Facing a team that will bear little resemblance to Real Madrid’s first choice XI, while Antonio Conte will have learnt much about his new charges very little of it will have pleased him, until he changed personnel and formation after the break when Real fielded what was nearly their youth team.
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Atletico Madrid makes its debut at the International Champions Cup on Friday morning.
Jese Rodriguez, Isco and Marco Asensio have all been among those mentioned in connection with exits from Real this summer and could be those he’s talking about when saying “nothing is done and dusted” with his transfer activity.
Marcelo did it again in the 26th minute, but this time with his dominant left foot. He’s an important player and he’s a captain, and as you can see it’s a captain’s job to give an example. “Obviously we are in preseason, but we were was looking to see something more from the team and I’m happy with what we saw”. “Ultimately I think that’s the idea, to get our rhythm back”.
A rather poor first half from Chelsea, certainly on the scoresheet (3-0 to the other guys), though Chelsea looked the better side early on.
The best was to come from Mariano, though, who let fly with a fierce 25-yard strike that left Asmir Begovic helpless, Madrid three goals to the good after 37 minutes.
Batshuayi also added an impetus moving forward with the ball, and the £32 million signing helped craft nearly a carbon copy of Hazard’s first goal for his compatriot to bring the deficit down to one in injury time.
Real Madrid failed to win the domestic championship but emerged victorious in the Champions League.
A Spanish-language live stream of the Real Madrid vs. Chelsea International Champions Cup showdown is also available via WatchESPN at this link. This means a lot for a club that has high expectations and a budget to match them. Real Madrid’s only replacement was Danilo Luiz Da Silva for Daniel Carvajal.
“Outside backs are supposed to get up, but I wasn’t expecting two goals from him”, Uribe said.
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Half-time substitute Michy Batshuayi showed great footwork to weave into the Madrid box and was perhaps unlucky not to get a penalty after being clattered by Nacho.
