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Raúl Gonzáles Blanco - Al Saad

Real Madrid has officially confirmed that the 35th Santiago Bernabeu Trophy will be played at 22:30 on 22nd August against Qatar's Al-Sadd, where former Real Madrid captain, Raúl González currently plies his trade.

The match will be the club's final pre-season match, even though Real Madrid will have kicked off the 2013/14 league campaign a few days earlier. This will be Raúl González's first game at the Santiago Bernabéu since his departure and to commemorate this occasion, he will play one half with each team, as Real Madrid and Al-Sadd agreed with the player.

It will be the first time that a Qatari side takes part in Real Madrid's summer tournament. Real has won it a total of 23 times and has won it for the last eight straight years. In 2013, Madrid thrashed Colombian side, Millonarios 8-0.

Al-Sadd's honours include three Qatari league titles, thirteen Emir of Qatar Cup titles and two AFC Champions League titles. Raul joined the Qatari club in May 2012, after two seasons at Bundesliga outfit Schalke 04, where he received a hero's send-off.

Raúl González left Real Madrid in 2010 after sixteen years at the club, during which he won several titles including: six La Liga titles, three Champions League titles, one European Super Cup and two Inter-continental Cups.