VIDEO SHOWS: REAL MADRID TEAM TRAINING SESSION AND PRESS CONFERENCE WITH COACH ALVARO ARBELOA AND DEFENDER ALVARO CARRERAS SHOTLIST ONLY. COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: LISBON, PORTUGAL (JANUARY 27, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. REAL MADRID PLAYERS GATHERED ON PITCH 2. REAL MADRID FORWARD, VINICIUS JUNIOR, ON PITCH WITH TEAMMATES DANI CARVAJAL, AND GOALKEEPER, ANDRIY LUNIN 3. REAL MADRID FORWARD, KYLIAN MBAPPE, ENTERING PITCH ALONGSIDE FORWARD, RODRYGO 4. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS GATHERED ON PITCH FOR HUDDLE LISTENING TO COACH, ALVARO ARBELOA 5. REAL MADRID COACH ALVARO ARBELOA PEAKING TO HIS PLAYERS 6 (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) REAL MADRID COACH, ALVARO ARBELOA, SAYING:   "For us it's an extremely important match. We want to be in the top eight, so we need to get the three points tomorrow against a great team. Even if they come with a younger side, they still have the best possible leader. I've already warned the players about how difficult tomorrow's match will be. We're coming in with tremendous humility. We know that if we want to win, we'll have to give everything, go out there and play the full 90 minutes at our best. I don't expect anything different from Benfica." 7. VARIOUS OF REAL MADRID PLAYERS WARMING UP 8. VINICIUS JUNIOR AND MIDFIELDER, JUDE BELLINGHAM, WARMING UP 9. ARBELOA TALKING WITH ASSISTANT COACHES 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) REAL MADRID COACH, ALVARO ARBELOA, SAYING:     "Yes, I didn't miss the coach's (Mourinho's) press conference. I didn't miss them years ago when I was a player, we would put his press conferences on in the dressing room, all of them and I didn't miss today's. For me, of course, it's a tremendous source of pride to hear everything he said about me. The truth is, I was moved and happy, because Jose (Mourinho) was much more than a coach to me in every way, especially on a personal level. He meant a lot and was very important throughout my whole career, and even today, I consider him a great friend. So, from here I want to thank him for each and every word, and I'm really looking forward to seeing him tomorrow and giving him a big hug." 11. TRAINING IN PROGRESS AT STADIUM 12. MBAPPE, VINICIUS JUNIOR AND TEAMMATES WARMING UP 13. TRAINING AT STADIUM 14. REAL MADRID DEFENDER, ALVARO CARRERAS, WARMING UP 15.  (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) REAL MADRID LEFT DEFENDER, ALVARO CARRERAS, SAYING:     "We know it's going to be a very important match for them and for us. We both need the win. The atmosphere will surely be very good, but we've come for the three points. We need to play our style of soccer the way we've played in the last matches, and that's how we'll definitely get the three points." 16. TRAINING IN PROGRESS 17. GOALKEEPER, THIBAUT COURTOIS, IN RONDO DRILL NEXT TO MBAPPE 18. MBAPPE DURING RONDO DRILL 19. VINICIUS JUNIOR AND BELLINGHAM DURING RONDO DRILL 20. RONDO DRILL 21. TRAINING IN PROGRESS STORY: (Production: Miguel Pereira, Kurt Michael Hall)
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