New friendly match of pre-season: Real Madrid vs Milan

Each day that passes, more details and news are known of the 2012-2013 pre-season of the white team and the latest news is that Real Madrid will face Milan on August 8, at New York.

Last AC Milan vs Real Madrid

The two teams which have won more European Cups (nine the whites and seven the 'rossoneri') will face off in New York, in the World Football Challenge. Not yet confirmed the stadium that will host the game, but all indications are that the match will be played in the modern Yankee Stadium, built in 2009 and home of the New York Yankees. Turned into a football field it has capacity for 54,200 spectators and will also host another match in the same tournament, the match between Chelsea and PSG on July 22.

This is the third summer friendly match that Real Madrid would play in its U.S.A. tour. The other two will be played before to the clash against A.C. Milan. The first confirmed was that of August 2, against the Beckham's LA Galaxy at the Home Depot Center in California. Three days later, Real Madrid will take the bags to move to Las Vegas. There, the rival of Mourinho's players will be Juventus at the Sam Boyd Stadium.

Real Madrid and Milan have played recently. Both coincided at the group stages of the Champions Leagues 09-10 and 10-11. The Whites won one (2-0 last season), tied two and was defeated at the Bernabeu stadium (2-3 in 09-10 season).

Real Madrid prepares the 2012-2013 pre-season

Real Madrid and Juventus will play on August 5 in Las Vegas one of the most attractive friendly matches of next summer. It will be in Las Vegas, under the 'World Football Challenge', a tournament that aims to bring football to the American fans. The previous edition (2011) was won by the team of Jose Mourinho.

Real Madrid vs Juventus. Friendly match 2009

The announcement of the new Real Madrid friendly match comes just days after both clubs have secured the conquest of the league in Spain and Italy. Madrid did it last May 2 in San Mames and Juventus on Sunday, after its victory, also away, against Cagliari.

The match between whites and 'bianconeri' will stage the Sam Boyd Stadium, a football field with a capacity of nearly 40,000 spectators. Three days before this match, on August 2, Real Madrid will face the Los Angeles Galaxy, David Beckham's current team and current champion of the MLS at Home Depor Center in Carson (California).

The game against the Galaxy, which is also framed in the World Challenge tournament (whit Chelsea, Liverpool, Milan, PSG, Toronto and Seattle Sounders), will be the fourth match between the Galaxy and Real Madrid. The first was just at the Home Depot Center in 2005 (Beckham was active in the Real Madrid), and ended with a 2-0, Madrid victory . After, at the Rose Bowl in 2010, Mourinho's team won 3-2, in his first summer as a coach. Last year, at Memorial Coliseum, Real Madrid won again (4-1).