Khaled Al-Rashidi participates in the Kuwait Club’s morning training session.

KUWAIT CITY, July 28: Al-Arabi’s coach, Marco Alves, has the team training in humid environments to prepare for its AFC Challenge League playoff against Maziya Sports of the Maldives on August 12, which will be played on the Maldives’ home turf.

To help players adapt to the high humidity common in the Maldives, Alves also arranged additional indoor, air-conditioned training sessions during its Abu Dhabi camp. The team will face UAE clubs Hatta and Baniyas in friendlies on Thursday, August 6, respectively, with the camp concluding on August 8.

Fahaheel has planned a training camp in Alexandria, Egypt, scheduled to start in mid-August.

Led by Syrian coach Firas Al-Khatib, the team continues preparations and will play a friendly against Kuwait’s Olympic team on August 7. Another friendly match is being arranged before it heads abroad.

Most players have joined training, with foreign signings Homam Mahmoud (Syria) and Zakaria Benchaâ (Algeria) already on board, and Brazilians Brendon Lucas, Bruno Clisettau, and Vitor da Silva expected to join soon.

Kazma will play its first friendly this Thursday against Kuwait’s Olympic team before traveling to Turkey for a training camp in early August.

Key players, including Jordanians Ali Azaizeh, Yousef Abu Al-Jazar, and Anas Al-Awdat, are training, with Algerian Idris Chaabi joining next week and Beninese forward Samson Akinyoola arriving in Turkey.

Kuwait Club held morning and evening training sessions under Montenegrin coach Nebojša Jovović as it gets ready for the Zain Premier League season opener on September 12.

The team will continue this routine for two weeks before heading to Prague, Czech Republic, for a 20-day training camp featuring four friendly matches.

Al-Nasr has started training at Ali Sabah Al-Salem Stadium’s sub-pitch with new signings Mohsen Falah, Mohammed Al-Rashed, and Zaid Zakaria.

The club also officially welcomed goalkeeper Naif Al-Azmi to the squad for the new season.

By Hassan Mosa

Al-Seyassah/Arab Times Staff