First team returns to training after break

The Al-Sadd football first team resumed training at 6:30 PM on Monday at the main pitch in the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, following the end of a two-day break from training. The players had been training intensely before the break after returning from the foreign camp in Austria, which was held between the 16th & 30th of July.

The team is now preparing for the start of the new 2016/17 season, which begins on the 15th of September.

Led by head coach Jesualdo Ferreira, the coaching staff implemented the training module, which included a focus on physical exercises as the players are returning after a break.

Ferreira also emphasised training with the ball, in both offensive and defensive aspects, and moving it quickly to the other half, in addition to keeping up continuous pressure all over the pitch.

The training session was held without the presence of the Qatari internationals who are away with the national team: Saad Al-Dosari, Pedro, Mohammed Kasola, Ali Asad, Ibrahim Majid, Hassan Al-Haidos, Abdelkarim Hassan.

Special session for Hamed

New signing Hamed Ismail trained alone in a special session supervised by physio Joao Marcos. Hamed is currently undergoing his rehabilitation phase in order to reach full fitness before joining up with the rest of the team for group training.

Al-Sadd had earlier signed Hamed on a one-year loan deal from Al-Rayyan.