Real Madrid

Real Madrid left their hotel this morning to train on the facilities at ATV Irdning, where more than a hundred fans waited for them in the rain and 14º celsius temperature. Robinho, Cannavaro and Soldado stayed indoors doing recovery work on their injuries.

Bernd Schuster and his staff devised a physical session which began with some jogging exercises.

The close to two hundred fans on the stands greeted the team with an applause and cheers, grateful to the Club for chosing their town a fourth consecutive year.

Physical coach Jordi García made the 20 men on the pitch tackle 600 meter sprinting series in which pace gradually increased.

Ball work
The second part of training consisted on a game in two groups. Pepe, Heinze, Juanmi Callejón, Baptista, Sneijder, Higuaín, Miguel Torres, Saviola and Robben formed one; and Dani Parejo, Diarra, Javi García, Salgado, Raúl, Chema Antón, Van Nistelrooy, Guti, and Bernd Schuster formed the other.

Goalkeepers Dudek, Codina and Felipe Ramos trained on the adjoining pitch with keeper coach Pedro Jaro.

The players tested their aim in two small goals. Robben, Raúl and Guti were the first to score this morning, thrilling the fans that had gone to see them train live for nearly two hours.