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| Chelsea will face the biggest test in their pre-season as it squares off against Real Madrid. |
One should not be fooled by the term friendly for today's match between Chelsea and Real Madrid as it is anything but friendly. This match marks the occasion when the managers of both teams will face their former clubs. Jose Mourinho will face Real Madrid, the club he just left before joining Chelsea and Carlo Ancelotti will face Chelsea whom he guided to success in Premeir League and the FA cup in 2009-10 season.
Both the teams will term this game of zero importance due to its billing as a friendly but deep down both the teams will be playing for a win to gain huge momentum and confidence boost heading into the new season. Moreover, the angst and drama of Jose Mourinho's spell at Real Madrid and then his departure is still fresh in everybody's mind and this is what adds an extra flavour to the contest. The Special One's term with Los Blancos was marred by controversies especially his decision to drop the club captain Iker Casillas to the bench.
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| Real Madrid has been in impressive form this preseason under new manager Carlo Ancelotti |
Both teams head into the game with no losses in the pre-season. The blues won their first tow matches with AC Milan and Inter Milan with 2-0 scoreline in both games while Real Madrid beat Everton (2-1) and LA Galaxy (3-1) in their opening fixtures of the tournament.
The blues face injury concerns in form of David Luiz who will not feature in this game and Frank Lampard
who is also a doubt for the game but Chelsea have enough talent in the squad to cover their absence.
Both the teams have star studded line ups. Chelsea team includes Petr Cech, Victor Moses, Juan Mata, Eden Hazard, Andre Schurlle, Kevin De Bruyne, Oscar, Ashley Cole, Demba Ba, Fernando Torres and Lukaku. Meanwhile Real Madrid have likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Isco, Mesut Özil, Ángel di María, Karim Benzema, Kaká, Xabi Alonso, Sergio Ramos, Sami Khedira and goalkeeper Iker Casillas. Thus we can expect some highly rated battles such as Ashley Cole vs Ronaldo, Mesut Özil vs Juan Mata, Eden Hazard vs Isco, Oscar vs Kheidra, Benzema vs Torres/Ba/Lukaku and ofcourse Petr Cech vs Iker Casillas.
Though a friendly both teams will love a win and expect fans to have their money worth at the Sun life Stadium in Miami. This should be an exciting contest as both teams are very good attacking sides with so much talent and are both very dangerous on the counter. Just sit back deep in your couch and enjoy the exciting game.
PREDICTION: Chelsea FC 2 - Real Madrid 1
Timing: 2:00 BST (Thursday)/9:00 p.m. EDT/6:00 p.m. PDT/ 02:00 a.m. GMT (Thursday)
TV/Broadcasting Channels: Fox Soccer Channel, ESPN Deportes, Watch ESPN (USA); Chelsea TV (UK)
Location: Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida, USA
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