HARD AT WORK

MILANELLO – After going through a warm-up indoors at 11.30, Thursday’s training session got into full swing straight after. The players that didn’t play from the first minute against Cagliari on Wednesday trained by doing running drills on the central pitch at Milanello. The players that started the match on Wednesday at the Sant’Elia meanwhile worked out in the gym.Muntari also did some running out on the raised pitch, while youngster Mario Piccinocchi (who was on hand to watch the youth sector team’s cup win against Sassuolo on Wednesday) also did running out on the pitches of Milanello, as did club captain Riccardo Montolivo. Poli, Menez, Essien and Van Ginkel all followed suit. The following all did running drills over 50m and sprints over 30m: Bonera, Zapata, Pazzini, Saponara and Zaccardo. Mexes and Armero were both out on the central pitch training as well on Thursday.