The Community Shield, formerly known as the Charity Shield, is a historic tournament that began in 1908. Except for a break from 1939 to 1947 due to World War II, it has been held 89 times to date.

Since 1975, the Community Shield has been held at Wembley Stadium, and the format of the previous year's league champions versus the FA Cup champions has been established.

Manchester United are the team with the most Community Shield titles, having won the trophy 18 times.

Manchester City have only won the title three times, far fewer than their city rivals.

Generally speaking, the Community Shield is just a warm-up match before the start of the season. The FA officially defines it as an "unofficial match," and most fans and clubs don't take it too seriously.

This year is different. With in-depth media investigation, Lin Yi's Manchester United youth training background has become well known to the world.

In addition, Lin Yi's outrageous remarks have drawn more and more attention to this Manchester derby in the Community Shield.

Apart from Aguero, who just joined the team, both teams fielded their strongest lineups, looking determined to win.

For Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson deployed a 4-4-2 formation.

The goalkeeper position is occupied by David de Gea, who was signed from Atletico Madrid this summer for £1890 million.

The defense is led by the long-time partnership of Vidic and Ferdinand, alongside Smalling and Evra.

In midfield, Carrick and Anderson formed the double pivot, with Nani and Ashley Young positioned on the left and right flanks respectively.

The striker duo chosen is Rooney and Welbeck.

Manchester City also played a 4-4-2 formation, with Joe Hart in goal.

The four defenders, from left to right, are Kolarov, Kompany, Lescott, and Richards.

The midfield also features a double pivot, with Yaya Toure partnering with De Jong, and in front of them are playmaker David Silva and England international Milner.

With Aguero absent, Mancini did not choose Balotelli, whom he disliked, and instead fielded the 193cm tall center forward Dzeko.

His partner was none other than Lin Yi, a rising star who had garnered much attention before the competition.

The tension in the match began as soon as the players lined up and shook hands before the game.

Manchester United captain Vidic had already decided that he would deliberately skip over Lin Yi during the handshake to embarrass him.

Coincidentally, Lin Yi had the same idea as him.

After shaking hands with Manchester City captain Kompany and goalkeeper Joe Hart behind him, Vidic was about to withdraw his right hand to walk past Lin Yi when he found that the other man had already put his hands behind his back and was looking at him with a smile.

"You little brat, you've got guts. I hope you'll be laughing later." Vidic whispered a harsh remark in Lin Yi's ear.

Lin Yi acted as if he hadn't heard what the other party said, standing with his hands behind his back and looking at each of Manchester United's eleven starting players one by one. No matter how much anger the opposing players' eyes showed, Lin Yi always had a faint smile on his face.

"This is Sky Sports, the 2011-12 English Community Shield match has begun."

"Dear viewers, ESPN is bringing you live coverage of this season's Community Shield match from Wembley Stadium."

"The match has begun, and the BBC will bring you live coverage."

"Hello everyone, I'm Zhan Jun. I will be providing live commentary for this match. Our player Lin Yi will be starting for Manchester City."

With the referee's whistle, the highly anticipated Community Shield match between Manchester United and Manchester City officially began.

Less than three minutes into the match, while all the commentators were still introducing the starting players for both sides, Manchester United created a threatening attack.

Rooney intercepted the ball in the attacking third and, facing a defender, gently flicked it with the outside of his right foot.

Ashley Young, who joined Aston Villa this summer for £2000 million, followed up with a long-range shot, which was blocked out of bounds by Kompany's body.

Manchester United quickly took a short corner, Nani received the ball and crossed it to the far post, Rooney headed it on, Ashley Young attempted a bicycle kick from the edge of the six-yard box but missed the ball, Smalling followed up but didn't connect properly, and the ball was collected by Joe Hart.

It's clear that Lin Yi's provocation angered the Manchester United players, who launched a full-scale attack from the start without any probing.

This made the entire Manchester City team very uncomfortable, and they suddenly lost control of the game.

Manchester United, relying on skillful teamwork and outstanding individual abilities, firmly pinned Manchester City back in their own half and began a siege of the Manchester City goal.

In the 8th minute of the first half, Nani's free kick from the attacking third grazed the post and went out of bounds, giving Mancini a scare.

Three minutes later, Welbeck moved to the left wing, received a pass from his teammate, and immediately delivered a low cross.

Manchester City center-back Lescott reacted a beat too slow, and the ball slipped past his feet. Fortunately, Rooney, who was following up in the middle, was also unprepared and couldn't react in time, letting the ball slide past the goal.

Manchester United then switched to the right flank to launch an attack. Anderson and Nani exchanged two passes in quick succession, and the latter suddenly sent a through ball forward. Right-back Smalling arrived at the right flank and delivered a high-quality cross while unmarked.

Lescott, who had just made a mistake that almost led to disaster, redeemed himself by bravely heading the cross away.

Zhan Jun said with concern: "Manchester City were somewhat passive at the start of the game, and completely lost control of the midfield. Lin Yi did not receive any support in front and had almost no chance to show his face."

Perhaps it was a coincidence, but as soon as Zhan Jun finished speaking, Lin Yi finally got the chance to get the ball.

When facing Manchester United's high press, Yaya Toure suddenly accelerated forward with the ball, and the change in rhythm allowed him to successfully break through the encirclement.

According to Mancini's pre-match tactics, Dzeko began to push forward, while Lin Yi roamed behind him looking for opportunities.

At this point, most of Manchester City's players were still in their own half and hadn't caught up, so Toure didn't have many passing options.

Considering that he had been in a passive position, Toure chose to pass the ball to Lin Yi, who was closer to him, in order to play it safe.

Lin faced the goal, ready to receive the ball. Facing Toure's pass, he stopped the ball with his right foot and then followed up with his left foot to prepare to dribble past the goalkeeper.

When Lin Yi received the ball, a huge chorus of boos erupted from the Wembley Stadium stands, coming from the Manchester United fans watching the game live.

Lin Yi ignored it, took a touch with his left foot, pushed off with his right foot, and prepared to accelerate and attack the opponent's defense.

Suddenly, Lin Yi felt a sharp pain in his right ankle, and then he was lifted off the ground, spun once in the air, and crashed heavily onto the lawn.

The referee's whistle blew immediately, and there was no doubt that this was a tactical foul by Manchester United.

Lin Yi felt a lot of pain in his ankle. He didn't rush to get up, but lay on the grass and waited for the team doctor to come in and examine him, so as to avoid causing secondary injury due to his recklessness.

A red figure caught Lin Yi's eye, blocking the sunlight streaming down from the sky.

Lin Yi had to squint to see the other person's face clearly; it was Vidic, who had just made the vicious tackle.

Vidic, bowing low, said arrogantly, "Welcome to the Premier League, kid. Remember, my name is Vidic, Nemanja Vidic!"

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