On 19 January the players of Oleg Kononov gathered at Chetuk training base and had a training session. As well as during the previous days, it started in the gym and continued on the pitch. The session was very intensive and lasted for more than two hours in total.

After the training session the players had lunch and departure to the airport. The charter flight took off from Pashkovskiy Airport runway at about 18:20 and four hours later successfully landed in Abu Dhabi.

After passport control and luggage receipt the team went to the hotel of their accommodation for the following 10 days - Hilton Capital Grand Abu Dhabi. This 5-star hotel is well known to the team. Krasnodar already stayed there during training camps in January 2013 and 2014.