Watford will play three friendly matches in Mals

“The journey went smoothly,” says Alfred Lingg, who took over the planning of the training camp as coordinator. He takes care of organizational matters and logistics, as well as individual special requests from the players. However, Ling explains that these were not that unusual: “Compared to other teams we have hosted in the past, the English are extremely uncomplicated and very accommodating. Zola is also a very sociable guy.”

Short visit from club boss Giampaolo Pozzo

The Italian coach will receive a visit from his compatriot and club president Giampaolo Pozzo in the coming days. He is traveling from Udine for a short visit to see the players' day-to-day training up close and to make sure that the foundations are being laid in Mals for the leap into the Premier League, which was missed by a hair's breadth last season.

International flair in Vinschgau Until Thursday, Zola has his protégés come to training once a day, but in the following days the workload increases significantly. Also to prepare for the first test matches. The start is the duel with a Vinschgau selection on Sunday afternoon, before a game against a colorful team of top and regional league players from the Burggrafenamt/Vinschgau area is on the program on July 10th. The highlight comes one day before departure, when Watford welcomes the French first division club from Nice in the Mals sports zone. He flies especially from Switzerland to South Tyrol to compete with the English.

The key details of Watford's training camp:

Sunday, July 1st: Arrival Sunday, July 7th: Test match against the Vinschgau team (17 p.m., Mals) Wednesday, July 10th: Test match against the South Tyrol team (18 p.m., Mals) Saturday, July 13th: Test match against Nice (17 p.m., Mals) Sunday, July 14th: Departure

An overview of the other training stays of the professional clubs in South Tyrol:

US Sassuolo: July 8th – 20th, Prad am Stilfser Joch AS Roma: July 12th – 22nd, Reischach Hellas Verona: July 14th – 28th, Ridnaun Ternana Calcio: July 14th – 28th, Ortisei US Alessandria: July 14th – 28th, St. Martin in Passeier FC Südtirol: August 19th – 4th, Ridnaun

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Watford will play three friendly matches in Mals

The professional footballers of the traditional English club Watford FC have been based in Upper Vinschgau since Sunday. After the first training sessions went according to plan, those responsible around star coach Gianfranco Zola have now scheduled the first test matches.

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