Fifth Day of Work at Papendal

Members of the first team trained this morning for an hour and a half, carrying out weight training in the gymnasium. In the afternoon the session is at 6 p.m. practicing strategy moves, both in defence and in attack.

Asier del Horno did exercises on the static bicycle and in the afternoon he will do running exercises under the supervision of the physical trainer Manuel Delgado Meco.

Declarations of Ernesto Valverde in Papendal

Regarding the game against VolendamThis is one more step forward in our preparation. We are going to take all the games seriouslyHe also said that all the players were going to travel although maybe some would not play. There will be players who play for one hour.

With regards to the players from the subsidiary Bilbao Athletic
“I see them integrating very well, they are working at the same rate as the others and an important factor is that they have not noticed the difference in rhythm between the categories as none of them have had any physical bother”.On whether they will continue or not, he stated that“this is a process which has to be faced up to normally. Any decision in this respect will be taken when the expedition returns without any sort of time limit”.