Real Madrid are back in action as the preparations for the new season have started. The 2022-23 season will start a bit earlier than what we are used to see the seasons starting. This is because the players need some space for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar which will be played during the winter time. With the new signings and some other players set to leave, Ancelotti’s team that appeared in the first training session may not be exactly the same that will start the new season but the work goes on.
On Friday morning the day started with the usual medical examinations and stress tests as the players spent some time at the Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital's Ana de Austria building and Real Madrid City, before starting to get ready for the first session on the Valdebebas pitch under the orders of the Boss Carlo Ancelotti in the afternoon.
At midday, Florentino Perez also stopped by for a chat with the Italian tactician and the rest of the coaching staff. He went at Real Madrid City at the lunchtime for the start of pre-season training. The president also greeted the rest of the coaching staff besides Carletto.
From 17.30 onwards, the players trained on the pitch in order to adapt to the hard work that awaits them over the next few days with Antonio Pintus, the fitness coach. The session began with a warm-up and rondos. The session began with a warm-up and ball-retention drills. The group then moved onto possession and pressing exercises and played a game on a smaller pitch. The players ended the session with a series of endurance and resistance drills.
Courtois, Lunin, Vallejo, Nacho, Mendy, Lucas Vázquez, Odriozola, Kroos, Ceballos, Mariano, Kubo, Reinier and Mayoral were the first team players already working under the orders of the coach. In the absence of the international players who started their holidays later. There were also five Castilla players in the squad: Luis Lopez, Rafa Marin, Vinicius Tobias, Antonio Blanco and Juanmi Latasa.
On Saturday, Real Madrid squad came together for the second training session of pre-season at Real Madrid City. In a workout led by Carlo Ancelotti, the players completed a session that was divided into two. The players trained in the morning and in the afternoon at Real Madrid City.
The first section involved an hour in the gym, followed by a second part out on the grass, where the madridistas took part in ball-based drills to work on possession, control, direction, pressing, passing and finishing. The session was rounded off with a training match on a reduced-sized pitch. The team concluded the second day of training with an afternoon session. The players got their training session underway with a series of tactical exercises on the pitch, followed by fitness work. Ancelotti's men then played again a match on a smaller pitch.
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