Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Real, Man United, Milan to clash in pre-season

Real, Man United, Milan to clash in pre-season

Real, Man United, Milan to clash in pre-season

Posted: 04 Feb 2014 08:18 AM PST

The pre-season tournament, which will take place across the US in the form of two groups of four teams, begins on July 26 and ends with the final at Miami's Sun Life Stadium on August 4. Real won last year's competition, beating Chelsea in the final, while Milan finished in third place. Both the Spanish and Italian giants will return to America this year, and will be joined by Premier League clubs United, Liverpool and Manchester City, as well as Inter, Roma and Olympiacos. Liverpool's chief commercial officer Billy Hogan said the club were thrilled to be heading back to the country after enjoying a successful pre-season trip there in 2012. "We were last in the USA in 2012 and thoroughly enjoyed our visit," he told the club's official website. "So we are delighted to be invited to take part in the International Champions Cup and revisit again this year. "This will be the club's seventh visit to North America, where we know we have a huge fan base, and being part of this tournament will allow us to bring the club closer to those supporters and engage with them once again."

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Zaha hoping to be a fans favourite at Cardiff

Posted: 04 Feb 2014 05:13 AM PST

Zaha made the temporary switch from Manchester United on transfer deadline day, and came off the bench for his Cardiff debut on Saturday, setting up Craig Bellamy for the equaliser in the 2-1 success over Norwich City. After struggling for game time at Old Trafford - Zaha played just 28 minutes of Premier League football under David Moyes - the 21-year-old was just happy to be involved on Saturday. "I was just glad to get on," he said. "We needed the crowd to help and the noise the fans made helped us to push on. "I'm happy. I hope to be one of the fans'favourites and every game I come on, I will give it my all." The win over Norwich lifted Cardiff off the foot of the table, and the England international believes the result will provide a huge boost as they look to avoid the drop back to the Championship. "We can get out of the relegation zone if we just believe, and getting those points has helped a lot," he said.

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