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Royal Blues to face Liverpool in pre-season friendly at Anfield
FC Schalke 04 fans can look forward to a trip to world-famous Anfield for a friendly against Liverpool. The Royal Blues will face the six-time European champions on Tuesday, 6th August 2019 as part of preparations for the 2019/20 season. The friendly will take place just a few days before Schalke begin the new season in the DFB-Pokal first round. The friendly will kick off at 19:00 GMT (20:00 CEST).
Alongside the prospect of facing the current Premier League runners-up and UEFA Champions League winners, the friendly will provide the Royal Blues with a special rendezvous with former defender Joel Matip. The Cameroonian left Gelsenkirchen to join the Reds in 2016. New Schalke head coach David Wagner and Liverpool coach Jürgen Klopp have also spent time together at 1. FSV Mainz 05.
Liverpool Football Club are one of the most successful, traditional and popular clubs in the world. The Reds have won the European Cup on six occasions (1977, 1978, 1981, 1984, 2005 and most recently in 2019) whilst also winning the UEFA Cup on three occasions (1973, 1976 and 2001). Liverpool have also won the English First Division on eighteen occasions, seven FA Cups and eight League Cup triumphs.
FC Schalke 04’s pre-season schedule:
Monday 1st July: Pre-season training begins (Club training facilities
Sunday 7th July: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen v FC Schalke 04 (Stadion Niederrhein, Oberhausen – 18:00 CEST)
Friday 12th July: Bottrop Town XI v FC Schalke 04 (Jahnstadion, Bottrop – 18:00 CEST)
Sunday 14th July: Wattenscheid 09 v FC Schalke 04 (Lohrheidestadion, Wattenscheid, Bochum – 17:00 CEST)
Friday 26th July – Saturday 3rd August: Pre-season training camp in Mittersill, Austria
Tuesday 6th August:
Liverpool v FC Schalke 04 (Anfield, Liverpool – 20:00 CEST)