Pre-season friendlies 2019

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In an hour:

Real Madrid’s XI |
Courtois
Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo
Kroos, Modric
Isco
Hazard - Benzema - Asensio​




Neuer
Kimmich - Martinez - Boateng - Alaba
Thiago
Tolisso - Sanches
Coman - Müller - Arp​
 

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Madrid side looks strong on paper but think it's their first game. Expecting Bayern to edge it with them being a bit sharper.
 

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Madrid side looks strong on paper but think it's their first game. Expecting Bayern to edge it with them being a bit sharper.
Bayern's line-up actually shows that matches aren't a priority whereas Real probably play with their strongest line-up. The youngsters this time probably will not get full 45 minutes - but everybody of the first team will.
 

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I can watch the Real game on bet365, is it on TV though?
 

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Ony 20 minutes in but this is already one of the best friendlies I've ever seen

Thiago is incredible. Madrid without Casemiro are a defensive disaster waiting to happen on every attack
 

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Even if it's their first pre-season game, Madrid have been quite good except for putting the ball in the net.
 

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Best 45 mins you'll see in a friendly. Should have been at least 4/5 goals and could have been 8/9. Benzema missed so many chances (no surprise).
 

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Bayern beat Madrid 3-1

Was in the middle of the night for me, but it seems I missed a cracker - nonstop action in this 10 minutes highlights compilation :D
The amount of chances even before the first goal made me think that those were select highlights from the whole match. And of course you just know they would have slaughtered us if this had been a competitive match. ^^

Ony 20 minutes in but this is already one of the best friendlies I've ever seen
Best 45 mins you'll see in a friendly. Should have been at least 4/5 goals and could have been 8/9.
That's because... there are no friendlies with Bayern-Real! :mad:

;)
 

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Spurs v Juventus (International Champions Cup, Singapore) @ 12.30 UK time

Spurs: Gazzaniga, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Tanganga, Georgiou, Winks, Skipp, Lamela, Dele, Son, Parrott.

Juventus: Buffon, De Sciglio, Bonucci, Cancelo, Rugani, Bernardeshi, Can, Matuidi, Pjanic, Ronaldo, Mandzukic.
 

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Juventus settling for a worse version of Blackburn's look because they looked too much like American referees...
 

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Spurs v Juventus (International Champions Cup, Singapore) @ 12.30 UK time

Spurs: Gazzaniga, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Tanganga, Georgiou, Winks, Skipp, Lamela, Dele, Son, Parrott.

Juventus: Buffon, De Sciglio, Bonucci, Cancelo, Rugani, Bernardeshi, Can, Matuidi, Pjanic, Ronaldo, Mandzukic.
Who else is there to come into that Juve team? Even with De Ligt it still has a lot of mediocre ageing players in it.
 

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Pretty good first half from Spurs - dominated the game - especially considering the number of young players we're fielding.
 

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Pjanic looks like Xavi in his prime next to Matuidi and Emre Can. It’s like playing with 9 men.

Rabiot will completely change this Juve midfield
 

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That horrible form and mistake has to be Matuidi :lol:
Matuidi is going to struggle a bit on this style. Tbh I was watching this because my biggest curiosity this season is to see how Ronaldo adapts to Sarri.
 

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Matuidi is going to struggle a bit on this style. Tbh I was watching this because my biggest curiosity this season is to see how Ronaldo adapts to Sarri.
Way to soon to see Sarri’s influence. This looks exactly like last year’s Juve