Al-Sadd resume training to prepare for friendly with Trabzonspor

The Al-Sadd football first team resumed training at the club’s training facility on Thursday evening, as part of the preparations for the upcoming friendly game against Turkish side Trabzonspor, which will be played on October 8.

The training session was held in the absence of the players who are away on international duty. Eight of them are with the combined Qatar senior and Olympic squad (Hassan Al-Haydos, Salem Al-Hajri, Boualem Khoukhi, Pedro Miguel, Ali Asad, Fahad Shanin, Meshaal Essa, Musab Kheder) while Morteza Pouraliganji is away with the Iranian national team.

During the session, the coaching staff focused on the physical aspects, in addition to special training to improve on offensive and defensive skills.

Meanwhile, Al-Sadd’s Algerian striker Baghdad Bounedjah is continuing with his rehabilitation programme under the supervision of the club’s medical staff and did not participate in group training with the first team.

Bounedjah had earlier suffered an ankle injury in Al-Sadd’s game against Al-Duhail in the Sheikh Jassim Cup final.

Rest on Friday

The players were given the day off on Friday as rest, with the team set to return to training at 6 PM on Saturday.