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According to the Mirror football, fitness has become the top priority of Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio, and he is adamant of making his team fitter than all the other teams in the league.
He is spending huge amounts of money on the fitness of players with a vow of making them the fittest club in the league. He has been acting very determinedly to take Sunderland to a new level. He has already signed 10 new players and is also on the verge of signing few more. Di Canio is determined that the Premier League opener against Fulham will prove a new beginning for the club.
Di Canio said: “You will see the fittest Sunderland team that has ever been. That has to be the base for a footballer.”
Sunderland captain John O’shea also quoted:“Di Canio is very ambitious, very hungry. I’ve seen his appetite for the training sessions and the work he puts in and the detail he works to. He’s intense but I’ve never met a manager who isn’t. He wants to make a mark on his team. He’s got that passion, you see it on the sidelines and team talks.
“He’s been hands on – he doesn’t like to be called the manager, does he? He’s the coach involved in everything, even strength sessions! He keeps himself in good nick.”
He also gave the details of a typical pre-season day for a Sunderland Player. The following was the time table of the Black Cats’s squad, as reported to The Mirror Football :
8 am: Get up.
9 am: Drive to training.
9.30 am: Breakfast in canteen. Porridge, fruit – no bacon sandwiches allowed.
10.30 am: Double training session starts. Running work, interval training, spinning classes. All distances and speeds recorded by GPS monitors.
11.45 am: Short break.
Noon: Gym for strength training, stretching, Pilates.
1 pm: Shower and change.
1.30 pm: Lunch – pasta, rice, chicken, tomato sauce.
2.30 pm: Rest and relaxation at hotel or training ground. Sleep or games, including table tennis.
4 pm: Training pitch for football session – ball work, tactics. Includes work on fluid passing and working the ball from defence to attack.
6 pm: Shower and home.
8 pm: Early night after evening in front of TV.
