The Spanish giants did not have to sweat it out against Celtic in their final preseason friendly at the Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, in front of 34,018 strong crowd.
No sparks or fireworks were on display as Real Madrid secured a 2-0 victory over Glasgow Celtic in their final friendly fixture of 2012 World Soccer Challenge. Jose Callejon and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 hit the target as they return to the Iberian Peninsula without
suffering a defeat on their USA tour.
Real Madrid did not have to enforce themselves in the sweltering heat but would have liked to win with a greater margin after creating chances galore during the course of the match. Their performance at the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lincoln-c22276 Financial Field gave a strong indication
to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Valencia-c40863 team that suffered a 4-2 defeat at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt.
The Scots too had to endure the sweltering heat in Philadelphia, as it was evident after the opening fifteen minutes that they wanted the match to be over as soon as possible. Their desire to head for the showers was exhibited by their inability in running
after Real Madrid players as much as they could.
Despite the unplayable conditions, Jose Callejon rose to the occasion for the umpteenth time in Los Blancos’ preseason preparations. The striker scored his fifth goal in 6 matches to take the podium as Madrid’s highest goal scorer.
His goal on 22 minutes calmed nerves of Madridista as his peers continued to be wasteful in front of goal. The former Espanyol player touched the ball before the keeper to round him off and finished form the edge of the goal.
With their rivals lacking in ambition, Madrid’s players did not let go of their intensity, and were seen going up and down the pitch without looking up. However, Mourinho decided to mix up things with his changes at the interval.
Casillas, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Álvaro-c5280 Morata made their way on the pitch to get more minutes under their belt.
Benzema repaid the faith instilled in him by the Special One, hitting the back of the net from an Angel Di Maria orchestrated move, sealing the fate of the match in the process.
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