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12.04.2007 11:57

Players back from injury

Deco, Eto’o and Thuram were all back in training on Thursday morning. The players went through their paces in the Miniestadi as the rain fell on an uncharacteristically grey day in Barcelona.

Frank Rijkaard welcomed back, Eto’o, Thuram and Deco on Thursday morning after all three players had missed the week’s previous training sessions due to injury.

However, Ronaldinho and Motta were both absent. Ronaldinho is getting over a fever and trained in the gym, while Motta is still recovering from the injury he picked up in training on 5th April and is following an individualised programme.

Corrections

Under a constant drizzle of rain, the players warmed up and then worked on their ball control and passing skills. They then divided into two groups to work on a variety of defensive moves. Throughout this second activity, Frank Rijkaard stopped the action on repeated occasions to correct and comment on the players’ movements.

Training match

The session finished with the usual training match, which today consisted of two five-minute halves. Playing with the blue shirts were Jorquera, Zambrotta, Thuram, Puyol, Sylvinho, Iniesta, Xavi, Eto’o, Messi and Giuly. With the yellow shirts were Valdés, Oleguer, Belletti, Márquez, Gio, Edmilson, Deco, Ezquerro, Gudjohnsen and Saviola. The yellow team won 1-0, the goal coming from Saviola.