Santos FC train twice a day, sharpen fitness at CT Rei Pelé | OneFootball

Santos FC’s squad continues its preparations for the second half of the 2026 season. After reporting back last Monday (22), the players led by head coach Cuca have been training twice a day at CT Rei Pelé. In this first week of the mid-season training period, the main goal has been to improve their physical condition.

“Naturally, when a player stops for 21 days, even while following the activities we gave them to do at home, there is a drop-off. Both in terms of cardiopulmonary fitness and strength. So we are in a process of readapting to the workload, but already training with the ball. We’ve been progressing since day one and, starting Monday, we’ll hand things over to the coaching staff to begin the tactical work, always involving the physical side as well. All of these activities are aimed at delivering the squad in the best possible condition so the coach can develop his work,” said fitness coach Omar Feitosa.

Fitness coach Omar Feitosa leading physical work at CT Rei Pelé (Photo: Raul Baretta / Santos FC)

All in all, Peixe will have 24 days of mid-season training before the start of its run in the second half of the year. The first match will be against Botafogo on July 16 at 7:30 p.m. at Nilton Santos Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, in the 19th round of the Brazilian Championship.

“The ideal scenario is to have a longer preparation period. It’s still not the ideal scenario, but it’s already better than what we found when we got here. We’re going to make the course corrections we didn’t have the opportunity to make at first. Back then, we had more of a need to take care of the players and keep them in good condition. But now, with this mid-season training time, we’ll be able to increase the volume and intensity of training. And naturally, a well-trained athlete tends to suffer fewer injuries. The expectation is that we’ll perform better, managing to reduce the need to rest players due to injury risk. The schedule will be intense through the end of the year, and our job is to minimize problems as much as possible,” Omar Feitosa concluded.

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