All 31 players were involved in the first training run in Israel. The pitch is located 10 minutes’ walk from the hotel, which makes things easier with such a tight schedule. After blowing the final training whistle, Yuriy Semin talked to Dynamo TV group.
- My impressions are all favorable. The players are strongly motivated and perfectly understand my instructions.
- Why did you select as many as 32 players to fly to Israel? [Diogo Rincón is to join the squad Wed. The Brazilian had to spend a few more days as his mother is having some health problems].
- Five goalkeepers and 27 field players is a good number. The bulk of the team is made of youngsters, who should make a good competition for the experienced ones. We might, however, take fewer players for our second training stint in Spain.
- What objectives do you set for the team in Israel?
- We have two weeks to solve some tactical and strategic tasks. By tactics I mean choosing a more or less regular first XI. Of course, our objective here is to win the tourney. These are goals. Another thing is how successfully we will be able to implement them.
