DOHA (Qatar): Bayern Munich conducted their first open training session here on Sunday morning since arriving here for their winter camp.
During the session, much of the public’s focus centred on Lucas Hernandez who unfortunately has not been seen by Bayern’s fans for some time.
The French World Cup-winner celebrated his return to training for the first time after around two and a half months out following ankle surgery at the end of October.
He had already been able to complete a run the evening before – and he was given the all-clear to finally train with his team-mates.
Later, the 23-year-old participated in the circuit training, where the Bayern squad were tasked with various exercises involving dumbbells, bars, rings and weights.
When head coach Hans-Dieter Flick moved the players’ session onto ball-work and tactics-oriented training, Hernandez left the pitch, continuing individual drills with the fitness coaches.
“We’ll do everything we can during the training camp to prepare well and to give ourselves the best shot of going full throttle from the very first game,” said Bayern’s Sporting Director Hasan Salihamidzic.
He also re-emphasised before the side left for Doha that the players would be met with “very, very good conditions” at the Aspire Academy, helping the team work on some fine tuning before the second half of the campaign.
The Bundesliga side will return to Germany to face FC Nurnberg in a friendly in seven days time.
The second half of the season kicks off away at Hertha Berlin on January 19.
Hasan is confident that the Bayern players will benefit from the trip.
With three wins on the bounce to end 2019, the Bavarians have kept pace with the leaders and currently lie third.
