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02.04.2009 19:04

Guardiola regains six of his internationals

Marc Guillén / Anna Segura

Henry, Gudjohnsen, Sergio Busquets, Bojan, Piqué and Xavi are back in training with the senior squad after their international commitments. Hleb, Alves, Messi and Cáceres will join the squad on Friday.

Now that the international break is over, Guardiola has recovered a large part of the group of internationals missing over the last few days. Henry, Gudjohnsen, Sergio Busquets, Bojan, Piqué and Xavi were all present for training on Thursday afternoon.

A light session

As usual, the returning internationals were treated to a light session. Henry, Gudjohnsen, Sergio Busquets and Bojan exercised on the pitch with the rest of the team while Piqué and Xavi exercised in the gym.

Four to come

Guardiola now has most of the players he needs to prepare for Saturday’s league match against Valladolid. Alves, Messi and Cáceres, who played with their countries in the early hours of Wednesday night/Thursday morning, as well as Hleb, who played for Belarus in Kazakhstan, are still to arrive.

Training in the rain

The training session was held at a rain-soaked Joan Gamper sports centre. Apart from the senior players, three youngsters from the youth team were also involved: Bolaños, Jonathan dos Santos and Illie. Touré, Abidal and Iniesta, who are all recovering from injury, worked out with the rest of the group for the first part of the session.