Lacazette Gets Wembley Start For Arsenal

Arsenal’s record signing Alexandre
Lacazette was handed a starting berth by
manager Arsene Wenger for Sunday’s
Community Shield showdown with Chelsea
at Wembley.


The France striker, a £46.5 million ($60.6
million, 51.6 million euros) signing from
Lyon, was flanked by Danny Welbeck and
Alex Iwobi, with both Alexis Sanchez and
Mesut Ozil left out.


Sanchez is still regaining fitness after his
exertions with Chile at the Confederations
Cup in Russia, while Ozil has been nursing a
minor injury.



Chelsea’s star signing, Spanish striker Alvaro
Morata, was named on the bench following
his £58 million switch from Real Madrid.


Pedro was due to start the game wearing a
protective mask after sustaining a facial
injury in a pre-season friendly against
Arsenal in Beijing.


Eden Hazard (ankle) and new signing
Tiemoue Bakayoko (knee) were both
absent.


The match, England’s traditional season
curtain-raiser, is a repeat of last season’s FA
Cup final, which saw Arsenal beat Premier
League champions Chelsea 2-1.



Starting line-ups in the Community Shield
between Arsenal and Chelsea at Wembley
Stadium on Sunday (1300 GMT kick-off):

Arsenal (3-4-2-1): Petr Cech; Rob Holding,

Per Mertesacker, Nacho Monreal; Hector
Bellerin, Mohamed Elneny, Granit Xhaka, Alex
Oxlade-Chamberlain; Alex Iwobi, Danny
Welbeck; Alexandre Lacazette

Manager: Arsene Wenger (FRA)


Chelsea (3-4-2-1): Thibaut Courtois; Cesar
Azpilicueta, David Luiz, Gary Cahill; Victor
Moses, Cesc Fabregas, N’Golo Kante, Marcos
Alonso; Willian, Pedro; Michy Batshuayi

Manager: Antonio Conte (ITA)

Referee: Bobby Madley (ENG)