The Yellow Canaries continued preparing for next weekend's Eskişehirspor match with a double practice session at Samandıra on Friday. Roberto Carlos and Edu Dracena who missed yesterday's practice joined their team-mates in this afternoon's training session.

Friday morning's practice at the Samandıra Training Facilities began with coach Luis Aragones' team talk on centre pitch. Carlos Cascallana then leaded the team for jogging, warm-ups and coordination drills. The squad then divided up into three groups and played scrimmage matches in turns against each other.

Captain Alex de Souza who is still recovering from his injury trained inside the gym and outside on the pitch under physiotherapist Dolu Arslan's supervision. Youngster Abdülkadir Kayalı who also has slight injury joined Alex in his practice outside on the training ground.

Reserve team goalkeepers Ertuğrul Taşkıran and Alper Piliç were once again present for duty at today's practice. After training with coach Angel Ferez, they took part in the scrimmage matches played during the training session.

After having lunch together at Samandıra, the Yellow Canaries took to the training ground once again in the afternoon. This time they practiced ball stealing and afterwards continued with scrimmage matches.

Meanwhile Brazilian defenders Edu Dracena and Roberto Carlos who missed both yesterday and this morning's practice, joined their team-mates in the afternoon. While Roberto Carlos and Abdülkadir Kayalı trained outside on the pitch, Edu Dracena and Alex de Souza practiced inside the facilities.

Chilean defensive midfielder Claudio Maldonado, in the meantime, received a knock in his right knee in this morning's practice and could not take part in today's second training session. Club doctor Piyer Arzuman reported that the midfielder had began receiving treatment straight away.

Fenerbahçe will resume practicing for the Eskişehirspor fixture tomorrow morning at 11:00 AM.

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