Community Shield buildup, Championship and club friendly updates – matchday live

⚽ News and buildup to the first Sunday of the EFL season ⚽ Jonathan Wilson’s Community Shield preview | Mail us It will be very interesting to see how Manchester City do in these first competitive games under Enzo Maresca. Pep Guardiola leaving was such a huge moment, so it perhaps may take a few games to adjust. Arsenal today will be a big test for the new manager. “The Community Shield is a first opportunity to make some kind of assessment of whether Arsenal’s hunger is as sharp as it was last season, and of how City’s squad are adapting to their new manager. It is, though, a largely ceremonial occasion, any lessons drawn to be taken with extreme caution…” Continue reading...