Real Madrid held the first session of the preseason under the direction of Antonio Pintus, another of the great novelties of the season, who returned to what was his home from 2016 to 2019. After passing the pertinent medical examinations in the morning, the players of the first team made a continuous race to later go on to do different exercises under the supervision of the Italian physical trainer. Carvajal, Nacho, Marcelo, Lunin, Lucas, Odriozola, Mariano, Rodrygo, Odegaard, Jovic, Brahim and Altube were the players who jumped onto the Valdebebas grass to start this new white project. They accompanied them the homegrown players Mario Gila, Víctor Chust, Miguel Gutiérrez, Antonio Blanco, Morante, Arribas, Latasa, Marvin, Fuidias and David González, from the Juvenile. Isco and Mendy were missing. The first, with permission from the club for personal matters. The case of the Frenchman is striking, because he was in the morning, but he was absent in the afternoon: the full-back did not finish physically well last season.
It will not be until two weeks from now when, gradually, the squad will recover players: the eight who have played in the European Championship (Alaba, Bale, Benzema, Courtois, Hazard, Kroos, Modric and Varane) rejoin the white discipline. Also Valverde, eliminated with Uruguay from the Copa América. The three Brazilians remain to return (Casemiro, Militao and Vinicius). What's more, four other members of the squad have been called up by their national teams to play the JJ OO: Asensio, Ceballos and Vallejo, for Spain, and Kubo, for Japan. Of all of them, Varane could not arrive, since Madrid and Manchester United are negotiating a possible transfer of the French defender to the English squad. Tomorrow there will be a new session under the mandate of Antonio Pintus …