AC Milan beat Real Madrid 1-0 in match of his pre-season training, reported sportal.bg. The goal for the "Rossoneri" scored Samuel Chukwueze (55').
The meeting is also part of the American tour of the two teams, as it was held at the stadium “Soldier Field” in Chicago.
Fonseka fielded a mixed line-up, with Tomori, Loftus-Cheek, Chukwueze and Salemakers among the more recognizable names starting.
On the other side of the pitch, Carlo Ancelotti did the same and positioned Thibaut Courtois in goal, with Vasquez, Rudiger, Garcia, Ceballos and Modric in front of him. They were joined by young hopefuls Arda Güler and Endrik.
The Liverpool team beat Arsenal 2:1 in a pre-season match between the two teams. The goals for the Merseysiders were scored by Mohamed Salah (13') and Fabio Carvalho (34') , and for the "gunners" Kai Havertz scored (40').
The meeting is also part of the American tour of Clubovet, taking place at the stadium “Lincoln Financial Field” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA).
As expected, the rivals took to the field with most of their reserves, with Arne Slott still starting some of the stars such as Dominic Soboslay, Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah, who started with the captain's armband.
On the other side of the pitch it was similar, with Mikel Arteta betting on a little more than his starters for the season such as Zinchenko, Yodegor (with the captain's armband), Havertz, Jesus and Martinelli.
Expectedly, the match caused huge excitement among football fans in Florida, with tens of thousands flocking to the sports facility hours before kick-off and they were treated to a special musical program.
Then the stands at Lincoln Financial Field” were filled to capacity, which became a kind of record for Philadelphia.
Before the official start, a minute's silence was observed at the stadium following the events of the beginning of the week.
The team from the city of the Beatles started better and expressed their advantage a quarter of an hour after the first whistle. Mohamed Salah, who has been recovering from injuries for a long time, showed great form and, after controlling a pass, made a phenomenal raid that ended with a precise shot in the goal guarded by Karl Hein.
In the middle of the half "the gunners" tried to respond with a powerful attack, but the Liverpool defenders organized compactly and prevented a dangerous shot.
Seven minutes later, the Merseysiders struck for the second time. "The Reds" demonstrated an impressive team play, which culminated in a lead pass to Carvalho, who stayed eye to eye with the goalkeeper and made no mistake to increase the lead of his team.
Five minutes before the end of the regular time of the first part "the gunners" they returned one goal. Kai Havertz was in the right place at the right time to finish off a sustained attack with a pinpoint shot into the goal guarded by 25-year-old Kevin Kelleher.
There were no new goals in the second half and Liverpool registered a second successive success after winning their previous control 1-0 against Spanish side Betis. The next demonstration match for the Merseysiders is against arch-nemesis Manchester United on August 4th at 2:30 Bulgarian time, while the "gunners" will play three days later against the German champion Bayer (Leverkusen).
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