Real Madrid basketball team starts pre-season training

The group trained at the Real Madrid City pavilion after the medical examinations.

Real Madrid basketball team starts pre-season training
NEWS.Photographer: Sara Gordon y David S. Bustamante

Real Madrid basketball team got the 2024/25 pre-season underway. Following medical examinations at the Sanitas La Moraleja University Hospital-Ana de Austria Building, the players worked out in the pavilion at Real Madrid City under the direction of Chus Mateo. The session started with stretching and physical work in the gym and ended with ball exercises on the court and shooting at the basket.

Coming up for our team are three pre-season friendlies. They will play against Benfica on Saturday 7th September at La Granadilla de Badajoz (8pm CEST); against Monaco on Wednesday 11th September at the Municipal Sports Pavilion in Pontevedra (8pm); and against Openjobmetis Varese on Saturday 14th September at the Menorca Pavilion (7:30pm). The official season will begin one week later, on Saturday 21 September, with the semi-final of the Endesa Super Cup in Murcia against Barcelona (6:30pm).

Real Madrid's three friendly matches
-Real Madrid-Benfica (Saturday 7 September, 8pm)
-Real Madrid-Monaco (Wednesday 11 September, 8pm)
-Real Madrid-Openjobmetis Varese (Saturday 14 September, 7:30pm)

First official match
Real Madrid-Barcelona (Endesa Super Cup semi-final; Saturday 21 September, 6:30pm).