Manchester City to play Atletico Madrid in Seoul pre-season friendly on August 9
Manchester City will face Atletico Madrid in a pre-season friendly at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea on Saturday, August 09.
Both clubs enter the fixture after two pre-season matches each and mixed results; Manchester City are managed by Enzo Maresca and Atletico by Diego Simeone. The match is billed as a club friendly ahead of the new season in which both sides have rotated squads across their warm-up games.
The Enzo Maresca-led side lost their opening pre-season friendly to Inter Milan before beating K League All Stars 3-1 in their second outing. Several high-profile players, including Erling Haaland, Rayan Cherki and Elliot Anderson, remain absent from Manchester City following their participation at the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Diego Simeone’s men began their pre-season with an easy victory over Getafe but were then outplayed by Manchester United in their subsequent friendly. Atletico are also missing a number of top players, and new arrival Lee Kang-in might make his unofficial debut against Manchester City.
The game will start at 04:30 p.m. IST on Saturday, August 09, at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea.
Fans can watch the fixture live by tuning into CITY+. In the United Kingdom, CITY+ is the only way to view this club friendly live; Movistar+ can be used to watch the match in other markets. In the United States, the game will be available on Paramount+, and CITY+ is the sole live-streaming medium for this fixture in India.
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The Seoul friendly will form part of both clubs’ final pre-season preparations ahead of the new domestic campaign.
