Craig Posted 11 July 2006 Posted 11 July 2006 Plymouth Argyle are to face Real Madrid in a glamorous pre-season friendly.Ian Holloway's side will face the nine-times European Champions on 21 July at the Franz Fekete Stadium in Kapfenberg, Austria. The friendly was arranged after Argyle agreed to let Madrid use a training camp in Austria that had already been booked up by the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims will now be based at the nearby spa resort of Loipersdorf, with the tour operators picking up the bill. Plymouth manager Ian Holloway is thrilled by the prospect of facing Real. "It will be an education for our lot," Holloway saod, "even if we play against their young lads, it will be very good. "Whatever side they put out, they will have some really good players. It's a fantastic opportunity for my players. A once-in-a-lifetime experience. "It is fantastic. We will get amongst them and it will be something that my lads will never forget."
Dr The Singh Posted 11 July 2006 Posted 11 July 2006 That's the type of pre-season fixture we should be having, the Real Sociadad fixture seems so pants in comparison!!!
Daggers Posted 11 July 2006 Posted 11 July 2006 That's the type of pre-season fixture we should be having, the Real Sociadad fixture seems so pants in comparison!!! What would be served by having Real Madrid pop over to give our lads a trouncing? In which way does this prepare us for the coming season? We have a fixture against a comparable side that we will have to work hard to beat and give the squad a thorough work out. I can't see what you're problem is...if you want to see Real play then there's always the ads in the back of WSC and 442.
Maybes Posted 13 July 2006 Posted 13 July 2006 They will send a shocking team like inter did to us last year( i think it was last year). So really nuthing special. Dont think madrid would take lightly to staying in plymouth tbh.
Cat Burger Posted 13 July 2006 Posted 13 July 2006 They will send a shocking team like inter did to us last year( i think it was last year). So really nuthing special. Dont think madrid would take lightly to staying in plymouth tbh. It's in Austria, and the whole squad is training there so they could end up playing anyone.
Tommeh Posted 13 July 2006 Posted 13 July 2006 It's in Austria, and the whole squad is training there so they could end up playing anyone. exactly in Austria hardly gonna be a 20,000 sell out at home for plymouth is it?
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