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22.02.2008 12:49

Session with all available players except Márquez

Berta Brau / Vanessa Forns

The first team trained today in preparation for Sunday’s clash with Levante. Rijkaard was able to work with all of the players at his disposition, apart from Rafa Márquez.

After the important win in Europe, it is back to the domestic league and the game at the Camp Nou with bottom of the table Levante.
The session got under way with the typical drills although goalkeepers Víctor Valdés and José Manuel Pinto trained separately at this point with their own coach Juan Carlos Unzué.

Fitness and tactics

The squad then worked simultaneously on two areas. Groups of four players practiced shots on goals defended by Valdés and Pinto, while the others did an exercise that focussed on positions for creating pressure and recovering the ball. The eight players taking target practice were Eto’o, Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Giovani, Bojan, Sylvinho, Zambrotta and Edmílson.

Once this part was over, the players that started in Glasgow went jogging and sprinting before retiring to the changing rooms. The other players continued with fitness circuits and shots on goal.