“It’s clear that the Lokomotiv players missed football during the winter break” – Zagumennov

soccer players Lokomotiv with a great desire to conduct training in Abu Dhabi, despite the heavy workload of Mikhail Galaktionov’s coaching staff, Artem Zagumennov, head of the press service for railway workers, told .

On Thursday, Lokomotiv spent the first full day at training camp in the United Arab Emirates. In the morning, the Reds-Greens gave a running lesson. Before entering the field, the players made several stations on the simulators for half an hour, later they ran in two groups in a circle with a variable pace for a while. The coaching staff interrupted running work for separate tactical drills with the ball. Evening training was fun in nature, working on technical and tactical aspects.

“You can see the players are enthusiastically involved in the work. Behind the unusually long winter break, it’s clear that the guys missed football. Despite the heavy workload offered by the technical staff, everyone is in a combative mood, smiling and joking. In general, a good working process has started,” Zagumennov told .

Defender Lukas Fasson and midfielder Rifat Zhemaletdinov, who are recovering from injuries, trained individually with the team on Thursday.

– After the holidays, we have two people engaged in an individual program – Rifat Zhemaletdinov and Lukas Fasson. Both are in the final stages of rehabilitation before returning to training on the pitch. We are not setting a specific return date – before that we will need to do all the testing to understand their readiness. At this point, the main task is to resume aerobic work on the ground. In general, we have already announced the terms of their return, they have not changed, – said Lokomotiv doctor Igor Kalyuzhny.