

The Colombian Jefferson Lerma and Daniel Muñoz will have their first challenge of this new European season against Liverpool, current champion of the Premier League.
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The reinforced Liverpool of Arne Slot, a great dynamizer of the signing market, starts as a great favorite to raise the first title of the season in English football, the Community Shield, before the modest Crystal Palace.
Despite having conquered their twentieth Premier League last season – a record – in the absence of four dates, the 'reds' have not accommodated and have so far spent more than 400 million dollars in the 'mercato' of the European summer.
The new incorporations in attack, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike, and in defense, Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong, could have Wembley on their first opportunity to captivate Liverpool's fans.
The traditional game that opens the season in England faces the Champions of the Premier and the FA Cup of the previous season.
“Normally you have to play many games before you can win something,” said Slot at the press conference prior to the game.
“Now we have the possibility to win something at the beginning of the season. Unfortunately, we face a very good Crystal Palace that has been very difficult for us to win.”
“They demonstrated it in the last final (of the FA Cup),” the Dutch DT exemplified.
The London Palace will play its first Community Shield after having defeated Manchester City 1-0 in May to conquer its first English Cup.
But the euphoria of the 'Eagles' (the eagles) was reduced after being relegated from the Europa League (2nd UEFA competition) to the Conference League (3rd) for an infraction of the rules on the multipropidity of the clubs.
The American businessman John Textor had a participation in the Palace and is also a majority shareholder of the French Lyon, which also qualified for the Europa League.
Although Textor sold his actions to the owner of the New York Jets, Woody Johnson, UEFA considered that the modest London club did not catch up in the established deadlines.
Under the UEFA Multipropiety Rules, Lyon held his ticket to the Europa League since he finished his championship (6th) in a better position than the Palace (12th) in the Premier last season.
But the English team filed an appeal before the arbitral sport tribunal.
Tribute to Diogo Jota
Unlike the activity of Liverpool in the 'Mercato', his Sunday rival only spent 2 million pounds (2.7 million dollars) on the left side Croatian Borna Sosa and for the Argentine goalkeeper Walter Benítez, who arrives with the substitute role.
But the merit of the Southern London Club having so far retained their best men despite the interest of English and European clubs.
Liverpool himself put his eyes on the captain of the Palace Marc Guehi, while Eberrechi Eze sounded as arsenal reinforcement.
DT Oliver Glasner confirmed that both players will be headlines in Wembley and was confident that his team can climb in the Premier this season after a discreet start last year that prevented them from ending in the first half of the table.
“We have started at a completely different level, with a different mentality compared to last year,” said Glasner.
Before the start of the game, tribute will be paid to Diogo Jota, Portuguese striker of the Liverpool who died last month in traffic accident in Spain at age 28.
The 'Forever 20' motto, referring to the Jota Dorsal, already removed, will appear on the club's shirts this season.
Time and where to see Liverpool vs. Crystal Palace in the Community Shield final
- Date: August 10, 2025
- Time: 9:00 am in Colombia
- Estadio: Wembley of London
- Transmission: ESPN and Disney+
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