Bayer 04 Brazil Tour – Day 5 blog: Coaches meet, Quansah and Kofane join team

+++ 19 July, 13.32: Erik ten Hag meets Filipe Luís +++

After training, Erik ten Hag, Fernando Carro and Simon Rolfes caught up with Flamengo coach and former defender Filipe Luís. His team play city rivals Fluminense at the Maracana tomorrow evening, which the Werkself will go and watch.

+++ 19 July, 13.03: Beach then pitch for Hincapie and Belocian +++

Piero Hincapie and Jeanuel Belocian were working on their own on a nearby pitch with fitness coach Daniel Jouvin as they continue their recoveries. The previous day had seen the pair working out on the beach outside the team hotel, including a cooling off in the sea, prior to the friendly match.

+++ 19 July, 12.56: Action on the pitch with Quansah, Kofane and Maza +++

The team’s latest intense training session is now over. With the sun beaming down over Rio, they started off with a warm-up and some rondos before taking to small pitches, with Ibrahim Maza involved again. Fellow new signings Jarell Quansah and Christian Kofane also joined with the team for the first time after doing individual work a couple of days ago. The session finished with a gruelling set of endurance runs.

+++ 19 July, 10.47: 30-year reunion +++

Before turning to training, we had some emotional scenes this morning as old teammates met again at the hotel for the first time in some 30 years. You can read more about that HERE.

+++ 19 July, 09.23 Uhr: Training and Wonder of the World +++

Bom dia from Brazil! There’s no rest for the Werkself this Saturday as they gear up for their morning training session in a couple of hours. After lunch and a rest back at the hotel, the team will then head off for a look at Christ the Redeemer, one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, to take in the sunset over Rio de Janeiro. More on that later…