"I am very pleased to be starting the winter pre-season with my brother, Elvir. I feel that he has worked hard to get the chance to show what he can do. With regards to the training sessions, we have been training really hard for the spring season. We have wonderful facilities here at the training camp. We can have no complaints at all and all we need to concentrate on in the coming weeks in training is football. The pre-season is not just physically difficult, but also mentally too. We are all away from home at this time of the year but this is all part of professional sport. We spend much more time working in winter training camps compared with the summer. We have around 2 months to prepare, while in the summer we only get 8-10 days to rest and 2-3 weeks to train. Then the European competition begins. This is why we can use the winter training camp to prepare better physically. Our first friendly will be on Saturday. We will not be in peak form as we have been training twice a day. It is never easy playing against Chinese opponents. They play quick football and run so much. We want to win whenever we go out on to the pitch, whether it is a friendly or competitive game" - commented midfielder Anel Hadzic.