This Wednesday the English team of Manchester United closes its participation in the International Champions Cup when in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida faces the three times champion of Europe as it is Real Madrid who makes his debut in friendly games.
Manchester United:
Those led by Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho hope to say goodbye to the United States with a victory that would be the first of the Red Devils in this pre-season stage.
Remember that Manchester United could not against modest teams like America of Mexico or the same San Jose Earthquakes of the United States against whom they drew, and already for its presentation in the International Champions Cup debuted with a draw against AC Milan and the last weekend was He was beaten 1-4 by Liverpool, results that led to a strong statement from the manager saying he would not pay to see the horrible display of his team.
And is that while the Red Devils can not count on their star staff because players like Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Marouane Fellaini, Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young, Phil Jones, Victor Lindelof and Marcos Rojo They are still on vacation for their participation in the 2018 World Cup Russia, but what the team shows on the field is very poor and leaves much to be desired of the Portuguese coach’s work.
But finally, Manchester United wants to say goodbye leaving a better presentation and for it in the hands of Herrera, Mata and Sanchez will seek to add their first triumph of the preseason.
Real Madrid:
Meanwhile, on the side of Real Madrid there is very little to say, for merengue it will be his first official preseason game and it will also be the first game without the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane as coach and without Cristiano Ronaldo as his top star.
So this Wednesday the Spanish coach Julen Lopetegui starts his history at Real Madrid and he will want to do it with a victory, even though he can not count on the presence of players like Raphael Varane, Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic. Although Spanish internationals such as Sergio Ramos, Dani Carvajal, Nacho, Isco and Marco Asensio are part of the group for these games of the International Champions Cup.
These teams have met seven times in the last fifteen years and the history favors slightly a Real Madrid that won 3 games by 2 of Manchester United.
As for clashes in the International Champions Cup, this Wednesday’s game will be the third, before they played in the 2014 edition with a triumph of Manchester United 3-1, while in the 2017 edition it was tied at one goal and then the English they won by way of penalties.
In what refers to the last direct confrontation between these clubs, this was produced last year by the UEFA Super Cup, which Real Madrid won 2-1 with goals from Casemiro and Isco, while Lukaku discounted for the English cast.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.52
