NEWS | 08/11/2019 | Alberto Navarro
The white team faces its last preparation match (20:00 h; Realmaddrid TV) six days after the debut in the League against Celta.
The goal of the Real Madrid players is to continue picking up the pace for the official competition and continue the sensations that have allowed us to add the victory in their last two games, against Fenerbahçe (5-3) and the Red Bull Salzburg (0-1). Four of those six goals that have marked the targets in these two matches have come thanks to the society they form Benzema (3) and Hazard (one).
Zidane debuted as a coach in the Champions League at the Olympic stadium.
The precedents at home against Rome invite optimism. In fact, the white team has reaped the victory on his last two visits. In the closest one, corresponding to the Group Phase of the past Champions League, Madrid players won 0-2 and the result was identical in the previous three seasons before. That meeting was also the debut of Zidane as a coach in the maximum continental competition.
Unbeaten in preseason
Rome arrives at the meeting without knowing the defeat in the three games that it has played in the present preseason. His balance is two wins, against Perugia (1-3) and Lille (2-3), and a draw against Athletic (2-2). The Spanish international goalkeeper Pau López, the defender Spinazzola and the midfielders Cristante and Diawara are the main reinforcements for this new project of the whole of the capital of Italy, which is led by the Portuguese coach Paulo Fonseca.