Shakhtar in Turkey: evening session

After three days of hard work on the football pitch, the coaching staff decided to diversify the training process and offered the team to have a recovery session in the fitness room. The players split into three groups and performed under the guidance of assistant manager Filipe Celikkaya some stretching and agility exercises, also stretching their muscles using massage rolls.

“This kind of fitness activity is necessary for the players to recover from long training sessions in previous days. We performed special exercises for absolutely all muscle groups, which is very important at the moment. We call it “pumping up blood through the body”, so the players will be better prepared tomorrow,” explains Felipe Сelikkaya. “In general, the team feel good after three days of training. All the guys are professionals, they understand that in training the requirements are always higher and the workload is big. That’s why we make this alternation: training - recovery, training - recovery. In a few days, everyone will get used to the usual rhythm.”
 
Tomorrow, the Miners will continue having two training sessions a day and prepare for the first test match. This is a reminder that on January 25, Shakhtar will have a friendly match against the Polish Lech Poznan. It kicks off at 16:00.