Hazard, Courtois and Valverde begin the preseason

Carlo Ancelotti continues to add troops to his work group in the preseason that Real Madrid is doing in Valdebebas. The coach receives Hazard, Courtois and Valverde this afternoon, so there will already be 19 first-team troops with whom the Italian coach can work, although three of them (Carvajal, Mendy and Mariano) carry different annoyances. Both the two Belgian internationals and the Uruguayan have undergone the relevant medical examinations this morning and this afternoon they will train in the afternoon session scheduled for 6:00 p.m.

Hazard, Courtois and Valverde have enjoyed three weeks of vacation after the elimination of their respective national teams in the Eurocup and the America's Cup. Belgium lost to Italy in the quarterfinals of the European tournament on July 2 and two days later Uruguay was knocked out in the same round of the South American tournament at the hands of Colombia, which was imposed by penalties.

With the return of the three, Only the three Brazilian internationals are yet to return, the four representatives that Madrid has competing in the Olympic Games and Benzema, whose incorporation to work, which should have occurred last week, has been delayed after testing positive for COVID-19. The forward is isolated in Lyon (France), where he met his positive before traveling to Madrid.

Militao, Casemiro and Vinicius, must start the preseason next week, after having played the final of the Copa América with Brazil on July 11.. Meanwhile, the Spanish Vallejo, Ceballos and Asensio and the Japanese Kubo will return when their participation in the Olympic soccer tournament ends.

Madrid, at the moment, has only confirmed another friendly, on Sunday August 8 (18:30) against Milan in Klagenfurt (Austria). The competition for the white team starts on Saturday, August 14 (22:00), when Ancelotti's men will visit Alavés in a match corresponding to the first day of the League.