Match Today: Real Madrid vs Juventus 31-07-2022 Friendly match

Real Madrid will play for the third and final time in the summer friendly season on Saturday evening when they meet Italian giants Juventus in California. Los Blancos will enter the match after their 2-2 draw with Club America on Tuesday, while Juventus drew 2-2 with Barcelona on the same night. Real Madrid opened their preparations for the 2022-23 season by defeating Barcelona 1-0 in El Clasico on July 23 before drawing 2 -2 with Club America in the second friendly match on Tuesday evening. Karim Benzema was on the scoring list upon his return to the team, while Eden Hazard scored from the penalty spot, as coach Carlo Ancelotti used his team again at Oracle Park in California.

Real Madrid, who won the Spanish League and Champions League double last season, will conclude the preparatory season with this confrontation against Juventus before facing Eintracht Frankfurt in the European Super Cup on August 10. Ancelotti's side will then start their 2022-23 La Liga campaign away to Almeria on 14 August before facing Celta Vigo and Espanyol in the opening month of the new season. Real Madrid signed only twice this summer, including Aurelien Chuamini from Monaco and Antonio Rudiger on a free transfer from Chelsea; Ancelotti insisted the club's business is over, but rumors remain that a new attacking heart may arrive before the end of the window, especially if Mariano Diaz and Marco Asensio leave in the coming weeks.

Meanwhile, Juventus opened its pre-season preparations with a 2-0 win over Guadalajara on July 22 before tying 2-2 with Barcelona on Tuesday evening. Ousmane Dembele and Moise Kean scored two goals in the fun competition in Texas, and the old lady now plays two more friendlies against Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid, with the second game taking place on August 7, before the opening of the new Serie A campaign against Sassuolo. On August 15. The Italian giants finished fourth in Serie A last season, in addition to being eliminated in the round of 16 of the Champions League, so coach Massimiliano Allegri will target improvement in 2022-23. Juventus signed Federico Chiesa on a permanent basis from Fiorentina this summer, while the club included Bremer, Andrea Cambiasso, Paul Pogba and Angel Di Maria. Matthijs de Ligt and Merih Demiral are among the players who will step up, and more movement, both on and off, is expected before the end of the summer transfer window.