BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Real Madrid's second exhibition trip to Beijing in three year was greeted with downfall and relatively slight from Chinese soccer fans.

    Real Madrid opened their Asian tour here in the Workers' Stadium against Beijing Guo'an on Saturday evening in heavy rain, which has kept pouring since the morning and turned the field intoa swamp.

    Heavy rain dampened Chinese fans' enthusiasm for Real's super stars. Only a little more than half seats of the stadium, with a full capacity of more than 70,000 people, were occupied in contrast to the sellout crowd in the United States when Real played their first two tour games.

    Right before the start of the match, more than 600 RMB yuan tickets had been sold at the price of 200 yuan by scalpers out of the stadium, and the 180-yuan ones depreciated to 40.

    In an internet survey conducted by the web company sina.com.cn,over 96% of participants thought that Real came to China with the sole goal of making money. About 62% said they wouldn't support Real for sure if they came again, and another 27% said they were bored by the super star show and wouldn't be crazy as before.

    Real Madrid first came to Beijing in 2003 also on an exhibitiontour.

    The Spanish soccer giants are on their pre-season tour of the United States and Asia. They are to play two matches in Japan and another in Bangkok before returning to Madrid on July 30. Enditem