Can Petr Cech Save Arsenal Against Chelsea On Sunday?

Arsenal and Chelsea clash on Sunday in the Community Shield competition, the traditional pre-season opener in the top flight of English football.

The match is always played between the Premier League winner (Chelsea) and the English FA Cup winner (Arsenal), and this has opened up a battle between two eternal rivals; Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger, managers of Chelsea and Arsenal football clubs respectively.

Petr Cech moved to the Emiates stadium this summer and will pose a great threat to his former side

While it is supposed to be a ‘mere’ pre-season encounter between the two English giants, it will look more like a clash between two Managers who have been on each other’s heels for some years now.

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After thirteen clashes between both managers, Mourinho holds a far superior head to head record against the Frenchman, defeating him on seven different occasions and drawing six times. Wenger is yet to defeat the Portuguese.

This weekend’s clash brings a lot of dimensions, especially with the transfer of former Chelsea safe hands, Petr Cech to the Emirates stadium a few weeks ago.

This move has been hailed by many as the biggest mistake of the Portuguese, who is renown for overseeing some of the best deals in the transfer windows, but he seems unperturbed. Instead, he has thrown another jibe at his counterpart.

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Can Cech Save Arsenal?

The question here is; can Cech save the Gunners from his former employers this weekend?

With his vast experience as Chelsea’s number one goaltender for 11 trophy-lade years, especially since the Mourinho era, bookmakers are tipping him to be the difference between both teams this weekend.

Arsenal players, including Wenger believe the arrival of Cech to the club is a good omen for the club and gives the team the right balance to challenge for the trophy for the first time in as many seasons.

Having masterminded several championship wins for Chelsea, it is not unsafe to note that the new Arsenal goaltender might be the difference between both sides, especially with the exit of Wojciech Szcezeny to Roma this week.

Petr Cech and former Manager, Jose Mourinho, when the going was still good between the pair

Mourinho may have allowed Cech to leave for a rival club because he believes the player has gone past his prime, more with the arrival of the Belgian number one goalkeeper, Thibaut Courtois, on loan at Atletico Madrid before, but this factor may not come to play when both North London sides clash on Sunday.

Apart from being a North London derby, Cech will also want to prove to his former employers that they were wrong to have deposed him and eventually sell him to a rival club.

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During his unveiling, Cech had also said that he joined Arsenal because he believes that he could the side could compete for the EPL, another sign that he is ready to fully commit himself to the cause of the club.

If matches could be won on paper, perhaps, many small teams would not have usurped their wealthier counterparts, therefore, these analysis may not be the final verdict.

However, with these factors in mind, Wenger and his wards may be thinking positively against a ‘Mourinho side’ for the first time in years, with the hope that they will win the Community Shield back-to-back, after managing same against Manchester City at the start of last season.

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Can Petr Cech Save Arsenal Against Chelsea On Sunday?