies. They have celebrated this title 20 times - a record for this tournament; In the last six matches for the 'Community Shield' cup, 'United' has won five times; In the last 15 matches against 'Leicester City', the 'Red Devils' have suffered only one defeat (11 wins, 3 draws); Jose Mourinho has failed to win 'Community Shield' matches in three out of four attempts. Last season, he suffered defeat with 'Chelsea' against 'Arsenal'.
