Spanish sports paper Diario AS reports that Real Madrid will play a pre-season friendly in China in the summer of 2011.
The paper reports that the game will be played in Beijing as part of an Asian tour that the club is organizing. Real Madrid is now attempting to secure a second game, which will either be played in China, or possibly in Japan. If you remember Real were meant to tour Asia this summer, but a lack of time because of the World Cup finals made it impossible to find suitable dates.
Real Madrid has visited Asia three times in pre-season. In 2003 they played in Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bangkok, while subsequent tours have seen them visit Tokyo and also combine an Asian tour with a visit to the United States.
In addition to the two games in Asia I would expect Madrid to return to Los Angeles for a game before flying out to Asia, as Jose Mourinho really likes training in the LA area.
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