Bolton Wanderers manager Steven Schumacher has revealed his team's game plan for their upcoming friendly clash against Orlando Pirates.
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The League One side will play the Buccaneers in Marbella, Spain, in what will be the Soweto giants' first pre-season clash and the first game for new coach Abdeslam Ouaddou since replacing Spaniard Jose Riveiro.
Both teams have been hard at work in preparation for Friday's friendly game, and Schumacher revealed how he intends to set his team up for the Pirates clash.
According to the club's website, The 41-year-old revealed that he will set up two different teams to play in each half of the game against Pirates, but added he had injury troubles within his squad.
The Wanderers will be without Kyle Dempsey, Victor Adeboyejo, Will Forrester and Sam Dalby for the game against Pirates. The Englishman also expressed the importance of pre-season camps for team building.
“There are loads of different reasons why you'd try and come on one of these camps, but the main reason is to spend some quality time with the players,” said the Wanderers’ coach.
"It's important that we spend as much time as we can getting organised on the pitch, but just getting to know them off the pitch is key as well. So, little conversations that you have on the walk down to and from the training pitch can tell you things that you didn't know, and you can use going through the season," he added.
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He concluded: "It’s been a good couple of days. The weather's been unusually hot here, but it's been good and the lads have enjoyed it. We've had some really good training sessions, and so far the week's gone well. It's been tough, but they're enjoying it."
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