by Redman in wales » Wed May 20, 2009 1:10 pm
Liverpool are set to face Atletico Madrid at Anfield for their final warm-up game before the 2009-10 season.
Fernando Torres' former club will arrive on Merseyside on Saturday, August 8 - a week before the new Barclays Premier League campaign gets underway.
The sides met twice in the 2008-09 Champions League, with both group stage clashes ending in a draw. Injury meant El Nino featured in neither.
Ticket details for the 3pm kick-off will follow.
Liverpool have now announced seven pre-season friendlies, with their schedule thus far looking like this:
July:
15 v FC St Gallen
AFG Arena, St Gallen
Kick-off 8pm
19 v Rapid Vienna
Ernst Happel Stadium, Vienna
Kick-off 7.15pm
22 v Thailand
National Stadium, Bangkok
Kick-off 8pm
26 v Singapore
National Stadium, Singapore
Kick-off 8pm
August:
2 v Espanyol
Cornella-El Prat Stadium, Barcelona
Kick-off time to be confirmed
5 v FC Lyn
Oslo
Kick-off 7pm
8 v Atletico Madrid
Anfield
Kick-off 3pm