SPECIFIC PROGRAMME FOR RECOBA

09-01-2004

Like all the other Nerazzurri, the objective is to have him in tip-top condition. Which is why Alvaro Recoba has agreed on a specific training schedule with the club, Alberto Zaccheroni and the medical staff.

Under the supervision of athletic trainer Claudio Gaudino, the Uruguayan forward began his new programme today, which includes therapy and sessions in the gym and on the pitch. El Chino will undergo his second specific session tomorrow as he aims make a complete recovery from an irritating left-calf problem which has been causing him pain when striking balls with his favoured left foot.

"I think the decision taken with the club, the coach and the medical staff is the best solution at the moment," explained Recoba to Inter.it. "Unfortunately, although it's nothing serious, this problem is preventing me from training at best and being at the service of the squad, which what I want to do so I can repay the complete trust that Inter transmit to me every day."

Speaking during today's news conference, Nerazzurri head coach Alberto Zaccheroni said: "Recoba has a physical problem so I can't have him at his best. Even the medical staff are working very well to solve this problem. Recoba is a player I'm counting on a great deal. He has qualities which are decidedly above average and my objective is to find the way for him to express these qualities with continuity.

"I'm trying to coach his attention and modify his approach to his work, training and situations that we prepare during the week. Since the lad isn't stupid but intelligent, and I speak to him every day, I can say that he's showing great willingness to reach certain levels. He gets nervous because he wants to perform, but he feels a sharp pain when he kicks the ball hard."

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