MADRID, 23 Jul. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Real Madrid announced this Saturday the call for the first pre-season test against FC Barcelona in Las Vegas, which will take place at 5:00 am from Saturday to Sunday in Spain, with the main absence of French striker Karim Benzema and the Spanish side Dani Carvajal.
After more than two weeks of preparation in Madrid and at the UCLA facilities in California (United States), the European and League champions are playing their first pre-season friendly. A Clásico that will take place at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, where Real Madrid will face Barcelona in their debut on the Soccer Champions Tour.
In the case of Benzema, the attacker rejoined this Wednesday for the Madrid team’s pre-season in Los Angeles and will not play the first preparation match. In this way, both the Frenchman and Dani Carvajal will be able to count on their first minutes in the next matches against the Mexican Club América and Juventus in Turin.
Thus, Carlo Ancelotti’s list for the match against Barça is made up of: Courtois, Lunin, Luis López and Lucas Cañizares; Militão, Alaba, Vallejo, Nacho, Rüdiger, Mendy, Odriozola and Tobías; Kroos, Modric, Casemiro, Valverde, Lucas Vázquez, Tchouameni, Ceballos and Camavinga; Hazard, Asensio, Vinicius, Rodrygo, Mariano and Latasa.