Leicester and Manchester City will officially raise the curtain on the new season in English football as they take on each other in the battle for the Community Shield trophy on Saturday afternoon at the Wembley.
The Foxes won their maiden FA Cup title last year to book a place in the Community Shield game against the Premier League champions Manchester City.
Leicester had an extraordinary run in the FA Cup last time out, beating the likes of Stoke City, Brentford, Brighton, Manchester United, Southampton, and Chelsea en route to the trophy
Brendan Rodgers’ men also had an exquisite Premier League campaign for the most part of the season, but everything fell apart with some poor showing and unexpected losses in May (when it mattered the most).
They lost the top-four finish as well to stay away from the Champions League football. They now take on Manchester City who are right in the midst of attempts to sign Jack Grealish and Harry Kane.
Pep Guardiola’s men will thus enter the new season as the main contenders for the Premier League trophy.
They had an easy pre-season, clinching comprehensive victories over lower-division Preston, Barnsley, and Blackpool. The Citizens have scored 10 goals in the process.



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莱斯特城和曼城城将于周六下午在温布利球场正式拉开新赛季英格兰足球的帷幕，他们将争夺社区盾杯。
狐狸队去年赢得了他们的足总杯首个冠军，并预定参加社区盾杯对英超冠军曼城的比赛。
莱斯特城在上届足总杯中表现出色，击败了斯托克城、布伦特福德、布莱顿、曼联、南安普顿和切尔西等球队，一路夺得奖杯
布伦丹·罗杰斯(Brendan Rodgers)的球员在本赛季的大部分时间里也表现出色，但在5月(这是最重要的时候)，一切都崩溃了，一些糟糕的表现和意外的失利。
他们也失去了前四名，从而远离了冠军联赛。他们现在要面对的是正在尝试签下杰克·格里利什和哈里·凯恩的曼城。
瓜迪奥拉的球队将成为新赛季英超冠军的主要争夺者。
他们的季前赛很轻松，全面战胜了低级别联赛的普雷斯顿、巴恩斯利和布莱克浦。在这个过程中，市民队已经进了10个球。