The ball, star of Madrid’s last training session at UCLA

The ball was the star this Friday in the training session of Real Madrid at UCLA (Los Angeles, United States), before the friendly match this Saturday at Pasadena against Juventus, where the whites trained for more than an hour and a half.

Under the California sun, with a temperature of 28 degrees, the Madrid held a typical pre-match session, with a preliminary round, a physical part and sporting exercises, before some small-sided games and a series of shots on goal.

The group of Carlo Ancelottiwhich has been recovered Daniel Carvajal After a week off with an ankle problem, he worked in an atmosphere of great enthusiasm, with many fans coming to the training ground to show their closeness to the team and ask for photos and autographs .

There was room for smiles and jokes, like the ones they exchanged Lucas Vazquez Y Ancelotti at the end of the game on a reduced scale, but the concentration is highest in the competition phase.

At the end of the meeting, where Ancelotti tested different solutions for the meeting with Juventus at the Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, the players practiced for about fifteen minutes with shots on goal and direct free kicks.

The German Tony Kroos is one of the most successful against the Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and the ukrainian Andriy Luninwhile the Austrian David Alaba and the brazilian Rodrygo will go They are good when it comes to throwing free kicks.

It was Real Madrid’s last session on California soil, before closing the North American tour against Juventus by its former Argentine player Angel Di Maria.

The real Madridto return to USA three years later, he lost to Barcelona (0-1) and drew against América (2-2) in their first two friendlies.