World Cup players are on their way to the International Champions Cup

There is good news for South Florida football fans who are suffering from the withdrawal of the World Cup: four of the best teams in the world – Real Madrid, Manchester United, Manchester City and Bayern Munich – play pre-season match at Hard Rock Stadium.

The numerous appearances at the World Cups of Spain and Germany are blessings in disguise for the ICC because Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are filled with World Cup players. these national teams, so they are well rested and eager to return to the field. Manchester United and Manchester City also present Spanish players, as well as a few from Argentina, who lost in the round of 16.

Among the players who will probably be on the line-ups for Hard Rock's friendly matches: Real Madrid's Sergio Ramos, Real Madrid's Marco Asensio, Real Madrid's Toni Kroos, Thomas Muller's Gareth Bale (Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), James Rodriguez (Bayern Munich), Keylor Navas (Real Madrid)), David Silva (Manchester City), Alexis Sanchez (Manchester United), David de Gea (Manchester United), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United) and Sergio Aguero (Manchester City).

"We had to have all the players Teams that did not pass the knockout stages and some players in the quarter-finals can choose to get ready for the club season," said Charlie Stillitano, executive president from Relevent Sports, who heads the ICC. "The semi-finals and World Cup finalists will not be there because they will have mandatory holidays, so we do not expect French, Croatian, Belgian or English players."

This means that South Korean fans will not see Croatian Luka Modric and Mateo Kovacic, champions of the French team Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City) and Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) , or the Belgians Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)), Marouane Fellani (Manchester United) or Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United)

The alignments of Manchester United and Manchester City include eight players of the English national team, and they are unlikely to participate.

It is still unclear whether Brazil quarterfinalists will appear. The Brazilian team includes Real Madrid players Marcelo and Casemiro, and four Manchester City players – Gabriel Jesus, Danilo, Fernandinho, Ederson

"With all the upheavals of this World Cup, we took a few breaks "said Stillitano. "Even though it's a watershed, we expect most alignments to be very strong."

For the second year in a row, South Florida fans will not see Cristiano Ronaldo. Last year, the Portuguese superstar of Real Madrid chose to pass the test, and this summer he was signed by Juventus, who does not play in Miami.

A crowd of more than 70,000 is expected for the match of July 31 Madrid and Manchester United and the game of July 28 between Manchester City and Bayern Munich will probably attract more than 50,000 fans. "Ticket sales have been good for both games, but better for Real Madrid and Manchester United," said Stillitano. "I think a lot of people were waiting for the end of the World Cup to see which players were coming in. We expect sales to pick up in the last few weeks."

This year, for the first time, there will be a women's tournament ICC with three teams from Europe – Manchester City, Paris St. Germain, Olympique Lyonnais, and North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League. Le Courage faces PSG in the first match of the July 26 double play, followed by Man City vs Lyonnais. Third place and championship games will be held on July 29th.

The ICC's "Miami Week" will also include open training sessions and the House of Soccer's fanfest at Wynwood. Among the festivities, a 5-on-5 match between legends of Bayern Munich and the elders of the University of Miami. One half will be a flag football game, the other half football.

For more information and tickets, go to www.internationalchampionscup.com or TicketMaster.