14.05.2008 15:06
Wednesday training
Sandra Sarmiento / Vanessa Forns
The first team squad was back in training on Wednesday evening to prepare for the last match of the season away to Murcia.
The players worked out at the Masía training grounds on Wednesday evening ahead of next
Saturday’s final game – kick-off 10 pm in Murcia’s Nueva Condomina stadium. The
following players were present: Valdés, Puyol, Xavi, Gudjohnsen, Iniesta, Eto'o, Pinto, Henry,
Giovani, Ezquerro, Messi, Thuram, Abidal, Oleguer and Bojan, plus Barça B youngsters Fali and
Rueda.
Guddy returns to full training
Gudjohnsen, who picked up a bruised right foot in last Wednesday’s game in the
Bernabéu, was able to resume normal training on Wednesday.
Missing
Apart from the players already on the injury list, Edmílson, Deco, Márquez and
Zambrotta were also absent from the session and exercised in the gym. Edmílson has tendonitis in
both knees while Deco, has a thigh strain. Meanwhile, Márquez is still suffering from an Achilles
tendon problem, which also sidelined him from training on Monday, and Zambrotta has a slight right
thigh strain.
Circuits and shooting practice
The rest of the squad did the usual warm up exercises before dividing into three, and
then two groups to do circuit training, finishing up with some shooting practice.
Training match
The session finished with a training match between Valdés, Giovani, Fali, Xavi, Puyol,
Gudjohnsen, Abidal, Henry, Eto'o and Valdés (orange bibs) and Pinto, Albert Roca, Messi, Oleguer,
Thuram, Bojan, Iniesta, Rueda and Ezquerro (without bibs).