France coach Herve Renard said physical fitness is a green weapon to compete with the teams in the third group he competes with at the World Cup in Qatar, which includes Argentina, Poland and Mexico.
In an interview with the Saudi national team’s official Twitter account, Renard clarified, “The players participating in the Abu Dhabi camp have not played equal matches, so there are players with high physical fitness, while others need to work harder to raise their physical fitness.
Renard indicated that his entire focus during the first training camp in Abu Dhabi, which is being held as part of the third phase of the preparation for the World Cup, is focused on the physical preparation of the players, noting that his role as technical director and his assistants pushed the players to the maximum disclosure of their potential.
He added: “All players at this stage of the training program undergo a thorough physical assessment indicating his role as technical director and with it an assistive device to push the players as hard as possible.”
Renard praised the huge effort put in by the players in the Abu Dhabi camp, explaining that Saud Abdul Hameed, Kanno and Ali Al Bulaikhi Ali Al Hasan were the best in the fitness tests, congratulating them on this performance.
He said: The atmosphere in the camp is very positive and he hopes that this atmosphere will continue in the World Cup, and Renard continued that as part of the plan to improve the fitness of the players, we gave 11 players to play 60 minutes. in the match against Macedonia for the players who have not played more minutes with their clubs and we have played with 11 players. The remaining 30 minutes and we will change in the match against Albania next Wednesday, we will give the players who played against Macedonia 30 minutes the opportunity play 60 minutes, the rest 30 minutes.
Renard considered the friendly matches between Macedonia and Albania to be training exercises to improve fitness.
