Bulls in Albufeira

Crossbar shooting for less running time

The Bulls around coach Letsch (right) are having a good time in Albufeira.(Bild: FC Red Bull Salzburg)

The Bulls completed two sessions on Sunday at the training camp in Albufeira. However, not everyone was able to take part for various reasons. Either way, there is no shortage of fun in Portugal. A column by "Krone" sports editor Philip Kirchtag.

The "Krone" reports from Albufeira

After a somewhat more leisurely Saturday, two training sessions were on the agenda again yesterday at the Bulls camp in Portugal. Not everyone was able to take part, however, as the Salzburgers are still suffering from a flu epidemic that hit the runners-up before the test against Bayern. Alexander Schlager is currently unfit and Leo Morgalla also had to sit out on Sunday. Daouda Guindo, Hendry Blank, Kamil Piatkowski, Salko Hamzic (all slightly injured) and Aleksa Terzic (stress management) have also not trained alongside the injured Maurits Kjaergaard. But it is precisely because of such "problems" that the Bulls have taken a 30-man squad - Bobby Clark is still ill in Salzburg - to the Algarve.

Intensive training sessions were held in the morning, with the focus on standards in the afternoon. However, there was no shortage of fun in the sessions either, with coach Thomas Letsch repeatedly incorporating one challenge or another. For example, his squad were given the chance to shorten the run-out time by hitting the crossbar.

Also fixed: If there is a duel with two teams, the losers get a penalty. Yesterday it was 35 push-ups minus the age of the respective player. Veteran Karim Onisiwo was lucky and only had to do three.