Santiago Bernabeu Trophy : Real Madrid Vs. Galatasaray
Match:
Real Madrid Vs. Galatasaray
Date
Wednesday 24/08/2011
Time
20:30 GMT
Venue
Santiago Bernabeu
Result:
Real Madrid 2-1 Galatasaray
Result:
Real Madrid 2-1 Galatasaray
| Sergio Ramos(34') Selcuk Inan (11') Benzema (53') |
The Santiago Bernabeu Trophy is dedicated to the memory of long-time Real Madrid president Santiago Bernabeu. It is a friendly tournament organised each year by Real Madrid at the beginning of the season, somewhere around the end of August or the beginning of September.From 1979 to 1984 and in 1986 it was contested by 4 teams, with semifinals, third place match and final. In 1985 and since 1987 only one match between Real Madrid and an invited team was played.The 2002 tournament consisted again of 4 teams, on the special occasion of Real Madrid's centenary as the team were founded on March 6, 1902. In recent years it has also served as a game to present the new players on the squad brought in through the summer transfer market.
Galatasaray to face Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy
The 33rd edition of the competition will take place on 24 August.Real Madrid will face Galatasaray in the 33rd edition of the Santiago Bernabeu Trophy on Wednesday 24 August. Jose Mourinho's side will defend the title they won last year against Peñarol Montevideo.Galatasaray will be the first Turkish side to participate in the competition. They finished eighth in the Turkish league last season and recently strengthened their squad with the signings of Ujfalusi and Elmander.Real Madrid and Galatasaray have faced each other three times. Their first match was in the 2000 European Super Cup, which the Turks won thanks to a goal in extra time. They came face to face again a few months later in the Champions League quarterfinals; Galatasaray won the first leg in Istanbul 3-2, but the Whites sealed their pass to the next round with a 3-0 win at the Bernabeu in the return match.
Real Madrid Squad:
No. Position Player
1 GK Iker Casillas (captain)
2 DF Ricardo Carvalho
3 DF Pepe
4 DF Sergio Ramos (vice-captain)
5 MF Fernando Gago
6 MF Sami Khedira
7 FW Cristiano Ronaldo
8 MF Kaka
9 FW Karim Benzema
10 MF Mesut Ozil
11 MF Esteban Granero
12 DF Marcelo (vice-captain)
13 GK Antonio Adan
14 MF Xabi Alonso
15 DF Fabio Coentrao
17 DF Alvaro Arbeloa
18 DF Raul Albiol
19 DF Raphael Varane
20 FW Gonzalo Higuaín
21 FW Jose Callejon
22 MF Angel di Maria
— MF Lassana Diarra
— MF Royston Drenthe
— MF Nuri Sahin
— MF Hamit Altıntop
— MF Pedro Leon
Galatasaray Squad:
No. Position Player
1 GK Aykut Ercetin
3 DF Caglar Birinci
4 MF Felipe Melo
5 DF Gokhan Zan
6 MF Ceyhun Gulselam
7 MF Aydın Yılmaz
8 MF Selcuk Inan
9 FW Johan Elmander
15 FW Milan Baros
17 DF Tomas Ujfalusi
18 MF Ayhan Akman
22 DF Hakan Balta
25 GK Fernando Muslera
26 DF Semih Kaya
27 DF Emmanuel Eboue
28 FW Bogdan Stancu
35 MF Yekta Kurtulus
52 MF Emre Colak
55 DF Sabri Sarıoglu
61 MF Engin Baytar
66 FW Anıl Dilaver
76 DF Servet Cetin
80 MF Colin Kazim-Richards
86 GK Ufuk Ceylan
