Following the defeat to Getafe, the first team had a voluntary training session this morning. A total of 13 players took to the training pitch at the Masia, while Henry, Thuram and Abidal worked out in the gym.
Training this Sunday morning took place on the Masia pitch. It was a voluntary session with
Giovani, Bojan, Valdés, Puyol, Xavi, Iniesta, Sylvinho, Márquez, Gudjohnsen, Jorquera, Ezquerro,
Oleguer and Zambrotta all present.
Henry, Thuram and Abidal did their training session in the club gym.
Márquez, OK
Rafa Márquez, who was not included in the squad for the
Getafe game due to a muscular contraction in his right calf, trained with the rest of the team
without any reaction to the injury. The players began with a warm up and their usual exercise
routines.
Valdés, Puyol, Sabih, Iniesta and Zambrotta, who all played against Getafe had a shorter
session mainly centred on recovering from the game. They did some running, stretching and some
exercises before heading for the changing rooms.
More work for the others
The remaining players continued the training session under
Johan Neeskens, as Frank Rijkaard was working in his office. Those players who didn’t start
the Getafe game did some one-touch control work. Later, the drill was modified slightly with the
players having to finish with a shot on goal.
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Messi, Milito and Ronie on international duty
Messi, Milito and Ronaldinho did not return to Barcelona and travelled directly to South America to
concentrate on their upcoming international games. There is now a break in the league programme
because of international qualifying fixtures. Nevertheless, this coming Tuesday, Barça will face
Alcoyano in the last 16 of the King’s Cup.