Birthday with rackets, barbecue on a 4-4-2 scheme and a draw-draw: how athletes in quarantine have fun

Eriksen's training in the parking lot and boxing skills of Kvyata

In January of this year, Christian Eriksen moved to Inter Milan from Tottenham Hotspur, but soon the coronavirus epidemic began in Italy and all sporting events were suspended. The football player did not even have time to find a home before quarantine was imposed and was forced to settle on the basis of the team along with other club employees. According to the Dane, he wanted to stay with Ashley Young's teammates or Romelu Lukak for a while, but then he rejected this idea.

Now he has to train in an underground parking lot, the length of which is 35 m. Of course, this is not a full-fledged activity.

“I have not touched the ball for seven weeks. So far in my life this is the longest period without football, and I really start to miss it, ”the Sun quotes Ericksen.

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Eriksen’s Russian colleagues, Pavel Mamaev and Denis Glushakov, were much more fortunate. The Rostov midfielder struck a ball in the yard of his house, and the Akhmat footballer performed a similar exercise in his suburban area. At the same time, in the process, his sneaker flew off.

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And Rubin midfielder Dmitry Tarasov has the opportunity to train with the company. He demonstrated possession when his dog joined him. True, at some point the pet outwitted the owner and intercepted the shell, then grabbed it in the teeth and ran away.

Russian pilot of Formula 1 Daniil Quat devotes free time to one of his hobbies - boxing. He often shares videos from classes on social networks. Coach of UFC fighter Alexander Volkov Taras Kiyashko praised the pilot's abilities. According to his specialist, even in small fragments, a good preparation of the rider is visible.

“It can be seen that he has been training for a long time. Holds a little rack, holds his hands high enough. It hits a little sweeping, it’s understandable, but combinations can be traced. He does everything consciously. As for the layman - it hits pretty well, ”Kiyashko quotes Sports.ru

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Fourcade's instruction and Kasatkina's collection

Nevertheless, all athletes miss full-fledged competitions and come up with various ways to compensate for their absence at home. Mentor “Torpedo” Sergey Ignashevich showed how you can notice the coaching skills when frying barbecue. He placed pieces of meat on the grill according to football schemes 4-4-2, 4-2-3-3 and 4-3-3 and suggested choosing the most effective one.

Like any footballer, PSG striker Kilian Mbappe probably wants to become the winner of the Champions League. He partially managed to fulfill this desire in his own kitchen. He organized an award ceremony in which, instead of a trophy, he used a glass with an Italian tiramisu dessert. "Triumph" was held under the anthem of the main European tournament.

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Compatriot Mbappe, biathlete Martin Fourcade very creatively approached putting on a mask. He demonstrated how this process would look if it were a sport. In addition, the multiple world champion reminded his fans of the need to follow safety measures to avoid becoming infected with the virus.

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Of course, representatives of other sports miss their normal lives no less. The other day, Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina celebrated her 23rd birthday. Due to the self-isolation regime, she could not arrange a real celebration and invite guests. Therefore, the company at the festive table was made up of rackets, which the athlete called "best friends."

Kasatkina is a big fan of football and, in particular, the Spanish “Barcelona”. She collects T-shirts of different teams, however, two exhibits are the most valuable for her. This is a shirt with the number "seven", which the tennis player acquired after the transfer of David Villa from Valencia to the blue-garnet camp, as well as the Zenith shirt.

“A very cool souvenir, such a memory of our friendly match, which we played in St. Petersburg at a tennis tournament right on the court. I was in a team with Artyom Dziuba against Sveta Kuznetsova and Misha Kerzhakov. It was very cool, fun, and I am glad that I still have such memories, ”Kasatkina told Eurosport.

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Hobbits Tennis Players and Khan's Unlucky Rally

Many devote their free time to art. So, another Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova admitted that she managed to paint a picture during self-isolation.

Mexican Alonso Delgado continues to engage in creativity, besides tennis, he is fond of digital design. He presented his colleagues as heroes of the fantastic trilogies The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The eminent Swiss Roger Fededer got the role of the wise wizard Gandalf, Novak Djokovic - the dwarf Torin Duboshchit, and Rafael Nadal - the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Also on the collage are Daniel Medvedev, Fabio Fognini and Dominic Tim.

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And the French magazine So Foot showed footballers Cristiano Ronaldo, Antoine Griezmann, Neymar and Paul Pogba in the image of other famous characters. On the cover of the new issue, they became dancing undertakers - the main characters of the recently popular meme.

“Football is not dead, it dances on these pages,” reads the inscription.

Jeudi, chez votre marchand de journaux. pic.twitter.com/UxCFJtfaQe

Another popular activity among quarantined athletes is various challenges, flash mobs and sweepstakes. Moreover, the latter can be both harmless and very cruel. British boxer Amir Khan and his wife Faryal Mahdum made fun of their five-year-old daughter, saying that her real father is actor Bradley Cooper. The girl did not appreciate the parents' humor and cried, after which they had to admit that they had played it. To this, she stated that she did not like such jokes.

A more successful draw was noted by the former bodybuilder and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. He talked about the importance of stretching exercises, demonstrating how he sits on the twine on the kitchen table. Everything looked quite natural until he moved away from the table, and it turned out that his legs were fake.

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The synchronization team of the Russian team launched their own challenge, showing how they “fight” with the coronavirus. In a funny video to the song “If the owner is with you” by Grigory Gladkov, they together with their pets whisked a roll of toilet paper with the inscription “COVID-19” from the table.

The athletes urged to follow their example and left an important message to everyone who is now on self-isolation.

“Do not be sad in quarantine, take time for your family and your pussies. For them, the fact that you are at home all the time is now the greatest joy, ”wrote synchronist Alla Shishkina.

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