Community Shield: Manchester City v.s. United. German league too.

It was quite a spectacular game in all respects, 2 of England's top teams going at it: League Champions and near-European Championships Manchester United against big-money wielding and rivals Manchester City. At the end of the 1st half, Manchester City rather surprisingly led United 2-0 thanks slightly to United's Spanish keeper David De Gea. De Gea did not have a good 1st half shall we say. Joleon Lescott's 38th minute header into the back of the net could have been avoided, but Edin Dzecko's long-distance strike was a thing of beauty. Yes, the defense gave him a bit too much room, but that is not to take away from the 25 yard-out strike. The score line could have been quite different though, as United's possession play led to several scoring opportunities which they were unable to take advantage of before City scored. United, however, were obviously tired of losing at Wembley Stadium. In the 2nd half, Chris Smalling was the one to bring Manchester United 1 back. Ashley Young set him up nearly perfectly from his free-kick and Smalling was all too happy to oblige with a finish. Nani then drew United level after a gorgeous piece of passing workmanship. De Gea luckily stepped up his game in the 2nd half which made the going easier for United. With such a score line, some of United's new signings came out to play. Phil Jones, Jonny Evans, and Tom Cleverley combined for a spectacular turn-around. City did hold the line after the teams were made equal, doing their best into stoppage time. They could not, however, stop Nani in the 4th minute of extra-time in the 2nd half. Wayne Rooney's corner found Nani who made it past Yaya Toure and easily slotted home. 3-2 Manchester United, and what a show! Meanwhile, in Germany, Bayern München got their domestic season up and running... and lost. Yes, they lost 0-1 to VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach in their opening match and it was depressing. Igor De Camargo struck the winning goal for the visitors in the 62nd minute after Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and defender Jerome Boateng failed to deal with a long ball from the back which shattered Bayern. Welcome to the new season! Last year's nearly-relegated side beating a former titan! 1. FSV Mainz 05 overcame last year's runners-up Bayer Leverkusen 2-0 in a bit of a more interesting game. Sami Allagui opened the scoring in the 32nd minute while Ömer Toprak's late own goal sealed the day.