Bayern-Real Madrid: European classic for the premiere in Houston

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NEWS | 07/20/2019 | Javier García (Houston)

Those of Zidane debutan in the International Champions Cup with the great game of continental soccer (02:00 h Spanish, Realmadrid TV).

Football returns, the Real Madrid 2019/20. He does it in a big way, with the European classic par excellence. The team of Zinedine Zidane opens in Houston against Bayern Munich (7:00 pm local, 02:00 h Spanish, Realmadrid TV and # Vamos). The NRG Stadium hosts the showdown that has most often been repeated in European competitions (26). A great game full of incentives in which, in addition, they could play their first minutes as Madridistas Hazard, Jovic, Mendy and the rest of new faces.

After a demanding training session in Montreal, the whites are now starting the second part of the preseason in the United States, where they will play against some of the best teams in Europe. "We have worked very well and we are ready to start the matches," noted Zidane at the previous press conference.

REAL MADRID WILL PLAY FOR THE SECOND TIME IN HIS HISTORY IN HOUSTON.

The game against Bayern will mean the debut of Real Madrid in the International Champions Cup 2019. The whites participate for the seventh consecutive summer in this prestigious preseason tournament that this year will also face Arsenal and Atlético de Madrid. Precisely, the London team was the first rival of Bayern this summer. The German champion fell 2-1 and his goal was the work of Lewandowski.

Debut at the NRG Stadium

You have to go back to 1967 to find the previous visit of the Real Madrid to Houston. Then, the white team beat West Ham 3-2 in a game that took place at the Astrodome stadium. Now, the modern NRG Stadium hosts the team's long-term Zidane.



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