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Manchester United vs Chelsea Preview, Live Score: Community Shield 2009

Chelsea and Manchester United are facing each other tomorrow (9 August 2009) in the season-opening FA Community Shield 2009 match at the Wembley Stadium. This is a match that many football fans are waiting for, even though Community Shield title is no more a lucrative title in English football. Community Shield may have lost its strong status in English football, but it is still a widely popular game because with this game the new season of English football begins. Moreover, this is the match through which fans can get to see the newly signed players in action for the first time and the managers can get to know the current state of his players before the start of the premier league.

Match: Chelsea vs Manchester United; FA Community Shield 2009

Date: 9 August 2009, Sunday

Venue: Wembley Stadium, London, England

Kick off: 15:00 BST (British Standard Time)

Live Link:

Manchester United vs Chelsea Live Streaming

Man Utd vs Chelsea Live Streaming

For both Manchester United and Chelsea, there are some injury concerns ahead of the game. So, neither side would be able to feature their best squad in the game, but still you can expect a highly competitive match as both sides have some talented skilled players. Chelsea midfielder Yuri Zhirkov is uncertain for the game due to his knee problem, while Joe Cole is pretty much confirmed to miss the Community shield match with a knee ligament problem. Compared to Chelsea, Manchester United has a number of injury concerns including veteran goalkeeper Edwin Van der Sar who is sidelined with his broken finger.

BBC reported:

Manchester United are without defenders Nemanja Vidic (calf), Wes Brown (thigh) and Gary Neville (groin).

Manager Sir Alex Ferguson must decide whether to choose Ben Foster or Tomasz Kuszczak in goal with keeper Edwin Van der Sar out with a broken finger.

Ferguson is refusing to be drawn on who will replace Van der Sar on Sunday, and for the remaining eight weeks the Dutchman is absent for.

Telegraph reported:

The FA wants to exploit the iconic status of leading footballers to educate the millions of impressionable schoolchildren who follow the game, encouraging them to grow up respecting officials.

Skysports :

There have been plenty of changes since the end of last term when United defended their Premier League title and Chelsea triumphed in the FA Cup final with a 2-1 victory over Everton.