Madrid complete last training session of USA pre-season tour

Real Madrid held their second and final training session at Atrium Performance Park in Charlotte, the city where they will close their US tour with a friendly against Chelsea, which will see the first minutes of pre-season training for Brazilian Rodrygo Goes.

Carlo Ancelotti, the Italian coach of Real Madrid, brought together all the players he has available after Sunday's recovery session for those who started 'El Clasico' against Barcelona. Arda Guler, Endrick and Jesus Vallejo did individual work apart from the group.

In an hour-long session on the ninth day on American soil, the Madrid squad completed their final training session before returning to the Spanish capital and adding to the squad the seven players who have not yet joined the squad: Frenchmen Kylian Mbappe, Ferland Mendy, Eduardo Camavinga and Aurelien Tchouameni, Spain's Dani Carvajal, Uruguay's Fede Valverde and England's Jude Bellingham, who are making the most of their final hours of holiday.

From 19:00 local time in Charlotte (1:00 CEST), Real Madrid will play their third match on the Soccer Champions Tour, against Chelsea, in which they will be looking for their first positive result after losing to Milan and Barcelona.

At the conclusion of their final pre-season friendly, they will fly back to Madrid to prepare for their first official match, the European Super Cup final against Atalanta in Warsaw on 14th August.

 

August 6, 2024