The midfielder of “Fakel” told about the difficult training in the village club of the Krasnodar Territory

Midfielder “Torch” Andrei Mendel remembers the difficult training at Afips, for which he played from 2016 to 2018.

Afips is a former Russian football club from the Afipsky urban-type settlement in the Seversky district of the Krasnodar Territory.

– Ilya Stefanovich told about Afips coach Petrenko, who trained the team as special forces. Did you enjoy being with him?

– You can adapt to each trainer. In Armavir, when I came to Petrenko, the team was older. In “Afips” with young guys – yes, it is more difficult: both the bar and the crosses, and climbing the hill. We climbed the hill to the village of Smolenskaya, not far from Afipsky.

– Such fillers are hazardous to health.

Apparently they didn’t get it. I had to accept it. Although the older partners said, “What are you doing? Slow down.” They didn’t slow down.

Describe a training day.

— The morning workout started with jogging in a circle. Ten circles for one and a half minutes per circle. Someone was running with bullets. One person always passed us on a circle, and with the ball. Admittedly, he had already finished because of heart problems, in a way.

I also remember the one-on-one matches. Where the opponent ran, there you are. And once we had nine defenders for the game.

– How is it in general?

– Here is one of the striker’s defenders played. I am the last defender.

I still remember the warm-ups before the match: we ran to the podium, up the stairs. Wherever they play. Sometimes they would find seven steps in the hotel and jump down.

– Was there an effect?

Well, they all ran. First place in the “South” zone with “Armavir”, the second – in “Afips” twice, – Sport24 quotes Mendel.

This season WORLD RPL Mendel has played 21 matches for Fakel.

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