The giants of world football, Real Madrid and AC Milan, are preparing for the new season on the soil of the United States of America. In a friendly match in Pasadena, California, the Royal Club won 3-2 after a big turnaround in the second half.The Rossoneri had a 2-0 advantage after the first 45 minutes, but in the second half Carlo Ancelotti sent the strongest team on the field, Brazilians Vinicius and Rodrygo, Luka Modrić, Carvajal, and the man of match was the Uruguayan Federico Valverde. The defeat of the team from the city of fashion was also helped by experienced goalkeeper Marco Sportiello (newcomer from neighboring Atalanta) who, in the 58th minute, after a weak shot by Valverde, dropped the ball that went over his hand and that was the beginning of a turnaround. As soon as the Rossoneri took the ball from the center, the Uruguayan found the back of the net again, after a mistake by the Milanese defense.##NAJAVA_MECA_7383444##In the first 45 minutes, Milan were better. Fikayo Tomori scored with his head after a corner from newcomer Christian Pulisic. The best move of the match was the second goal of the match, and it was the work of Luca Romero, a newcomer from Lazio. The youngster showed that he will be an excellent investment of the former champion of Europe from the edge of the box with a nice goal.In the continuation, Ancelotti sent the best to the field and it gave results, the aforementioned Valverde scored two goals with a blitzkrieg in the space of just over 60 seconds, and in the end, Vinicius Junior brought the victory to the vice-champion of Spain and the conqueror of Copa del Rey in the 84th minute, after an assist from Luka Modrić. The Brazilian went out alone in front of goalkeeper Maignan and easily beat him. Before that, Milan could have taken a new lead, but the Ukrainian in Real’s goal, Lunin (standard goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois did not play), did an excellent job of stopping Olivier Giroud’s header from seven/eight meters.The scoreboard was on the back burner, there was still time for Carlo Ancelotti and Stefano Pioli to prepare the team to attack new trophies. Both giants had a modest last season, after an excellent 2021/2022, when the Rossoneri were champions of Italy, while Real Madrid won both the Primera and the Champions League. Milan have been without important cog Sandro Tonali this summer, who joined Newcastle, while Madrid are entering a new era without the brilliant Frenchman Karim Benzema, the new acquisition of Saudi champions Al Ittihad. An expensive investment from Borussia Dortmund, Englishman Jude Bellingham, played for Los Blancos for 64 minutes.
