Bale: "Our aim this year is to win the sextet"

Real Madrid’s defeat against Manchester United in their first friendly of pre-season, albeit on penalties, has not worried Gareth Bale, who said the “we’ve come out of the game feeling good”.

In the comments after the game against Mourinho’s team, published by the Madrid site “Defensa Central”, Bale said “as a team, we want to win everything but we know it’s very difficult. We’ll fight to do things well in every game without thinking beyond that” We want to carry on winning trophies. When you win, you never like to stop. The ‘sextet’ is our aim”. He added “we have six trophies to play for and we want to win them all. We’re preparing for an exciting season”.

Bale, who was unable to contribute much last season due to a series of injuries, hopes to avoid similar bad luck this year. “I’m just hoping to be fit so I can give my best.”

Real Madrid will play Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in Los Angeles in both teams’ second game of the International Champions Cup.