10.07.2011 » Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid pre-season schedule 2011-2012
Cristiano Ronaldo vacations are coming to an end, and this Monday 11th of July, not only CR7 but also the entire Real Madrid team is expected to gather in Valdebebas, Madrid to start the pre-season for the 2011-2012 campaign. In the next weeks, Real Madrid has scheduled to play 7 friendly matches, being the first against L.A. Galaxy in the 17th of July and the last one against Tianjin Teda in China, in the 6th of August. Remember that you can watch all those matches in ronaldo7.net, inside the Live Game Streams section.
Cristiano Ronaldo and his teammates should arrive Madrid tomorrow, around 9AM (local time), in order for the medical exams routine, and just a couple hours later, Real Madrid has a booked flight in the Baraja Airport to travel to the Los Angeles, United States. The first training will only take place the following day, Tuesday, and the first friendly match of the season will have as opponent David Beckham's L.A. Galaxy team, in the 17th of July (Sunday). Real Madrid new transfers are already expected to travel with the team and below you may check the full Real Madrid roster for the 2011-2012 pre-season:
GOALKEEPERS: Antonio Adán (Spain),
Iker Casillas (Spain),
Jose Fernandez Collado (Spain),
Tomas Mejias (Spain)
DEFENDERS: Raul Albiol (Spain),
Alvaro Arbeloa (Spain),
Jose Casado (Spain),
Fábio Coentrão (Portugal),
Jose Nacho Fernandez (Spain),
Marcelo (Brazil),
Pepe (Portugal),
Sergio Ramos (Spain),
Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal),
Raphael Varane (France)
MIDFIELDERS: Jose Callejón (Spain),
Esteban Granero (Spain),
Kaká (Brazil),
Sami Khedira (Germany),
Mesut Özil (Germany),
Nuri Sahin (Turkey),
Xabi Alonso (Spain),
FORWARDS: Karim Benzema (France),
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal),
Jese Rodriguez (Spain),
Jose Luis Mato San Martin (Spain)
Real Madrid has planned to stay in the United States for 13 days. In this period, Cristiano Ronaldo will work hard to recover his shape and will most likely play in all the 3 friendly matches that are scheduled in Uncle Sam's lands. David Beckham will play for the first time against his former team Real Madrid, now defending the colours of L.A. Galaxy.
Real Madrid and Cristiano Ronaldo first official match will be the Spanish Super Cup Final against Barcelona (1st of 2 matches) and will take place in the 14th of August, in the Santiago Bernabéu. Check the full Real Madrid pre-season schedule 2011-2012 below:
11 of July: Medical exams (Valdebebas, Madrid)
11 of July: Travel to Los Angeles, United States of America
11 of July: Arrival to Los Angeles, United States
17 of July: Los Angeles Galaxy vs Real Madrid (Los Angeles, United States)
21 of July: Chivas Guadalajara vs Real Madrid (San Diego, United States)
24 of July: Philadelphia Union vs Real Madrid (Philadelphia, United States)
24 of July: Return to Madrid
27 of July: Hertha Berlin vs Real Madrid (Berlin, Germany)
30 of July: Leicester vs Real Madrid (Leicester, England)
30 of July: Travel to China
3 of August: Guangzhou Evergrande vs Real Madrid (Guangzhou, China)
6 of August: Tianjin Teda vs Real Madrid (Tianjin, China)
6 of August: Return to Madrid
For the complete Real Madrid schedule for this season 2011-2012, you can check our new recently added section, with all Real Madrid fixtures and matches in La Liga, UEFA Champions League and Copa del Rey in the 2011/12 season.
Now that everything is said, there's only a few days left until we can watch Cristiano Ronaldo in action again. CR7 is back:
Sources: ronaldo7.net/realmadrid.com/espn.com