Liverpool will play an additional behind-closed doors friendly against Serie A club.
Liverpool are stepping up their pre-season preparations as Andoni Iraola’s squad gears up for the club’s first friendly of the summer.
The Reds are currently based in Chicago before travelling to face Sunderland this weekend. Although Iraola is still without several first-team players due to injuries and extended World Cup breaks, the tour offers the new head coach his first opportunity to implement his tactical ideas and assess the squad.
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Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Iraola said: “I think the pre-season is always the foundation of what’s going to be a long season.
“But when you arrive to a new club it’s even more important because you don’t have a lot of training sessions, you don’t have a lot of even friendlies.
“We are playing five friendlies before the season starts, so every training session, every pre-season friendly for us is massive.
“It’s massive because sometimes we lack days of training properly, of training with all the group of players, so everything that we can get from every friendly we play, we have to use it properly because we want to arrive in a good spot on the first day of the season and at the end the best training is always the friendlies you play.”
Liverpool have intensified training both in the gym and on the pitch ahead of the opening fixture. The Reds will face Sunderland, Wrexham and Leeds United during their North American tour before returning to Merseyside in early August.
They will then conclude pre-season with home matches against AS Monaco and Como at Anfield. Liverpool have now officially confirmed they will play an additional behind-closed-doors friendly against Como 1907 as part of their pre-season preparations.
A club statement read: “Liverpool will play an additional behind-closed doors friendly against Como 1907 as part of their pre-season schedule.
“The Reds are set to host the Serie A side at Anfield in front of supporters on Sunday August 16 (6pm BST). The clubs will also contest a game earlier that same day behind closed doors, kicking off at 12pm BST. This match will be streamed live on All Red Video, alongside all of Liverpool’s pre-season games this summer.”
Liverpool will play an additional behind-closed doors friendly against Como 1907 as part of their pre-season schedule. 🔴
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) July 22, 2026
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