07.01.2008 11:18
Oleguer back with the squad
Marc Guillén / Anna Segura
The Catalan defender resumed training with the rest of his team-mates on Monday morning ahead of Wednesday’s Cup match against Sevilla.
Oleguer Presas returned to training with the rest of the squad on Monday morning and was greeted
– as is customary when a player returns from injury – by applause from his team-mates.
Although he has not yet been fully cleared for action by Club doctors, Oleguer is now in the final
stage of his recovery. He suffered his injury at the end of November and has been following a
specific individual training programme since then. During this time he has missed 8 matches, 2 in
Europe, 5 in the Spanish league and 1 in the Spanish Cup.
Thoughts on Sevilla, without Touré
Training continued today without
Touré
Yaya, who has already joined up with his Ivory Coast team-mates to prepare the upcoming CAF
Africa Cup of Nations. The session was the first after last weekend’s win against Mallorca
and focussed on the Cup game against Sevilla.
Ronaldinho continued with his individualised programme and did not make an appearance on the
La Masía training grounds. Meanwhile, Messi also continued with his recovery from injury and did a
number of circuits at La Masía with and without the ball.
More work for the subs
As usual, the players that took part in the match against Mallorca were
treated to a rather shorter, lighter session designed to recover tired muscles. Special care was
taken with Puyol, who suffered a blow to his right knee against Mallorca.
Oleguer only took part in the first part of the session and then returned to the changing
rooms. The remaining players (excluding Saturday’s starting eleven) did some circuits and
then divided into two teams for a training match.
Giovani dos Santos stayed rather longer to work with fitness coach Albert Roca.