The 2010 FA Community Shield (also known as The FA Community Shield sponsored by McDonald's for sponsorship reasons) was the 88th FA Community Shield, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Premier League and FA Cup competitions. A rematch of the previous year's FA Community Shield, the match was played at Wembley Stadium, London, on 8 August 2010, and contested by league and cup double winners Chelsea and league runners-up Manchester United. Manchester United won the match 3–1 with goals from Antonio Valencia, Javier Hernández and Dimitar Berbatov; Chelsea's consolation goal came from Salomon Kalou. It was Manchester United's 14th outright victory in the Community Shield.
Chelsea went into the match as trophy-holders, having won the 2009 edition. The Shield is usually contested by the winners of the Premier League and the FA Cup, but since Chelsea won the double, Manchester United qualified by default as Premier League runners-up. It was the third time in four years that the Community Shield had been contested between the two teams, having also met in 2007.
Match details
GK 40 HilárioRB 19 Paulo Ferreira CB 2 Branislav IvanovićCB 26 John Terry (c)LB 3 Ashley Cole DM 12 Mikel John Obi CM 5 Michael EssienCM 8 Frank LampardRW 21 Salomon KalouLW 15 Florent Malouda CF 39 Nicolas Anelka Substitutes:GK 22 Ross TurnbullDF 38 Patrick van AanholtDF 43 Jeffrey Bruma MF 10 Yossi Benayoun MF 18 Yuri Zhirkov FW 11 Didier Drogba FW 23 Daniel Sturridge Manager: Carlo Ancelotti GK 1 Edwin van der SarRB 22 John O'SheaCB 23 Jonny EvansCB 15 Nemanja Vidić (c)LB 20 Fabio RM 25 Antonio ValenciaCM 16 Michael Carrick CM 18 Paul Scholes LM 13 Park Ji-sung CF 10 Wayne Rooney CF 7 Michael Owen Substitutes:GK 29 Tomasz KuszczakDF 12 Chris Smalling MF 11 Ryan Giggs MF 17 Nani MF 24 Darren Fletcher FW 9 Dimitar Berbatov FW 14 Javier Hernández Manager: Sir Alex Ferguson
Match officials Assistant referees: Jake Collin (Merseyside) Adam Watts (Worcestershire) Fourth official: Mike Jones (Cheshire) Reserve official: Simon Long (Suffolk)Match rules 90 minutes. Penalty shoot-out if scores level after 90 minutes. Seven named substitutes. Maximum of six substitutions.
See also 2009–10 Premier League 2009–10 FA Cup
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