Everton continue their week long training in Tenerife today and step up the workload after yesterdays gentle opener. Instead of the fitness work conducted yesterday, it seems that today focused on a lot more ball work, including keep the ball, attack v defence and dribbling to finishing practice.
The session took place between 9am and 11.30am before Slavia Prague entered onto the pitch to take the afternoon session. From pictures with a fan, you can see that Darron Gibson and Arouna Kone have both travelled despite their long term injuries. It seems manager Martinez want’s to keep the squad together as part of bonding while training. According to the photographer, Ross Barkley could not be made out to be training today, after Everton confirmed today that the midfielder fractured his toe last week. The positive spin on this is that it wasn’t the metatarsal as feared later last week.
Photos are courtesy of Ross Browning (@RossTenerife), who you can follow on twitter to get earlier updates on the Everton Tenerife Training this week.
Ross is the editor of Canarian Weekly and has given us permission to use his pictures
Everton up bright and early in the Tenerife sunshine
Keep the ball exercise begins
and comes toward and end
Osman slotted this one perfectly after completing the dribbling routine
Lukaku was up next
and failed miserably! Watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151946743572736&set=vb.698812735&type=2&theater
The training moved on to some attack v defence
See this training in motion, Lukaku not having his best day: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=568411759916542&set=vb.111039622320427&type=2&theater
While Martinez had a lengthy chat with Leighton Baines
Before the boss spoke to the Slavia Prague manager
The players headed to cool down before making their way back to the hotel, Heitinga addressed a fan
As did Arouna Kone
And Darron Gibson
The coaches waited around for the coach to take them back to the hotel
Whereas Bobby preferred to ride back – ever the pro!