Real Madrid's 2011/12 preseason starts today. Following medical examinations at Valdebebas, the team is scheduled to leave for Los Angeles at 11:30. They will hold their first training session in the city at 10:00 am PST tomorrow.

Real Madrid players arrived at Valdebebas at 8:00 in order to have their medical examinations, consisting partly on electrocardiography, blood tests and weight control. The academy's Jese, Joselu and Casado were the first to arrive at Real Madrid City. They were followed by Coentrao, Varane, Khedira, Ozil, Xabi Alonso, and captains Casillas and Ramos.

President Florentino Perez was also at Valdebebas to greet the players. Kaka was the only member of the squad missing, as he will join his teammates in Los Angeles.

PRESEASON CALENDAR
11/07								Medical exams (Real Madrid City)
11/07								Trip to Los Angeles, USA
11/07								Arrival in Los Angeles, USA
16/07								LA Galaxy-Real Madrid (Los Angeles, USA)
20/07								Chivas Guadalajara-Real Madrid (San Diego, USA)
23/07								Philadelphia Union-Real Madrid (Philadelphia, USA)
24/07								Return to Madrid
27/07								Hertha Berlin-Real Madrid (Berlin, Germany)
30/07								Leicester-Real Madrid (Leicester, UK)
30/07								Trip to China
03/08								Guangzhou Evergrande-Real Madrid (Guangzhou, China)
06/08								Tianjin Teda-Real Madrid (Tianjin, China)
06/08								Return to Madrid

The team will again use UCLA’s campus as their headquarters in the US, staying there between 11 and 24 July. UCLA boasts 173 buildings and 170 hectares in its campus, including two football pitches, a baseball field, a basketball arena and a gym. This is where they’ll prepare for their three friendlies in the States, the first being against LA Galaxy.

?LA GALAXY
?L.A. MEMORIAL COLISEUM

Real Madrid will visit San Diego for the first time on 20 July to face Mexican side Chivas Guadalajara at Qualcomm Stadium, with capacity for a crowd 71,294 strong.

?CHIVAS GUADALAJARA
?QUALCOMM STADIUM

Their final match will take place in Philadelphia against Philadelphia Union at Lincoln Financial Field, a seven year old stadium which is home to the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.

?PHILADELPHIA UNION
?LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD

Real Madrid to visit Germany and England
Real Madrid played friendlies in Frankfurt, Dortmund and Munich in their last three preseasons. This year's will see them play aganist recently promoted side Hertha at Berlin's Olympic Stadium.

?HERTHA BERLIN
?BERLIN OLYMPIC STADIUM

The Whites' last stop in the continent will be Leicester. The last time they played a summer friendly in the UK was against Arsenal and Hamburg in the 2008 Emirates Cup.

?LEICESTER CITY
?WALKERS STADIUM

Back to China
Real Madrid toured China back in 2003 and 2005, and will return to the Asian country once more this summer to play friendlies. The first will be against recently CSL League promoted side Guangzhou Evergrande on 3 August at Guangzhou’s Tianhe Stadium

?GUANGZHOU EVERGRANDE
?TIANHE STADIUM

Their second friendly will pit them against league runners-up Tianjin Teda three days later at Water Drop Olympic Stadium.

?TIANJIN TEDA
?WATER DROP OLYMPIC STADIUM