Viktor reached out and shook the other man's hand. "Haven't had the chance off the pitch, no," he said. Certainly teams shook hands after a game, but they didn't always go out after a game or associate with each other a lot. There were plenty of others he didn't know personally, though others he did call friend, like Finbar and Alicia, though she wasn't a player.
"They think I'm crazy for having them keep practicing," Viktor said with a faint grin. "Though of course everyone will scale back now that the holidays are here." Directly after though he'd have their noses back at the proverbial grindstone. He would have them back in that top spot as soon as he could, or they'd hear why not.
"Oh yes. Though today is mostly for the team, as I got little finished last week." It was not unusual for him to buy small gifts for teammates. "My children, most of theirs is already under the tree or waiting for Father Christmas to leave it there."