After an XXL transfer window, the Reds open the football season in England with the traditional Community Shield in Wembley this Sunday.
Liverpool’s coach Arne Slot, on the front line after a mini -faire transfer window, savor the opportunity to find the competition with the assumed ambition to win a trophy from the first official match of the season, on the occasion of the Community Shield on Sunday (4:00 p.m.) against Crystal Palace.
After spending nearly 350 million euros this summer to bring Florian Wirtz (130 million), Hugo Ekitike (90), Milos Kerkez (just under 50) and Jeremie Frimpong (35), the Champions of England tackle this season shed of the favorite costume to win as many titles as possible.
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And they will be eagerly awaited on Sunday for the traditional kick -off of the English season between the winner of the Premier League and that of the England Cup the previous season.
With such investments, the Dutch technician and his men are forced to launch their season by a title in Wembley.
“Normally, you have to play many matches before you can win something. Here we have the opportunity to win something from the start of the season ”Slot said at his pre-match press conference on Friday.
Crystal Palace had dropped Manchester City
But the Dutchman is wary of Crystal Palace, who beat the Ogre Manchester City to everyone’s surprise last May in the Cup final.
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“Unfortunately, we must face a very good team of Crystal Palace, against which we have always had a lot of trouble gaining”he explained. “They showed during this final and even in the semi-finals, moreover, how difficult it is to beat them in a unique match.”
For Eagles, the stake is quite different. Relegated to the league conference, the least prestigious of the European Cups, the club of the South London fought before the Arbitral Tribunal of Sport (TAS) to find the Europa League, to which its victory in the Cup normally gives it the right but which it was dismissed due to the regulation on multiple ownership.
The American businessman John Textor had palace shares and held Olympique Lyonnais, also qualified for the next Europa League. He sold his shares in the London club in early July – and was dismissed from the OL’s presidency -, but UEFA believes that his disengagement intervened too late to reclassify the English club in C3.
A success in front of another cador would put Balm in the heart of Palace, who has so far succeeded in keeping Marc Guehi and Eberechi Eze, despite numerous stresses of more posh clubs.
Before the match, a tribute will be paid to Diogo Jota, the Liverpool striker who died in early July in a car accident at the age of 28.
