On their first day in Malta, our boys got to know the pitch at the Tony Bezzina Stadium for the first time ahead of a friendly match with Inter Milan there on Wednesday. After warming up, we focused on passing and shooting - as we want to use every opportunity we get against the Italians, after all.
Our Red Bulls then had a free afternoon. Most of the players used it to discover the capital city, Valletta, before getting back to work tomorrow morning.
Being able to train in the warmth again at 20 degrees is really nice after it's been so cold at home recently. After training, I went to the gym to work on my body a bit. After having lunch, a few of us went into the city and to the sea, and then we went to a restaurant to watch the Croatia match. It's a really great area here, and the facilities are top on the whole!
Matthias Jaissle has a total of 21 players available in Malta. Not making the plane were the injured and ill players (including Benjamin Sesko, Nicolas Capaldo, Fernando, Lucas Gourna-Douath, Oumar Solet, Samson Tijani, Andreas Ulmer) as well as those at the World Cup.
Our Malta squad:
- Junior Adamu
- Lawrence Agyekum
- Samson Baidoo
- Bernardo
- Amar Dedic
- Raphael Hofer
- Zeteny Jano
- Dijon Kameri
- Maurits Kjaergaard
- Sekou Koita
- Karim Konate
- Nico Mantl
- Kamil Piatkowski
- Tolgahan Sahin
- Nicolas Seiwald
- Roko Simic
- Adam Stejskal
- Ignace Van der Brempt
- Alexander Walke
- Lukas Wallner
- Maximilian Wöber
