Real Madrid set to Play at Melbourne Cricket Ground Next Year
24 November 2014 23:06 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - European Champions Real Madrid will perform in an international pre-season tournament in Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground stadium with the capacity of 100,000 people.
The Spanish club strengthen by Christiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and James Rodriguez will play in the International Champions Cup along with the England Premier League and Italy Serie-A club.
Other performing sides will be the Manchester United and Inter Milan, which will be revealed within the next several weeks. The tournament will be held on July 18 to 24.
Real Madrid, ten times European champions, have been crowned “20th Century Club” by the FFA and is worth 500 million euros.
Ronaldo is the winner of Ballon d’Or, whereas Rodriguez became the World Cup’s best player in Brazil.
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